It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...
Don’t stick to one channel. Don’t get your news from social media, because social media is an echo chamber.
Use an RSS feed aggregator app to consolidate boring news articles from multiple boring publications. This will give you an even spread.
You will see the same news stories from different news outlets with different spin. You will quickly come to understand various news publishers biases and how extreme they are.
Always go into an article with an understanding of the publishers biases that might be at play.
If you must do the news on social thing… Only use social to discuss stories you already understand to some degree. Or as a place to research the news topic deeper.
For the most part, just use social to hang with your communities… you know… like a social network :)
Do you have some methods to mitigate the downsides of search engines and “AI” summarizers? Besides talking to folks online, what other methods might one use to sift through the internet’s vast expanses?...
I mean, it’s usually used to undermine a cause by killing their leaders, but their death can also cause them to become a martyr and get even more support. Which is generally true for the majority of assassinations?...
It depends on the context and the motivation. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, for instance, I’d argue was a success – it halted any momentum the reconciliation movement had at the time, and led to the situation we’re in today. Would talks have broken down anyway? Who’s to say.
By contrast, the assassination of JFK, though the purpose is unknown, allowed Johnson to galvanise his party in support of a raft of measures.
Why YSK: Suppose, you want to copy multiple parts of texts from different documents to a single document. You can copy all of them and paste one by one by bringing up the clipboard history. This is one of the many useful cases of a clipboard history....
I’m a professional film and TV editor. In between jobs, I recut the Kenobi show from a weak 6-hour miniseries to a strong 2-hour movie (including full sound & score remixing via split-audio I managed to get)....
I actually paid for Reddit Premium about as long as I remember it being around. I cancelled the instant they announced the intent to paywall and censor the API.
I’m generally fine with paying for services I use and enjoy, if I consider the price reasonable. I spent a lot of time on Reddit and considered it reasonable for avoiding ads.
They’ll never see a cent from me again, not from ad revenue or otherwise. I blocked Reddit’s URLs on my PiHole just to be sure.
Those who blog in the fediverse, what do you use? Writefreely is a bit too minimalist for what I want to do. Is the best alternative for me to just use wordpress with the activitypub plugin?
I have an online friend from the other side of the globe. We met in chess.com. But I’d like to try a different game this time. We are not console gamers, but have smartphones. Are there any online games we can try for free that can be played real-time? Looking for something light and can be played in the phone browser.
My main interest is the preservation of media history. To that end, I am looking for a good source of PS2 files so that I can catalog and archive them into a dedicated USB HDD. Then I’ll store the drive in the random nuclear fallout shelter the house I bought came with until the day the world needs a copy of ‘Little Britain:...
Obviously am aware of Readarr but is there anything equivalent to Overseerr for book request tracking? Or has anyone found other creative ways of processing requests automatically to Readarr?
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
How do people find good information on the internet these days?
It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust...
How do you go about researching online given search engine commercialization and "AI" hallucinations?
Do you have some methods to mitigate the downsides of search engines and “AI” summarizers? Besides talking to folks online, what other methods might one use to sift through the internet’s vast expanses?...
The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15 (www.404media.co)
Do political assassinations generally help or harm the cause of the person that was assassinated?
I mean, it’s usually used to undermine a cause by killing their leaders, but their death can also cause them to become a martyr and get even more support. Which is generally true for the majority of assassinations?...
YSK: You can press the Windows logo key+V to show up the clipboard history.
Why YSK: Suppose, you want to copy multiple parts of texts from different documents to a single document. You can copy all of them and paste one by one by bringing up the clipboard history. This is one of the many useful cases of a clipboard history....
PSA: You are legally entitled to receive a .zip file of all data related to your account that is stored on Reddit's servers.
www.reddit.com/settings/data-request...
Indigenous-led tourism: How to choose a travel experience that benefits people and nature (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1248057...
OpenAI finally admitted they're crawling the web to profit off of GPT. Block it from your sites using robots.txt. (platform.openai.com)
Pro Tip: Bypass news paywalls using the new "Reading Mode" app by Google (play.google.com)
I am sure this wasn’t the intended use - but I discovered a useful trick on Android....
Linkwarden is a fully self-hostable, collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages (linkwarden.app)
Website: linkwarden.appGithub: github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden
KENOBI - The Boonta Eve Redux (lemm.ee)
I’m a professional film and TV editor. In between jobs, I recut the Kenobi show from a weak 6-hour miniseries to a strong 2-hour movie (including full sound & score remixing via split-audio I managed to get)....
How many ads I block since I stopped using Reddit
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27e6cb34-bb3f-4615-b7e3-7ca1cc65e05c.jpeg...
Must watch classic SciFi movies?
So far this year I have watched Metropolis and Zardoz for the first time. What are some other must see SciFi movies?
Which kindle(?) to buy for downloaded books
Hi!...
Alternative to Writefreely for blog?
Those who blog in the fediverse, what do you use? Writefreely is a bit too minimalist for what I want to do. Is the best alternative for me to just use wordpress with the activitypub plugin?
Audiobooks
What are some solid sites where I can source all of my audio books? Similar to what we have Anna’s archives and zlib for books, pdf .etc
What online games can be played by 2 users?
I have an online friend from the other side of the globe. We met in chess.com. But I’d like to try a different game this time. We are not console gamers, but have smartphones. Are there any online games we can try for free that can be played real-time? Looking for something light and can be played in the phone browser.
You said you'll watch the good, innovative Star Wars media, and then ignore Visions (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/501c61cf-9df7-4045-92b5-a41d23ced0b2.jpeg
You can get all your entertainment in one place, like Netflix - for FREE! (technomagnus.vercel.app)
I’ve seen a lot of posts about how to watch new and old movies and shows for free. This is for you, guys!...
What are good sources of PS2 files?
My main interest is the preservation of media history. To that end, I am looking for a good source of PS2 files so that I can catalog and archive them into a dedicated USB HDD. Then I’ll store the drive in the random nuclear fallout shelter the house I bought came with until the day the world needs a copy of ‘Little Britain:...
Things you wished you knew before setting up your Deck?
Got a Steam Deck on the way, anything I should know before I dive in when it arrives?
Overseerr Equivalent for Audiobooks/Ebooks
Obviously am aware of Readarr but is there anything equivalent to Overseerr for book request tracking? Or has anyone found other creative ways of processing requests automatically to Readarr?
YSK alternatives to imgur for uploading your images
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
All the information you need (lemmy.world)
Recommend some Mastodon accounts to follow
I would like to follow some nice and informative mastodon accounts. Any recommendation?