Hey, German here. What the f*** are Americans doing at the other side of the Atlantic? Some of you already know this monstrosity. I did’nt. This is a Ford F650 Truck and when I stepped out of my Youtube Bubble I realized, it was marketed as the “biggest, baddest Truck on the road” for the everyday American. Are you guys...
I drive an 02 golf. Before this, a Toyota 4runner (1st gen).
I’m not trying to brag… But I think it’s not a “I’m too big for anything smaller” it’s a “I’m too insecure for anything smaller”, aka “my dick is too small for anything smaller” syndrome.
I’ve recently made friends with a group of Germans who have come to Canada. I’m astonished by the practicality and industriousness I’ve noticed in contrast to the idiocy of most Canadians. I’m not saying you don’t have any idiots in Germany. I’m just saying culturally, there seem to be some big differences.
Remember, don’t let the dumbest of the world ruin your happiness.
6 months ago, it’s “we want to scan all devices for CSA media”, 2 months ago, “we want to scan all devices for DRM”, now, “we want to scan all devices for phishing”
They’re just rebranding the same thing over and over till nobody says anything… Get ready for it, guys, the end of privacy is here.
Ex commercial (sourdough) Baker here. Cast iron will be handed down to your children’s children.
What we used was basic (good quality) sheet metal bread pans. Avoid coatings, or anything fancy… Sure they may do something in the short term… But… Same with pyrex. They used to be good, but quality has gone way down in the past 20 years, and you have to be real careful with them, like they’re made of glass or something ;)
This is one place, where possibly the cheapest option is what will win the day. Keep it simple silly :) don’t overthinking it, get something, and get baking!
Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...
Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.
"They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."
Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.
People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?
What harm does public data have to you? Couldn’t one just ignore the ads? You can’t see anyone watching you, is public data good for public records? (I’m just curious). I know this sounds weird but is public data good for historical preservation and knowledge increasing the importance of the individual? And does public...
I’m in no means an expert here, but over the last 10 years or so, I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can. I am still in the boat of trying to find meaningful, impactful ways of explaining to people around me, why they should care about privacy.
Here’s what I would challenge anyone who takes the time to read this to do. Choose a random user in this thread. Any one of them. Go to their profile page, and see what you can learn about that person based on comment/post history.
Did you get an idea of where in the world they live? The problems they’re facing? The things they like? Now. Think like you were someone trying to harm/exploit them. Think of some products you could put in front of them that they could not live without.
Now we take that information, and start to put it together, we think, okay how do we manipulate this person into purchasing this thing.
Maybe we target a fake news article, stating “(target user’s generation) choosing between paying rent and purchasing (target product)”
Now that person starts to think “whoa, in not the only one that’s struggling with this decision, and others are choosing the purchase”
Now, maybe we target an influencer video to them, about how much better their lives are with that product.
Pretty soon, we put together a picture of how quickly and easily we could create an algorithm to manipulate someone into buying something that they would not have made the informed decision to buy. Now they value the product even if they can’t afford it…
I’m literally realizing this as I’m typing it… And it kind of terrifies me.
All of this is completely ignoring the concern of government entities, with I’ll intention, using the information against you…
I essentially just thinking about what the intention is behind something. What are Facebook’s intentions? Are they to connect you with your friends, and improve your life? No. Their intention is keep you stuck too their platform, and sharing marketable details of your life.
You walk onto a car lot. Is your first thought “hey, this guy is super friendly! He just wants to spend time with me” not, his intention is to get you into the most expensive car he can.
Also on vi. I don’t think it’s an issue. Our weather is absolutely ideal for most bug/larval growth. Someone may correct me here, but larva typically only rest dead flesh in our area. The buzzfeed stories that you hear, are excessively rare, if even close to true.
Don’t worry so much about it, cats are pretty resilient, and are used to eating raw rodents and stuff.
How this helps! Nice to meet another Islander on this big ol’Lemmy!
This may sound dumb… An old Samsung phone I had years ago, came with alarms that gradually faded in. The most memorable, started with the ocean, and the seagulls… Then there was a fog horn in the distance. Slowly the horn got closer, and closer… Until it was all you could hear, and your alarm was going off.
I’ve looked everywhere for the sound file… It must be Locked away in a basement at Samsung somewhere.
That absolutely does. As much as I loved the ship one, and would love to find that one, I found the concept a very healthy way to wake up. Didn’t panicked you, just got you up. Sorry, I may be living under a rock, is a one plus a phone? Or app?
I have used Ubuntu for years on and off, since the days you could have them send you a cd in the mail, with a free copy of Ubuntu. I recently installed Ubuntu server 22.04, and saw some serious red flags.
Ubuntu pro account - canonical send to be withholding security updates, until you subscribe. This was clickbaited during the command line install with "you are missing out on 97 security updates"
snap, although very slick, and quick to set up, seems very resource intensive, as to my understanding, if I install 2 snaps on my server, they will run 2 instances of Apache, MySQL, etc… Correct me if I’m wrong
Especially the first point, just gave me an idea of which direction canonical is headed in… And I think I for one will start to look elsewhere. Absolutely happy to be wrong about any of my points
They took the servers offline, to avoid more damage.
Kind of neat, that the main Lemmy instance went down, and it actually wasn’t that noticable to those of us that weren’t logged into that instance… The fediverse is cool :)
I’d like to settle on a distro, but none of them seem to click for me. I want stability more than anything, but I also value having the latest updates (I know, kind of incompatible)....
I searched for years. Nothing really clicked… I’ve finally settled on ParrotOS. Their flagship is a pen testing distro like Kali, but they have a home distro as well, I’ve been using it for quite some time.
Stability is huge for me, and regular updates. Privacy focused, based on Debian.
Okay so yesterday, I changed my password as a precaution because of the hack, and just now I decided to clean my browser tabs and re login and almost forgot my password. I’m done dealing with passwords....
I use Firefox as well. My uneducated concern. I once installed Chrome on my PC for something specific. During the install, it asked if I would like to import my saved logins from Firefox. I thought: “let’s see”. In fact, it unencrypted the file, and loaded all my passwords. So, my thought is, of someone was to gain access to that file, how hard would it really be to unencrypted it? If chrome can do it as part of their wizard.
Again, feel free to educate me, but that’s my concern
Canadian here. Because dentistry. Is. Sales. Not. Healthcare.
It’s all about upselling you on the new toothpaste, the new treatment, the beautox injections, and spending thousands of dollars on that little imperfection.
I think the difference stands in that other parts of the world may still view dentistry mainly as a medical profession. In Canada, that’s the side hustle now.
Disclaimer; I have no experience with dental profession in other countries, just my two cents on dentistry in Canada.
America has lost its f*****g mind. (feddit.de)
Hey, German here. What the f*** are Americans doing at the other side of the Atlantic? Some of you already know this monstrosity. I did’nt. This is a Ford F650 Truck and when I stepped out of my Youtube Bubble I realized, it was marketed as the “biggest, baddest Truck on the road” for the everyday American. Are you guys...
Android is preparing to add built-in protection against phishing (www.androidpolice.com)
What's something that feels illegal to know?
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Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program (arstechnica.com)
Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...
Best bathroom west of the Mississippi (i.imgur.com)
Best bathroom i ever saw. Found on a hike in California near Sawtooth Peak in Sequoia National Park
If you don't mind me asking what is so important about privacy?
What harm does public data have to you? Couldn’t one just ignore the ads? You can’t see anyone watching you, is public data good for public records? (I’m just curious). I know this sounds weird but is public data good for historical preservation and knowledge increasing the importance of the individual? And does public...
Its doing it again (pawb.social)
What types of services are you not willing to self-host?
For example, something that is too complex for your comfort level, a security concern, or maybe your hardware can’t keep up with the service’s needs?
Our cat found a dead rat. ... 'things' emerged from it. Should we be concerned?
Our girl cat brought a rat she’d either killed or found already dead to our patio (she hasn’t done this for a few years)....
What discontinued feature do you miss from phones or other technologies?
For me its the ‘Knock Code’ that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)...
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Introvert tip #42 (lemmy.ml)
what happened to the fediverse in June 2023? why did everything go down?
What is your go-to Linux distro and why?
I’d like to settle on a distro, but none of them seem to click for me. I want stability more than anything, but I also value having the latest updates (I know, kind of incompatible)....
What password manager do you recommend?
Okay so yesterday, I changed my password as a precaution because of the hack, and just now I decided to clean my browser tabs and re login and almost forgot my password. I’m done dealing with passwords....
this is an actual wikihow page btw (lemmy.world)
link to the page: www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Book-of-Shadows
joining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your ex
I’m tired about reading about reddit here....
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