[-] esaru@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Trump can win a match by lying and playing foul if his opponent looks weak and his sole goal is to convince people. Integrity and experience are not enough to compete Trump. It needs someone in better physical conditions and charisma than Biden to prevent Trump.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When there's a post about privacy issues, expect alternatives with more privacy be mentioned. It's just that there are so many moments that big corporations violate user's privacy nowadays, so that's why you see it that often.

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The contract requires repair shops to "immediately disassemble" devices that have parts "not purchased from Samsung."

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can only advice to try out a color E ink eReader in person. Their screen is usually low contrast and dark, to a degree that you need to use it with backlight by default, which kinda defeats the purpose of an E ink eReader. For E ink, monochrome displays are still the way to go, and if you really need color, a device without E ink.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Many actions against another country are not based on the race of people living in it, but for political, economic, or military reasons.

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For nearly two years now, Google has been gradually rolling out a feature to all Chrome users that analyzes their browsing history within the browser itself. This feature aims to replace third-party cookies and individual tracking by categorizing you into an interest category and sharing that category with advertisers. It's like having a function in your credit card account that evaluates your activities to pass on your spending habits to the advertising industry, so they can send you tailored ads. Ironically, it's called "Privacy Sandbox". To check if this is enabled in your Chrome or Chromium browser, simply enter chrome://settings/adPrivacy into the address bar (yes, the configuration page is called "Ad Privacy"). However, I wouldn't even want to have this built into my browser, no matter if activated or not. If you're not a fan of this, you might want to consider switching to Firefox.

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I guess our car is not our private space anymore, and we are not given a choice when buying a car from Volkswagen.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Jitsi remains free. As you can see, this isn't about money but rather about privacy, which has diminished compared to before.

The issue with centralized systems becomes more apparent: the provders are held accountable for their users' actions.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by esaru@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a "Know Your Customer" policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account.

One option to avoid this is to self-host, but then you'll be identifiable via your domain and have to maintain a server.

As a true alternative to Jitsi, there's jami.net. It is a decentralized conference app, free open-source, and account creation is optional. It's available for all major platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android), including on F-Droid.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 18 points 11 months ago

You can feel better by seeing the upvoting system as a tool to raise visibility rather than a tool to show agreement with its content.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 21 points 11 months ago

This is not what most users signed up for when they signed up on Twitter.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why does it make a difference that gun manufacturers charge for their weapens. They make them accessible for basically every adult. If they didn't sell them to basically everyone, many shootings would not happen, as world wide statistics show. Earning income on what they provide makes them even more responsible, because they profit off from the selling. I don't see why they are not being charged for selling it to people that use it to commit crimes, and someone providing an exit point does get charged because he lets people use it while he has no control at all over who uses his access point.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 17 points 11 months ago

Time for a federation of messengers. The XMPP protocol is ready and waiting for you.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Reddit has shown the middle finger to users' decade-long commitment, ignored all complaints, and demonstrated it doesn't care, which has destroyed all trust.

Now, Reddit is asking, "Can we be friends now so you can continue to work for us for free? We want to follow through with our plan of cashing in and need your contribution."

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 19 points 11 months ago

The feeling that commercial platforms give me is being harassed until I pay them money.

I like to support platforms, but don't like being milked like a milk cow.

That's why I'm completely open source and on free networks only.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

This one has a pretty nice look with a list of all 6000 participating subreddits and fading in in real-time when a subreddit goes dark:

https://reddark.untone.uk/

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by esaru@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

How can I subscribe to a community on another Lemmy instance using the Beehaw account? I feel a bit embarrassed asking this question because it seems like a basic task, and I may have overlooked something obvious. However, I did make an effort to search the internet before coming here.

Here are the steps I've tried, which don't seem to be working:

  1. On Beehaw, I navigated to the "Communities" section.

  2. In the search bar, I attempted several searches:

    • https://programming.dev/c/meta

      => Result: The search page appears empty, without explicitly stating "No results." However, I can click the "next" button an infinite number of times.

    • I tried entering meta@programming.dev

      => Result: It displays "No results."

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