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Kristell
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- on Meta Now Banning Ads That Promote Feminism: "We have given social media unlimited power and every day we can see how dangerous this is." in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
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on DigitalOcean contributes 3 million and joins the Omacom (Omarchy) Foundation in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
Omarchy is a Linux distro developed by the guy this article is about.
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on Calls in the UK to ban sex offenders from buying smart glasses in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
Typically it is by doing something else because they’re mimicking what an adult did to them. Usually it’s younger kids (under 7-8) who mimic like that.
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on Calls in the UK to ban sex offenders from buying smart glasses in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
Ahh, neat, didn’t know that!
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on Pre-enshittification tech. [discussion/fun] in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 Sep 2026
If you do, adding the line ‘FEATURES=“getbinpkg”’ to your make.conf will automatically make it search for binary packages that match your USE flags, and they do pick ones that are pretty sensible for the binaries, so it’s very likely. I think I have maybe 3-4 packages that have binaries that I can’t use because of my flags, and they’re all pretty quick to install.
Not sure how much the internet will affect it, I’ve only tested it on my current network, which is pretty fast
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on Calls in the UK to ban sex offenders from buying smart glasses in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
I’d be on board if “Sex offender” only included the people that everyone seems to think it includes. However it also includes people who peed in public while drunk, people who turned to prostitution when they fell on hard times, and children who were victims themselves.
Only thing that will make both sides happy is banning them entirely, which I am 100% in favor of
(Seriously, though, look up what gets classed as a sexual offence in your area. It’s not just child molestation, and sexual assault.)
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026
I have basically every URL our TV automatically pings blocked at this point. It phones home every 10-30 seconds whether they’re off or on. I think when we get a new TV we’re looking for a dumb TV
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on Pre-enshittification tech. [discussion/fun] in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 5 Sep 2026
Gentoo is on the Latitude; it’s slightly more powerful, but it’s still an eight year old laptop. The big thing that’s cut down on compile time is using binary packages by default, only compiling when I either need to because my USE flags are different, or because there’s no binary package available. I don’t have that many packages installed that take hours/days (and I do mean days, I gave up on the source package for qtwebengine after 3 days of compiling) anymore. Average update takes maybe 30 minutes now, updating weekly.
For a more direct comparison: Same PC, installed Gentoo twice (I managed to bork my install), the source install took 3 days to actually get a GUI, binary install took 3 hours, and there is essentially no difference
I will also say: You can absolutely use your computer while the upgrades are going. Gaming won’t be great, but doing office/coding stuff, and watching videos is usually fine
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on Pre-enshittification tech. [discussion/fun] in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 Sep 2026
Admittedly a lot of my audio stuff is either wireless or built-in now. Either laptop speakers, or bone conduction headphones since I want to hear what’s happening around me when I’m walking on the roadside. Not clear on what you mean by pre-enshittification tech, but here’s the stuff people either need explained, or look at me weird for:
- Gentoo linux
- FreeBSD
- Thinkpad T430
- GrapheneOS (this one’s weird to me because it feels almost exactly like stock android?)
- A lot of my games are from itch.io for the same reason you listed for GOG, though I do use steam a lot too.
- My files are synced through syncthing between 4 locations, depending on what’s getting synced
- The fediverse in general
- Having my own website? This one confuses me because you’d think that’d be a bit more normal because of the SquareSpace ads, but nope. The idea of just… having your own website is weird to people
- The Linux terminal. I occasionally go to the library and write books in a TTY, it’s a little funny seeing people react.
- Emacs
- Pick any terminal application. Ranger, w3m, cmus, cava, etc etc.
- I occasionally play MUDs/MUSHes
- Browser games that are text/image based. The ones I’m playing now are all 20+ years old, so well pre-enshittification.
- Honestly I’ve had people think it’s weird that I download my music to play locally, even though it’s through a phone app with a relatively modern interface.
We’ll be moving into an owned home soon, and I have some plans for tech, and non-tech stuff. Can’t wait to see how many comments we get about having awnings in 2026.
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on Alternatives to WordPress that work through TOR/TAILS? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 18 Aug 2026
If you want something similar to WordPress, but serves webpages like Hugo, Publii is also nice from what I’ve heard. Has a GUI editor, but makes static files that you just drop on a server
The problem is that this isn’t like Microsoft Office > LibreOffice/OnlyOffice/whatever. You’re not on Facebook for Facebook, you’re on Facebook for the people there. It’s why I have a lot of issues getting off of YouTube. I’m not on YouTube because their interface is nice, I’m on YouTube because the people I want to watch don’t post shit elsewhere. It’s a cycle, to get users we need stuff, and for stuff we need creators, and for creators we need users. When it comes to online platforms we don’t need an alternative to YouTube, we need an alternative to Markiplier, which is harder to come up with.
If you can get your friends, and family onto Friendica that would help quite a bit. The problem is that using a new server is hard for the end user (I would know, all of my fediverse presence is on servers I host), and telling someone “Use Friendica” is like telling someone to “Use email”. Get a Friendica/Mastodon/Whatever server, and keep it in your back pocket. Give them a link to that server, not to Friendica/Mastodon/Whatever as a whole.
Admittedly I don’t know how hard it is to stop using Facebook because I stopped using Facebook right after they took away the chronological timeline, and stopped using Messenger a few years ago. But spending some time to get a timeline together that you can boost will help any new users you recruit. Crucially, to promote viable alternatives, you need to be part of the viable alternatives, otherwise you’re just someone telling someone to jump into something new with 0 guidance, which is a good way to have them leave.