Allero

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[–] Allero 11 points 10 hours ago

For now he's a candidate from the Democratic party

[–] Allero 3 points 1 day ago

I absolutely hate licorice, but my girlfriend is sitting there asking me to share the gospel on what a great thing licorice is

[–] Allero 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(not me downvoting)

I understand the concern with locally made software. However, I'd rather see something open-source come from the US than something closed source come from my own country.

Speaking of Konqueror, what about Falkon? It is the newer option by KDE team, and works on a more modern engine. And, it works on Windows.

[–] Allero 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks! Happy to know it got resolved, and I hope you had a nice vacation!

[–] Allero 1 points 2 days ago

Wait, wait, wait.

So, some trucks burned down in Germany, then a random pro-Russia Telegram channel claimed it's Russian saboteurs burning down Ukrainian trucks (something that we know is not true because they had Bundeswehr signs), and journalists just took it from there?

Is it how serious journalism is done? If a random person claims it's ISIS burning down Palestinian trucks, will it be seen seriously?

At this point, it's just journalists wishing it to be true to have a striking article. With all atrocities Russia commits, this one would make no sense and is confirmed by zero reputable sources.

[–] Allero 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Of course I mean pure ungoogled Chromium, without bloat on top.

Not only browser code consists of millions of lines, it is also audited by thousands of people, and, importantly, changes can be highlighted, which doesn't allow for them to go unnoticed.

Successful mass attacks with OSS typically require much more skill and resources as you need for you malicious code to be written in a way that stays unnoticed (and eventually, rather soon, it will be discovered, with all consequences).

With closed source programs, integrating malicious code is easy, and this code can stay there unnoticed for ages, so they are 100% "trust me bro, I don't do anything bad".

So, yes, OSS is more secure.

[–] Allero 4 points 3 days ago

No, it's a feature

[–] Allero 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

12 is the most based number in that respect IMO.

But then...hey, we use that for hours!

[–] Allero 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Firefox is open source, and while it takes some shady practices to fund it (it sure isn't cheap to run your own damn engine alongside everything on top), I take it as a more tenable compromise. It's not about free as in beer freedom, it's about basic security.

You can also have degoogled Chromium which is open-source if you're into it.

[–] Allero 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Kinda, but I would like to tailor my experience a bit more than "all or nothing".

IceCat is directly a GNU project, so it's highly ideological - which is important and respectable in a way, but then it gets adoption to near-zero because most sites just don't work out of the box, and to make it work properly means completely removing all safeguards that make IceCat make sense. There's little in between.

I'd rather have something like LibreWolf, but without phone-home functionality, or at least a switch to turn it off. Out of all Firefox forks I know, only IceCat respects user privacy in this way - 0 connections on startup, and then only connection to actual site and whatever it requires.

Opt-in telemetry (ideally - leveled) and manual bug information sending are totally fine, though.

[–] Allero 7 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Nothing in the browser should be proprietary. Any proprietary part is a possibility of malice, and browsers are mission critical.

[–] Allero 2 points 3 days ago

Huh, I was under the impression the total coal capacity is still growing, not the speed at which new coal plants are built. Thanks for that piece!

 

I'm pretty new to selfhosting and homelabs, and I would appreciate a simple-worded explanation here. Details are always welcome!

So, I have a home network with a dynamic external IP address. I already have my Synology NAS exposed to the Internet with DDNS - this was done using the interface, so didn't require much technical knowledge.

Now, I would like to add another server (currently testing with Raspberry Pi) in the same LAN that would also be externally reachable, either through a subdomain (preferable), or through specific ports. How do I go about it?

P.S. Apparently, what I've tried on the router does work, it's just that my NAS was sitting in the DMZ. Now it works!

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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Allero to c/Antisexism
 

Throughout North America, June is known for two major events: Pride Month, and, most recently, Men's Health Month: a time to pay closer attention to issues regarding men's health in general and mental wellbeing in particular.

According to National Alliance on Mental Illness, 19% of adult U.S. men have experienced mental illness, but only 45,9% received any help. Without help, many men resort to substance abuse and suicide. At the same time, gender stereotypes still prevent many male patients from addressing the mental health challenges they face, while encouraging dangerous behaviors.

As such, bridging the cultural, financial, and other gaps in men's access to mental health services is crucial and beneficial for everyone.

 

Some people describe it as a network, some people describe it as a forum, yet somehow we have providers, and at the same time Usenet is seen as anonymous despite having a proxy in the form of a provider...for someone grown way after the Usenet prime, this all doesn't make sense.

What is Usenet, actually? Is it a separate network? Is it layered on top of the Internet? If it's the latter, why do I need some Usenet provider and why does it need to retain information (and why doing it for as long as possible is desirable?). Please help me connect the dots here.

 

Today is the 48th year the world as a whole gets to celebrate International Women's Day - a day celebrating the achievements of women fighting for a better, more equal and fair future.

In this day, it is important to revisit the origins of this celebration, and what it means for the people and for the feminist (and wider antisexist) movement.

 

According to recent studies, women remain to be underrepresented in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); for example, women only fill 31,2% of R&D jobs globally, with most parts of Asia, North America and Western Europe among the underdogs. On the other hand, Central Asia leads the way with 49% of research positions filled by women, along with some of the Eastern European countries such as Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia all exceeding the 50% mark.

As the share of women in STEM raises within a country, it gets easier to maintain as women feel more represented and capable of the career. One of the interesting observations is that the share of women in STEM is higher in the countries where there have been large historical shifts that expedited their inclusion; for example, most post-Soviet countries have better numbers of gender equality in the field, as the now-dissolved country has put big emphasis on the higher education of women, forming a self-sustaining image of women as scientists and innovators.

 

In many countries around the world, women enter retirement earlier than men: typically, the difference set is about 5 years. As women already leave work for their pensions, men remain part of the workforce.

As the retirement age grows for everyone, men thereby remain the most affected: with an average male life expectancy of 70,7 years, an average man is going to see about 5,5 years of retirement, as compared to 12,5 years for women that have both lower retirement age and higher life expectancy.

 

If you look into official data on the voting rights for women, it will paint you a pretty positive picture: all countries, except for Vatican city, do officially allow women to vote in elections.

However, in practice, there can still be plenty of barriers for women to vote. From legal restrictions for women to leave their house without husband's permission, to threats of violence on the booths, there are many things that make it impossible for women to actually put in the ballot.

The article explores these barriers in some of the countries around the world.

 

72 countries from various regions of the world still have military conscription. Of them, only 23 conscript women; all 72 conscript men.

Some of the countries that conscript both men and women have different conditions of service; for example, in Israel, men serve 32 months, while women serve 24.

 

As the legal system and society at large fails to recognize intersex people, surgeries and forced HRT continue to be pushed as a means to force binary gender standards.

Neither children themselves nor the parents are properly informed of the harms and risks involved in the procedure, as highlighted by the Human Rights commission of the United Nations.

This comes at a time when similar procedures are routinely denied to trans people, prompting questions on the validity and sincerity of concerns over gender treatment of children and adolescents arising under many conservative governments.

 

Average working time of German men is 43,27 hours, as compared to 34,63 hours worked by women, constituting a 20% difference. Men are also found to be more likely to take blue-collar jobs that are commonly more dangerous and physically demanding.

However, women are more likely to cite family obligations as the reason for choosing part-time work, suggesting more unpaid home labor compared to men.

Interestingly, the reasons for overtime work may also differ between genders: men are more likely to get additional hours to boost income, while women are more likely to step in for colleagues.

 

Women still spend more time caring for children compared to men, as evident from the US survey carried out between 2011 and 2021.

Interestingly, while levels of employment affected child care time for both men and women, for men the effect was less pronounced.

One other interesting finding is that the difference between men and women is minimal when both work full-time, suggesting a more equal distribution of duties due to lack of available time.

 

!antisexism@lemmy.today is a community directed against the gender-based discrimination of men, women and nonbinary people.

It stands strongly against patriarchy and all forms of gender inequality, and is supportive of both feminism and masculism, as long as their end goal is equality.

Since, apparently, no Lemmy communities I know have tackled the gender-based issues from this angle, I decided to start my own. Will be happy to see you!

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