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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nepal bans social media(Facebook, X, Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Signal, YouTube and more) for failing to register with the government; Only 7 to be open(Viber, TikTok, Telegram and more)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Wao, Nepal is another part of the UK. Learning something new every day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta give it to them. They are extremely innovative in coming up with ways of enshitifying stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the VPN

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your fav guide/method for securing Jellyfin?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is absolutely critical. Jellyfin is not made with security as an important factor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your fav guide/method for securing Jellyfin?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Easy, mine is local only and on it’s own VLAN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a matter of fact, ICE cars were connected to the internet way before the first EV was connected to the internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CALL FOR URGENT ACTION to stop Chat Control legislation in EU⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, that is your reality,and I respect that you are sure that’s the case (and in many cases it is), but I happen to believe that there are shades of gray from the whitest white to the darkest black. So you do you, I’ll follow my own reality.

  I think we can easily be in agreement that following a man or woman because of religion is, not only detrimental, but also dangerous. Whatwe will certainly disagree on is that, for me, Jesus is God, and for you, believing that makes me n irrational sheep. And that’s cool, I don’t think that should be a reason for one of us to hate the other, or even simply be angry (or anything similar, my English vocabulary is not too extensive).

  I brought up religion because it was brought up. So, yeah, I’m not one of those that goes around pushing my believes on others, but the moment I see Jesus attacked, I will defend Him the same way He died for me on that cross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Codeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You were there too? 😜

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CALL FOR URGENT ACTION to stop Chat Control legislation in EU⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot, as much as I would like to, argue with that. What you are saying is a very well documented fact. Most Christians are following the man/woman at the front of the congregation, not Christ, and that is the reason why they end up just blindly repeating whatever those “leaders” say like parrots.

  I’m all too aware of how messed up religion is worldwide (every single one of them, no exceptions).

  Additionally, regardless of your age, belief, race, sexual orientation, political inclination or choice of t-shirt, never apologize for voicing your thoughts. In most of the congregations I’ve been in, I’m considered the “stumbling stone” because I have no problem calling out a pastor when they are trying to use bible verses to make everyone see things the way they want them to. I’m not saying they all do it with I’ll intent, but intention is irrelevant.

  Young people like you are the ones that will help make this world better by exercising they critical thinking and freedom of speech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Change your profile to Clippy (call to action)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How about you just don’t follow orders? In my opinion, that should be much more effective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CALL FOR URGENT ACTION to stop Chat Control legislation in EU⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a religious cunt, a Christian cunt if you want to be specific, and this bullshit about controlling the population is NOT part of my faith. As a matter of fact, it goes entirely against my faith, and is extremely detrimental to every single Christian.

  Having said that, this is simple. Religious people that support all this are the same so because it adheres to their end game, not because of their faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever heard of “humor”? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Securing a 'public' service for family⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re going to self-hosted instead of using a VPS (I know you said you’re looking at a VPS solution, this is just in case) make sure you can segregate your networks. A router that allows you to create virtual LANs, same with the access points and switches if needed.

  You don’t want to expose all your devices to the internet for a few services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pebble Time 2 Design Reveal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to get my hands on one of these. They look amazing. However, with the current state of affairs in companies right now, I’m going to wait until it comes out, and see what the complains are. If I still want it then, I’ll get it, even if it costs more.

  For now, the best fully functional option I’ve found that (sort-of) respects privacy are Garmin watches,so I’m using a Venu 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese firm to be banned for stealing Samsung's OLED tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  news.bloomberglaw.com/…/ai-training-on-pirated-da…

  todaysgeneralcounsel.com/federal-court-decision-s…

  And many more. Use any search engine, and look for “list all news about Ai training breaking ip laws”, knock yourself out. And that’s only AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese firm to be banned for stealing Samsung's OLED tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They already do. Where have you been?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chinese firm to be banned for stealing Samsung's OLED tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You are aware that IP only applies to the masses (us) not to big corps, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s all about choosing what each of us deems worse. “Do I want a saner life even if it means not having some convenience, or is this change going to mess with my life for little benefit?”.

  7 years ago I told everyone I was leaving WhatsApp and moving to Signal on day X. Some installed signal and we started using that exclusive, some others didn’t, and we stopped chatting, just did phone calls.

  Fast forward to today, most of the people in my life use Signal, some of them exclusively to use it with me, and the rest, I haven’t missed (they call every now and then though).

  It is a scary move, 100%, but well worth it, in my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protest footage blocked as online safety act comes into force⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Attempt”? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a developer, but I can certainly understand your position. It’s unfortunate that companies rely on this type of company to decide if someone is worth hiring. There’s a need for companies to have streamlines that look at the actual capabilities and values of potential hires, regardless of where the evidences are hosted.

  This world is way too broken, and getting worse every day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku launches Howdy, a $2.99 ad-free streaming service⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your point? 🤔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit will block the Internet Archive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, same here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It blows my mind that so many devs did not see this coming the moment Microsoft bought it. I was waiting for this to happen the moment I found out about the acquisition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wao, I watched this video yester, precisely about how detrimental all this bullshit is to us right now. How disconnected from reality and self-reliance it is making us.

  Here’s the link to the video if anyone is interested (yes, I know, it’s YouTube, but I saw it in newpipe, Sue me) :

  youtu.be/KkR5OXhKnbc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools are using AI to spy on students and some are getting arrested for misinterpreted jokes and private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of agree with you. Things in the US (and most of the rest of the world) have taken a turn for the worst. I’ve been digging into all that’s been going on since January, and comparing it with how the nazi party came to be in power in Germany, and the similarities are scary, to say the least. Sure, it’s towards other races more than anything, as well as religions, sexual preferences and other key differentiator, but the core is exactly the same. How the Nazi party got most Germans to believe that being German meant hating jews, blacks and who knows what else, and that’s what made the holocaust so effective. Propaganda pushing hate and dividing the same country. If we go back in history, we can see all the same bullshit propaganda from those days today.

  And, full disclosure, I am not opposed to countries controlling illegal immigration, as not doing so is extremely detrimental to any country, however, there is no need to completely destroy people (mentally, spiritually and sometimes even physically) to achieve these goals.

  It is as you say. Americans are focused on the lie that surveillance will make them safer, and this government has exacerbated that exponentially in just half a year, using fear as the tool, and fear of immigrants, LGBT people, any skin color difference, and many more.

  Now, let’s look at the other side of this. By promoting all this crap, the US has managed to make previous allies look at the possibility of moving to the other side. China, Russia, India and a few more countries have all but created their own “UN”, and contrary to what the media is showing us, they are actually flourishing, which points to a dramatic shift in global politics.

  The UK, EU and Australia are leading the surveillance regimes, even for the US (visa, mastercard and steam are US companies, and all 3 were bullied into submission by a fucking Australian NGO, fucking up millions of US gamers in the process, and the authorities of the US haven’t even blinked, WTF?), which is building rapidly into a distrust climate among all allies (assuming they still are).

  This is way more complex than war, surveillance, racism, xenophobia and finances, this is the decline of the Roman Empire all over again, bringing with it all the disasters to civilization that comes with this fall.

  Money as we knew it doesn’t exist anymore (it hasn’t been based in gold for decades now, and now there is no physical base for it either), values have been stripped from morals in every single community (religious or not), existing weapons could destroy every living being on the planet within a couple of hours, and everyone seems to be blindly following so-called “leaders” that are only looking after their own benefits (and I’m talking about every facet of our civilization: business, work, families, governments, nobody gives a fuck about the common wellbeing anymore).

  From my perspective, it falls on each of us to take the best care possible of our families, if and when we achieve this, do the same for our immediate communities, and if that pans out, then each of our countries. But I’m not counting on any “leader” to do what is needed to reverse the downward spiel the whole world is in right now. At this rate, we’re all just going to crash and burn.

  Sorry for the horrible and long rant, I am extremely frustrated watching the world my kids will have to try to survive in, and the feeling of helplessness is overwhelming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Router suggestions for a complete noob⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can still run the smart switches locally if you have the ones that support matter. But yeah, the old ones do require internet connection, which sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools are using AI to spy on students and some are getting arrested for misinterpreted jokes and private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re evidently an apologist for these crappy companies.

  2 or 3 parents can’t do jack shit to avoid this, short of removing the kids from school and having them homeschooled.

  There are 3 main factors that allow this shit to happen:

  1. Companies with absolutely no values and only focusing on revenue, which ends up creating these bullshit AI “systems” that are broken as hell (Chatgpt 5 anyone?)
  2. Lack of legislations to serve the people that voted for these legislators to live in a better society, but they choose to self-serve and allow the same shitty companies to do whatever they want AND sell their shit to institutions, like schools, law enforcement and such, so that they can get money from them
  3. Authorities that use these same broken “systems”, don’t even test them correctly, and take for granted that they will work because they are too fucking lazy to even care, such as schools (that have authority over our kids because we have allowed it) and law enforcement (if they can even still be called that).

  There is no way to justify any of the 3 factors.

  That there are parents that could be doing more to avoid this kind of shit? Absolutely. Will parents pushing for change do anything towards fixing it? Not if the other 3 factors don’t play their part as well.

  Get fucking real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools are using AI to spy on students and some are getting arrested for misinterpreted jokes and private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or we could have a legislation that would punish the companies that run these bullshit systems AND the authorities that allow and use them when they flop, like in this case.

  Hey, dreaming is still free (don’t know how much longer though).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re parenting the right way. Let our kids know about our past and how it compares to theirs, live it. And joking with my kids and their friends without immediately jumping to “that’s bullying”, you can tell my kids are a bit happier than the rest because everything is a joke to them. I applaud you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been cursing a lot lately, and I blame what I listened to in Spotify. By no means was it because I was playing my pirated Eminem music all weekend 🤣🤣