For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn’t always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is...
Solvespace is a FLOSS light weight 3D CAD alternative. Although it lacks the advanced features of Solidworks works really great for most of my 3d designs.
Another good use for VPN is to counter dynamic pricing. My wife visited a website some time ago to request the price for a ticket. When she visited the website a second time the price had increased considerably. However when visiting the price with VPN it was the original price again. It saved her a lot of money.
This would probably fit in better in the technology community and I’m pretty sure it has been shared already, so sorry for the duplicate, especially since it was already on the !privacyguides and and !europe communities....
I’m pessimistic about the chances to stop this. People in the EU are more and more living in an era where privacy is a thing of the past and where every citizen is guilty unless proven otherwise. It has become clear that the EU is not working in the interest of civilians, as they are seen as a potential threat that needs to be monitored. It has become a oligarchy working for the rich.
For the people willing to resist we have p2p, onion services and privacy respecting free software to defend ourselves against these shameless attacks against our privacy.
When the AI bros scream "Look a monster!" to distract everyone from their practices (data theft, profligate energy usage, scaling of biases, pollution of the information ecosystem), we should make like Scooby-Doo and remove their mask.
Back to Lauren, though, who last year declared: “I’m immersing myself in philanthropy and strategic giving.” Which sounds a lot more fun than Amazon warehouse workers immersing themselves in strategic peeing-in-bottles.
It was in the https://beehaw.org/c/chat community and I had no specific language selected in my settings. When I changed the language setting in the community to English I was able to post a comment.
What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit?
For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn’t always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is...
You probably don't need a VPN (www.spacebar.news)
Poland reports airspace incursion as Russia launches huge strike on Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
‘Why are they forgetting about us?’: Sudan watches allies turn from war to aid Ukraine and Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
If AI is making the Turing test obsolete, what might be better? (arstechnica.com)
Flipboard now testing our #ActivityPub integration (fosstodon.org)
Migrating from Google Podcasts to AntennaPod: why and how to do it – AntennaPod (antennapod.org)
Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption (www.patrick-breyer.de)
This would probably fit in better in the technology community and I’m pretty sure it has been shared already, so sorry for the duplicate, especially since it was already on the !privacyguides and and !europe communities....
Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X (www.theverge.com)
Installing Firefox... With Custom Profiles! (yewtu.be)
Link if you rather use YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGC5CwEgr_g
ChatGPT, The Worst Summer Intern Ever (hackaday.com)
French Govt. Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly Into Web Browsers * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Twitter gets buggier: Followers don’t display, users restricted in error (arstechnica.com)
We Distribute, the original news publication for the Fediverse, is back. (wedistribute.org)
Musk stiffing Google could unleash yet more abuse on Twitter, report says (arstechnica.com)
Twitter US ad sales plunged 59%, and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports (arstechnica.com)
Emily M. Bender about AI bros (fosstodon.org)
When the AI bros scream "Look a monster!" to distract everyone from their practices (data theft, profligate energy usage, scaling of biases, pollution of the information ecosystem), we should make like Scooby-Doo and remove their mask.
What does Jeff Bezos’s new fiancee see in the world’s third-richest man? Must be his enormous philanthropy | Marina Hyde (www.theguardian.com)
Back to Lauren, though, who last year declared: “I’m immersing myself in philanthropy and strategic giving.” Which sounds a lot more fun than Amazon warehouse workers immersing themselves in strategic peeing-in-bottles.
Language not allowed
Lately when trying to comment I'm getting the message Language_not_allowed even if I type something like 'test'. Any idea what's happening here?
Starting a 3D Printing Revolution – Introducing Official Brand Profiles on Printables.com - Original Prusa 3D Printers (blog.prusa3d.com)