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incogtino,

I find these articles interesting as it seems that non-manufacturing contexts rediscover manufacturing principles constantly

Your critical path includes surgeons, your surgeons are a bottleneck, having minimal but non-zero prepped patients available is an inventory buffer

incogtino,

It’s probably an average that includes that one millennial that answers $1B to every question about salary

incogtino, (edited )

Only if Monty Hall didn’t know where the prize is

Say there are 100 doors, you choose one, then 98 are knocked out randomly (likely including the prize) - Now each of the 2 doors has the same chance of winning, so there is no reason to change

But starting with 100 doors and a knowledgeable Monty Hall, once you’ve chosen a door, the only reason Monty Hall leaves your door alone is because you chose it, whether it is the 1/100 winner, or one of the 99/100 losers

Either you chose the right door the first time (1/100 chance) or the other door has the prize behind it - those are the only options - the other door literally represents the 99/100 other doors in a single choice

incogtino,

Do you have a Monty Hall problem, or does Monty Hall have a you problem?

incogtino, (edited )

Things don’t get no better, better than you and me

m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1l4UJW04Y&t=14s

incogtino,

!oddlyspecificplaylists

This community link format will work for app users

incogtino,

There is no way you’ll ever catch me saying Candyman more than once

incogtino,

I couldn’t even describe a single scene, I watched the whole thing but I was young and only retained the fear

incogtino,

Classic anxiety (not trying to diagnose you, but I’ve been there)

Do you meditate? This is by far the biggest contributor to being able to get out of my own head. It helps me appreciate the difference between how I feel (including the physical reactions to stress) and what is really happening

The second biggest contributor is exercise

incogtino,

It would slow down a little

incogtino,

Spez: “We don’t need search, we can survive without it”

Ron Howard: “They couldn’t”

incogtino,

Yes for dry products where there is little risk of contamination e.g. nuts and dried fruits, or whole fruit and vegetables

incogtino,

Well done. Did you use UAD or do it manually?

incogtino,

I did the same, my battery life is amazing - I wouldn’t use a phone or tablet without doing it now

incogtino,

Universal Android Debloater

incogtino,

And the 50 shades of grey colour palette that makes every element look identical - Can I click this? Let’s find out!

incogtino, (edited )

1(a) These are not the best tools to find communities. I believe sub.rehab is curated rather than being a full Lemmy community search tool (i.e. good for finding the few official migrations)

To find communities, I would use lemmyverse.net

For example, you can use this search to find Android communities

If you set your instance using the home icon, any links will open on your instance so you can subscribe to them correctly

It shows similar subscribers counts etc to your first two searches, because it is an independent tool, while searching from your instance (lemmy.world) will only show what that instance can see i.e. communities and subscribers from federated instances

1(b) Each of these are different communities, with different content, moderation, and members. Sometimes there will be duplicate content and cross-posting. If you think they are so similar that the duplication is annoying, just pick one, otherwise subscribe to both

I understand that the way cross-posting is presented is being worked on for future Lemmy releases, but honestly duplication is not that bad at the moment except during large news events

2 Where are you getting links to Lemmy content that you are trying to open? Once you have subscribed to communities of interest, you may come across links to other communities in that content. There are bots that often ‘correct’ instance naming in Lemmy content to use the ! notation, so as long as you don’t block them you’ll get clickable links

Otherwise, yes it is currently the case that /c formatted links will need to be changed to your instance or ! formatted - I’m not aware of an extension to do so, but I presume some of the apps and front-ends will do this for you

incogtino,

Fair enough, I don’t get Lemmy links outside of browsing Lemmy, but I appreciate that there is friction

Sorry that so much of the advice (including mine) is ‘Yeah you have to adapt a bit’

incogtino,

What’s in the box???

incogtino,

F-Droid used to build and sign the APK for each app they distribute using keys owned by F-Droid

That meant you had to trust F-Droid to distribute the app as per the source, and hope that the source hadn’t been compromised (as the developer wasn’t signing anything)

Now when a new app is added to the repo, they build an APK from source and compare it with an APK distributed by the developer

If they match exactly (and if there is no reason to think the developer key has been compromised) then F-Droid will instead distribute APKs signed with the developer key, and verify that the same key was used for each update

If the same key was used, F-Droid doesn’t need to build the APK themselves but can distribute the update as-is

The advantages then are that F-Droid is acting as an additional layer of security and assurance to the developer signing the APK, and updates can be distributed faster as F-Droid doesn’t have to build them

incogtino,

Yes, that video is primarily complaining about F-Droid self-signing, and that it creates: a requirement to trust them; a single point of failure for security; and slows updates

The trade off is that developers must maintain their key, if they lose it the user must uninstall and reinstall the app, as Android will not trust an update signed with a different key

incogtino,

No need to click, it complains about exactly what has now been changed. In essence you are always trusting the dev, why add other parties to that chain

incogtino,

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-rsEs4HWXeY

Redchillitalk, to food

How to Grow Peppers from Seeds: An Exhaustive Guide

Introduction
Developing peppers from seeds can be a compensating experience for any planting lover. Whether you’re a fledgling or an accomplished landscaper, beginning peppers from seeds permits you to investigate different pepper assortments and partake in a plentiful reap. In this aide, we will walk you through the moves toward effectively developing peppers from seeds while giving significant experiences to pepper development. Read more

incogtino,

This is either AI generated garbage or stolen-and-passed-through-a-thesaurus garbage

Even in this description you can see these poor substitutions:

Growing -> Developing

Harvest -> Reap

Guide -> Aide

incogtino,

Nesree

incogtino,

And the wax can build up in the washer causing all sorts of issues, particularly in front loaders

incogtino,

long loooong maaaaan

incogtino,

(Not OP) Thanks but that particular article is AI generated garbage (or just thesaurus generated plagiarism) - you can tell when they replace technical terms like ‘judgement’ or ‘decision’ with synonyms like ‘choice’

While the Cato Institute are some sort of libertarian think-tank, at least this is a real human-written article, and it links back to some better sources:

cato.org/…/judge-willett-concurrence-highlights-q…

incogtino,

Every time someone says experienced users should use a more difficult to use distribution I die a little inside - I happily use Mint, have done for years, why make my life more difficult?

incogtino,

I use Firefox on desktop and Mull (fork) on Android. I have zero problems with Firefox. I don’t really use YT and don’t mind going to the website when I do so can’t comment on embedded videos

I have used the Voyager PWA and it will hang after being in the background so you have to reopen, but not sure if this is a Firefox issue

Only using basic extensions like UBlock Origin on Android, lots of extensions on desktop (and literally hundreds of tabs open)

incogtino,

Bitwarden are not in the default repo

mobileapp.bitwarden.com/fdroid/

incogtino,

Depending on your launcher it can be even easier. I use the Firefox logo on Mull (Firefox fork from F-Droid) to make it easier to find

incogtino,

This is what I’ve done a couple of times now

lemmy.zip/comment/1548190

But… I haven’t had any feedback on whether this is effective from the perspective of getting rid of Google entirely

I will say that it makes the phone feel really light and fast, literally every app in the app drawer is one you put there yourself. My battery life is usually better too

The UAD should be pretty safe (and I think it’s a bit conservative in what it recommends) but make sure you take care with the packages you remove yourself

incogtino,

Agree. It should be pretty thorough for a Samsung tablet

incogtino,

Your employer does not care about you. You are not important or irreplaceable

Take your time and energy and put it into your life, not their business

I have had coworkers die (not work related) and by the time you hear about it (like the next day) they have already worked out who will get the work done so the machine doesn’t have to stop

incogtino,

Groundhog Day (somewhat ironically) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

incogtino,

1326 Beverly Estate Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

incogtino,

You beat me, I swear I hadn’t seen your comment before I flew around Beverly Hills on the map and found it

incogtino,

Try installing Mull (Firefox fork) from F-Droid and see if you have the same issues

incogtino,

F-Droid has a setting that allows you to hide apps with anti-features. One of them is ‘source code no longer available’ but another for ‘source code not updated in 2+years’ would be great for this

incogtino,

This is a great short analysis, but I think the generic recommendations are a bit strange when tacked onto it

Firstly, who knows what to expect from the Twitter X changeover. If I had a blue subscription I wouldn’t not (!) expect to get an email about migrating considering the chaos so far

Then the email is verified as coming from Twitter, and sends you to the genuine Twitter API. No amount of 2FA or antivirus is going to save you here

incogtino,

Cool cool, definitely not criticising, and a great article to post

I think the weakness of the article was mentioning that the email passed the Security Policy Framework (i.e. appeared to legitimately be from x.com) without discussing why this is possible and who is responsible for it not happening

They even say in bold that ‘the primary responsibility less with the end user’, but in this case even careful users could easily be caught

incogtino,

Ethical phishing: Email Twitter users, steal their credentials, close their accounts

/jk

Experiences with degoogling a "normal" Android phone

This list is for people (like me) who want to degoogle but can’t or don’t want to buy a new phone that is supported by a custom ROM, can’t or don’t want to root the phone they have, and can’t or don’t want to use Android Debug Bridge. So this is about degoogling with built-in settings only....

incogtino,

I used Universal Android Debloater which uninstalls or freezes packages for the user, including many that you can’t see as installed apps (happy to hear from anyone who knows how effective this is)

This is my degoogle without root process:

  • full reset
  • set up the phone without connecting to the internet
  • enable Developer options and USB debugging
  • install basic apps (F-Droid, a keyboard, launcher, and file manager apks from F-Droid) over adb
  • run Universal Android Debloater
  • reboot to make sure it boots :)
  • use adb to list installed packages and remove as needed (I still had to remove some Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Google packages, as well as plenty from the manufacturer)
  • reboot and test, then install apps as needed from F-Droid

Be careful when uninstalling, as some critical packages could soft brick your phone. If the phone boots you can reinstall a package over adb

incogtino,

My understanding is that Lemmur is effectively abandoned and won’t work

incogtino,

I’m sure this is a stupid simple take, but could a nation like Norway avoid this (at least for a while) by selling oil in other currencies and maintaining their investments in other currencies?

incogtino,

I can’t wait to have my LinkedIn profile prominently displayed here

incogtino,

Lemmy tell you why I like the name…

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