Rikj000

Rikj000, 2 days ago

Correct, ChatGPT is proprietary spyware.

If the interface would support self hosted (local/offline) LLMs, then I’m sure people would be much more interested.

Rikj000, 3 days ago

CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies),
basically FIAT 2.0,
but now with even less rights and privacy over your money.

Rikj000, 5 days ago

Suyu is the most popular + actively developed afaik.
suyu.dev

They host their code on their own Forgejo instance:
git.suyu.dev/explore/repos

Which is more DMCA proof then Github/Gitlab.

I hope ForgeFed will go into production soon,
then we can synchronize the code in between multiple Forgejo instances in a federated fashion.
codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/59

Rikj000, 6 days ago

Only these 2:

• world@lemmy.world
• worldnews@lemmy.ml

Because they:

• Spam up your feed
• Spread depressing content (since it attracts more attention thus earns them more)
• Try to manipulate you

Rikj000, 6 days ago

Each article,
links to a news site,
which is riddled with data trackers,
which collects info about you,
which is sold.

In addition the sites contain advertisements.

Rikj000, 6 days ago

How do you think news sites earn money? They do not provide that content for free,
you are their product of which they benefit.

I use NoScript,
which tells me about each JavaScript piece a website has, most if not all of them contain trackers (= data collection).

Rikj000, 6 days ago

Citra, internal resolution x9,
and you’ve got yourself an early access to this :)

No need to pay Nintendont, the law-suit company that makes games on the side, again for a game you already bought in the past.

Rikj000, 9 days ago

• Forgejo: But ForgeFed, it’s federation software is still under development
• Radicle: But they have unnecessary ties with crypto stuff

Rikj000, 9 days ago

Human Centipede,
that shit is banned in a few countries for a reason…

Rikj000, 10 days ago

All I want to know is how it can be removed / disabled permanently from my work laptop when it reaches it.

Rikj000, 10 days ago

I feel you :/

I’d answer with:
Because it’s a privacy nightmare.

They’ll answer with:
I don’t care about privacy,
I’ve got nothing to hide.

I’ll answer with:
That’s a dumb reply,
my privacy is not important,
but systematic privacy is,
if we don’t care about it,
we’ll end up in a oppressed surveillance state like China.

And then they say “huh” and likely will continue to not care… ;-;

However it does make some aware,
in which I’m putting my faith.

Rikj000, 10 days ago

Imo cuz people are too PC (Politically Correct) buthurt lately.

I’d even flip the tables, and call it racist if you won’t allow other races to dress up / admire your own race.

Ofc doing it to make fun / be a dick about other races is not okay.

Rikj000, 10 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Imagine white people calling a black woman racist for dressing up like Marilyn Monroe, that’s bs.

Or black people calling a white child racist for wanting to dress up like Martin Luther King, since the child sees him as a hero of the past.

It all comes down to your acts when you’re dressed up, or the people you dress up as.

Those can be either offensive,
or innocent.

Rikj000, 11 days ago

2 words for you:
Password Manager

Get around to using one :P

I only remember my password to my PW manager, which additionally is encrypted with a key file to increase security.

The rest of my PWs are 128 character long random generated PWs, with capitals, numbers, special characters etc…

Rikj000, 11 days ago

Hope these will help with opting out for data collection / informing yourself about it:

• privacy4cars.com
• vehicleprivacyreport.com
• optoutcode.com
• foundation.mozilla.org/en/…/cars/

Rikj000, 9 days ago

Points that can help them change to FOSS:

• Cool new features not available in proprietary alternatives
• Awareness of privacy risks & issues
• Battery life improvements
• Storage size reduction
• Security improvements

Sites that can help them find FOSS alternatives:

• www.opensourcealternative.to
• github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
• www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
• f-droid.org/en/packages/

In my experience it’s extremely hard to make someone not interested in software to try out new FOSS apps though…

Rikj000, 12 days ago

I guess a little inflation is good,
to prevent all money from ending up in a single party’s hands.

However that’s the only upside I could think of, other then that I fully agree with you.

Central/regional banks “printing” money, through bonds and fractional banking, is blatant stealing from people who worked / saved in the past imo. Since it leads to inflation / devaluation of the currency.

Rikj000, 13 days ago

Horizon Forbidden West,
currently going through the Burning Shores DLC.

Truly love the game as much as I loved Zero Dawn,
only 2 remarks are:

• Gear upgrades are a chore/grind
  (Temporarily drop to “Story” difficulty to farm the huge amount of parts needed)
• Machine Strike is not fun
  (Buy/use a “Slaughterspine Piece” to cheese it)

Other then those 2 remarks,
I love everything about the game / lore / graphics :)

Rikj000, 13 days ago

I enjoyed the side content,
only some of the collectables e.g. the Vista Points where a bit dull
(however luckily Aloy helps out with them).

HFW is bigger then HZD,
which I don’t mind at all,
actually a bit sad that I’m about to complete it :P

Rikj000, 13 days ago

Is that shit finally banned?
Never signed up, but happy to see that brain rotting app go away.

But I wouldn’t stop there, imo all GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft) spyware should get the boot.

Rikj000, 13 days ago

No matter the nationality,
spyware is not okay…

Never has been, never will be.
It’s a form of oppression,
and an invasion upon your rights (to privacy).

Rikj000, 13 days ago

Interesting, so in between lawsuits and takedowns they still do game related stuff from time to time huh?

One thing is certain,
due to all those lawsuits and takedowns,
I won’t be buying into their next console,
they won’t get a single dime from me anymore.

Rikj000, 13 days ago

They might have been doing it for longer then I’ve been aware of.

But this is a (small) list of things that caught my attention and made me despise them:

• Garry’s Mod takedowns
• Yuzu + Citra takedowns
• Relic Castle takedown
• Palworld Mod takedowns
• BOTW Mod takedowns
• PointCrow DMCAs
• Gary Bowser’s life ruined

Rikj000, 16 days ago (edited 15 days ago)

Did not know that,
however it won’t make me change up my mind about Nintendont.

All their previous lawsuites and takedowns against the modding and emulation communities, where not fake, nor trolls, and made me despise them.

Rikj000, 15 days ago

English is not my native language,
my mistake, corrected it.