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Debian
I’ve tried different distros and liked them, but tend to come back to Debian.
Music lover and English teacher with an interest in slightly geeky things
mastodon / blog / listenbrainz
Debian
I’ve tried different distros and liked them, but tend to come back to Debian.
Il y a un instance nitter qui fonctionne toujours https://nitter.poast.org/DiscordGauche pour les gens qui n’ont pas de compte
My scepticism is through the roof reading this. First, I find it hard to believe that he has two working units unless they are programmed to sit in front of a terminal and tap Y…
The rest speaks for itself: Musk likes to BS.
J’ai bien rigolé ce matin quand je l’ai regardé
If you are geoblocked you can stream it with https://ga.pbs-video.pbs.org/videos/nova/de12ed2c-17e6-4434-a430-7f80c26a6002/2000426341/hd-16x9-mezzanine-1080p/nova5107-AABR-AVC_793.m3u8 with mpv
See also: this thread on Mastodon https://octodon.social/@cwebber/112451933593063510
Ok. Makes sense. The video is geoblocked for me so I probably should’ve kept my mouth shut
Maybe just bad research. I haven’t tried, but I’m sure if you search for “how to protect yourself online” some of the SEO manipulating websites show up in the first results.
Beaucoup de gens autour de moi se sont transformés suite à un usage extrême de YT et/ou Insta. Les AIN (alternative information networks) sont horribles. Je connais même des membres d’Active Club. Ils citent souvent les mêmes sources : Occidentis sur Insta, Institut des libertés et DME Sur YT, etc… Ils sont devenus sexistes voire misogynes. Des fois le changement était si extrême que j’ai passé un bon moment à me demander si c’est moi le problème…
Des fois j’imagine que des gens se lèvent et se disent :
– Oh zut j’ai oublié d’être un con raciste hier ! Comment faire pour me rattraper ?
Et puis ils passent la journée à insulter les gens honnêtes à go-go parce qu’en réalité ils sont jaloux ou ils passent trop de temps sur les réseaux et ils sont convaincus que les théories du complot sont vrais.
An old friend of mine that I’ve lost touch with is Chinese. They lived in Europe for a number of years. When they couldn’t get a new job their visa ran out and the went back home.
No problem getting a job. They had a place to live. Things were good.
But… When they left Europe they basically told their roommate, a student who was about 10 years their younger, that they were leaving and that’s it. They abandoned the apartment. This left not only rent up to the student, but also the €300 fee of changing the name on the rental contract.
If a police investigation is launched against someone in China, you can be damned sure they will turn up something. If this influencer ever saw a doobie they will find out, and if they never did drugs they will find an acquaintance who did.
I say this because one day when my friend left work there was a car waiting. It was the father of her roommate. Turns out he was a “special” police officer. He told them to get in and gave her a folder. The folder had photos of them, their friends, even me. There were notes on the friends, SMS and social media exchanges. This included references to drugs. He took them to a bank, told them to take out the equivalent of €900 (he had their bank statements already) or their family would hear about this…and then he left them there on the street.
There are solutions that work. Like you, I would enjoy a simple app that allows for subscriptions and playlists without tracking or using an account. I mostly use RSS feeds (newsboat) and watch the videos through mpv.
And yt-fzf is great too. It uses invidious instances instead of YouTube links.
Before you delete your comments and reviews change them to something very basic and neutral?
The convo on HN about this article is worth a quick scroll.
The first comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570137) launches a discussion about freedom filled with anecdotes. There are even more anecdotes (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570364). And even some praise (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570484).
I am not a dev. I don’t rice, I don’t game. I’m a FOSS user and have been for years. If I run into a problem, there is no way I will be creating an account on Discord to get help. It might not be worth the time and effort. A searchable forum is good enough. IRC logs are good enough. Email lists are good enough. But, also, some open source software makes onboarding seem more cumbersome than it actually is. Getting on Matrix is easy, but in he eyes of a new user it comes off as Herculean. And when a dev decides to use Discord we shake our fists instead of proposing a solution like operating the bridge for them.
Step in the right direction, which is appreciated…
But: https://fosstodon.org/@link2xt/111965597727225353
Server can look up account identifier (username) and also phone number by username.
An animated series is also in the works, so there is also that to look forward to.
Yep. I have never had to use Discord. Or, I suppose I should say I haven’t had to use it yet. But when I see that a project uses Discord and not a forum or even Discourse, Matrix or IRC, I just hope I never have to ask for help.
Anki
That’s the basis of Bloom’s taxonomy: knowledge or memorization
Spaced repetition apps, like Anki and Duolingo help a lot with the base, the rest needs guided learning with regular activities.
Amazing that I can live in the country and hear nothing about this. I’ve just read the Guardian article and I guess not living in Paris or another major city might be one of the reasons.
Don’t know if I have a favourite but Becky Chambers is excellent.