ilmagico

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ilmagico,

Nobody is feeling bad for Google … if I was using duckduckgo, or anything else, I still wouldn’t want to see those popups. Then again, that’s one of the many reason why I stubbornly stick to linux ;)

ilmagico,

Sometimes I doubt my OS choice … but then suddenly microsoft reminds me why I chose it ;)

ilmagico,

If you choose to use bing, then great. Problem is being forced to, or constantly nagged. (I personally use ddg)

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...

ilmagico,

I think it’s becoming a lost art … but basically, you need to go by reputation. Pick well known sites that you trust, compare what they say about the subject, don’t even base your opinion on just one random blog article or tweet / reddit / lemmy post.

For some, Wikipedia is trustworthy since it (usually) cites its sources and has a pretty good track record, while for others it’s not to be trusted, cause anyone can edit it. In the end it’s up to you what you trust. Another example: The CDC (in the US) can be considered trustworthy for health information, being an official government agency, but many also don’t trust it as it has become more politicised and so, biased. Again, you decide what to trust, and always consult at least two trusted sources, more is better.

For product reviews, I simply don’t pay much attention to the star rating, but instead, read the actual reviews, and sort them chronologically so I read the most recent ones. Check that they are actually reviewing the product / service you think they are, as there are ways to get good reviews then “switch” the product listing (amazon) and other similar tricks. Check if it seems plausible, level-headed, or if it’s just someone being angry, or likely fake. Like I said, it’s an art, not a science. Sometimes, you have to actually buy the product / service and judge for yourself, then compare your experience with the reviews, and you’ll learn to tell the truthful reviews from the fake or unreliable.

ilmagico,

I think it’s a case of “easier said than done”

ilmagico,

True only if including when spoken as a second language. Chinese and Spanish are spoken by more people as a first language than English.

ilmagico,

I think the lack of an algorithm to keep you engaged is what makes it better than Xwitter, and the main reason why I have a mastodon account, but I never had (nor ever will have) an account on Txitter.

ilmagico,

The lack of an algo, is exactly why it’s good. It won’t try to turn you into a zombie (= it’s not designed to keep you hooked).

ilmagico,

No, people are just addicted to their super engaging algos on twitter/insta/whatever, they’re just unable to quit.

ilmagico,

… by who?

ilmagico,

Yeah, after saying very compromising things in interviews like some of them did, I also wouldn’t want to go back to russia …

ilmagico,

I use kiwi browser now. It’s still there and getting updates.

ilmagico, (edited )

I want Ukraine to win, but this is against the geneva convention for treatment of POWs.

Edit: see my reply below for details on exactly what is being violated.

ilmagico,

ohchr.org/…/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-…

Article 17:

Every prisoner of war, when questioned on the subject, is bound to give only his surname, first names and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or failing this, equivalent information.

[…]

No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to any unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.

I doubt he gave away this information willingly.

Article 14:

Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.

Coercing POWs to give away positions of their troops seems to be humiliating to me.

ilmagico,

What am I assuming, that he’s not willing? No, I watched the video. His body language doesn’t look like that of someone who’s willing, and neither the way the captors are talking to him.

Either way, even if he’s “willing”, it’s probably cause he’s afraid not to. You cannot assume a POW to have a clear mind to make “free will” decisions.

Yes, the Russians are very likely doing the same or worse, so I understand … but it’s still a violation.

Ah, and my perspective is that Ukraine has has the right to defend themselves and take back their territory, but should do so according to international laws of war.

ilmagico,

Hydrogen is an energy storage, like a battery, so of course it requires a lot of energy to produce, that’s the energy that you get back when consuming it (minus inefficiency losses of course).

The advantage of hydrogen over fossil fuels is that it can be produced from renewable energy, while fossil fuels cannot.

ilmagico,

First time I hear about Arc. It’s always nice to have more competition, but what’s special about arc that makes it better, or, different?

I can hardly find any info from the website. For the little I can tell, this could be yet another chrome-powered browser, developed closed source, which respects your “privacy”, unless it affects their bottom line, of course. But maybe I’m wrong …

ilmagico,

Unless you also convince the rest of the world to do the same, it’s not gonna work.

It’s gonna be like with mobile apps, where sure you can root your phone, or use a degoogled android rom, but then your bank will refuse to let you use their app (right now one can still use their website, but if this passes…), and a bunch of other things won’t work by design.

Me boycotting my bank’s app, or other root-averse apps, or non-google-android-rom averse apps, never stopped them from continuing to do what they do.

ilmagico,

Why linking to an article that simply repeats what the original Reuters article says, but in an exxagerated, sensationalized and occasionally downright misleading way? To be clear, I’m never buying a Tesla for the exact reasons described in either article, and more, but I prefer things being stated more factually, less sensational:

www.reuters.com/…/tesla-batteries-range/

ilmagico,

Ok, so, big tech has too much power. Let’s create a government controlled agency to keep them in check, what could go wrong? We all know governments always act in the best interest of their people.

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Ok seriously, the problem is real and important, I’m just not sure this is the solution. Then again, I don’t have any better idea, so maybe it’s worth a try, it can’t make things much worse …can it?

ilmagico,

So, gambling is addictive, makes you spend more and more money, occasionally when you’re lucky you get a big payout, though on average you lose. It is heavily regulated worldwide.

Gaming is also addictive, makes you spend more and more money, but there’s no chance of a payout, ever. Completely unregulated.

Time to rethink out regulations?

ilmagico,

The way it was meant to be, when social media started doing that, is that it verifies your identity. You use your real name (or stage name, or business name) in the account, and they “verify” it actually belongs to you and not an impostor.

Now instead, it verifies that you paid the fee, and your account name could be Napoleon Bonaparte for what they care.

ilmagico,

Interesting … I always wondered why the .ml. In my trade ML is mostly used to mean “machine learning”, aka AI, but it didn’t seem fitting here.

ilmagico,

I have my nextcloud server exposed, I keep it up to date, patched, etc. but I’d love to use the extra protection of a VPN. Just … I don’t think mobile apps work very well with that, unless I keep my phone constantly connected to the VPN, right? Or is there a smart way to do that?

ilmagico,

Nice! … how exactly, I wanna know :)

ilmagico,

I don’t think you’re out of touch, just use docker compose. It’s not that hard to conver the docker run example command line into a neat docker-compose.yml, if they don’t already provide one for you. So much better than just running containers manually.

Also, you should always understand what any command or docker compose file does before you run it! And don’t blindly curl | bash either, download the bash script and look at it first.

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