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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree it doesn’t seem like a trick. That’s the catchy headline right? But no word on if the changes apply into the past or it’s just lawyers trying to protect themselves for next time. It’s an email with new TOS and the ability to opt out.

  No it’s not good for users and yes it’s a shitty 30 day notice in an email even I didn’t read yet because I’m so irritated with them.

  But reading the patron post didn’t tell me how it was a trick and neither did the mastodon link. However the replies were good and helped fill me in on some details I wasn’t aware of yet on the actual breach. hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/111531294441702837

  Not sure why the down votes on a perfectly acceptable question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha! Absolutely correct and also just to drive the point home, “a few years” means 15 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple landing page listing my installed services⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I run Heimdall too. Simple and looks good. Let’s my gf easily get to my stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proxmox or NAS for Media Server⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m using Open Media Server on a PC. Docker for Plex and a DAS for data storage. It isn’t simple but it’s not hard and it’s been stable and easy to use after you figure out setup and get used to where things are in menus. It’s basically a nas with docker albeit a little slower because it’s USB storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we living in a baby universe that looks like a black hole to outsiders?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. He’s very monotone and I don’t think his mic is very good. I like the content, not trying to tear someone down but he’s not a small channel anymore. Wish the production value was a bit higher to engage us more. I want to watch every video but I only watch the ones that I really want to know more about, for this reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was subscribed to paramount+ for Star Trek, and occasionally I’d pause to catch Easter eggs or read something on the screen, get a better look at a ship, etc - but all I could see was a shirtless man selling me old spice. It was actually really frustrating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help choosing a path forward - Looking for some advice on a NAS platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “why fix what isn’t broken?” are words to live by and if I were a smarter man I’d listen.

  I’m joking, kind of, I think we all have to fight off that “grass is always greener on the other side” type of thinking because my life would be better if i just had…or if i just did…or if i only changed…and then i’m back on selfhosted asking for advice again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help choosing a path forward - Looking for some advice on a NAS platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The data import will be a challenge all on it’s own. I’ll end up probably splitting the data onto a drobo nas and some 4tb hdd’s I have laying around to give myself some redundancy. Bring the DAS online, format it with the new file format whatever that may be, and reimport the data. PITA but doable.

  It’s part of the reason I’m asking because as my data grows, this import process is going to be the most difficult part so I’d like to lock something in for a while.

  I am interested in home assistant too so your experience is valuable. Thanks!

• Help choosing a path forward - Looking for some advice on a NAS platform
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was all in for years and each product I’ve been burned, this is the last straw for me. As each thing I own fails or needs replacing, it won’t be Google.

  I am done, I looked past a lot of faults because of the overall capabilities of the ecosystem they created and they’ve slowly dismantled it and changed and tweaked everything to be annoying to use.

  It’s like they intentionally pick the best features, remove them and try to gaslight me into thinking it’s better now.

  I’m just done with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of the Googleverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t have to be some privacy focused security super encrypted email service if that doesn’t fit your use case. Use outlook.com, fastmail, proton, try one out for just shopping accounts that you check for orders and shipping etc. I get that we should have privacy and outlook isn’t any better than gmail but I’m just not an all or nothing kinda person. If you’re cool with what it offers and what it takes, then try it out.

  Note that I use proton, paid member for 4 years and going. Happy with service. My point is that you need to pick the right tool for the job.

  My choices are more about not having everything on Google (or being let down yet again) than my fear of google knowing I emailed my accountant two months ago or that I bought a dog poop scooper from Amazon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of the Googleverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Google just canceled the pixel pass service and it was the last straw for me. I had already moved email to proton but now Ive completed the calendar shift, search to ddg, and drive to something else. My Google speakers barely understand anything anymore and I’m just sick of investing in an eco system that may or may not be there in a year.

  All that is off topic to the article which is nostalgic about Google reader and search without ads, but the topic is part of a larger problem. I used to feel that using Google was a project of humans categorizing information, building something amazing and now it feels like I’m shopping at Walmart when i use their products. The type of feeling I can only describe as “I need this so I’m here, let’s get in and out as quick as possible before I spend more money or become annoyed with the environment”.

  This isn’t to just shit on Google, but the point is I used to feel as I was a part of something bigger, humans creating a way to access the world’s information accurately and easily and now it’s much more complicated and that feeling is gone.

  Maybe it’s all in my head.