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Fun fact, jemalloc was the default allocator for rust but was dropped off and use default system allocator to have smaller binary size
I typically self host with full disk encryption which I trust more than application level encryptions. Guessing that works for most self hosters
Most lightweight alternatives I found use some non standard format to store files instead of leaving it to the filesystem which keeps me away from using those. I am glad bewCloud is not doing that.
Hi! Watomatic developer here. The newer version does access internet (Github API) for following reasons: - To show release notes in the app - (in works) To warn users about outdated versions. This is an issue esp in the non Google Play landscape. - (in works) To show recent contributors list in the About section ...
Having access to internet made lots of things easy so thought that was a pragmatic choice :)
Edit: Looks like they programmed it to work only with Gmail and probably other mainstream email providers.
I recently made this auto reply app for WhatsApp with a focus on moving away from it. Many are having a hard time convincing friends and family to move away from WhatsApp and I hope this tool helps with that.
It basically just auto replies to all WhatsApp messages with the message you set. Just enable it and set a message something like "Hey I am not using WhatsApp anymore. Please switch to Signal" and it takes care of the rest.
- Simple: Set the message and it auto replies to all WhatsApp messages - Option to Auto reply to group chats - Respects your privacy - No analytics or tracking - Does not connect to Internet - Free an open source (GPL)
Future improvements (just a couple weeks away): - Option to set reply frequency: For example users can set reply frequency to 1 day and it only replies once a day for each person/group. - Support for auto replying Facebook messenger
Please let me know what you think!
> my MIT licensed open source project Resin [0] does pretty much of what WA does
Does it? Resin looks more like an NLP framework at a quick glance. WA is an actual answering engine with data included. I fail to see a comparison. Not to mention the website is down.
I could replace the following with PWAs:
- Uber
- Lyft
- Google news
- Shopping sites like Walmart, Wish
and many more.
Facebook and Amazon have no PWA's but have mobile websites. (Facebook mobile web works well with Opera. On other browsers it annoyingly redirects to play store to install messenger)
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Terminator
IRC/Messaging Client: Pidgin, Thunderbird
PDF Reader: evince
Office Suite: LibreOffice
Calendar: Thunderbird
Video Player: VLC
Another feature I missed is ephemeral messages in secret chats: We can have messages automatically deleted after certain time (Although I wish the time settings are more fine grained).
Pros:
- End to end encrypted secret chats
- Awesome bots and the bot platform
- Open protocol so we can implement third party clients. So is available on any new platform (Ubuntu phone, FirefoxOS, Linux, Command line, web,...).
- Recent improvements like end-to-end encrypted audio calling (Not sure if Whatsapp calls are encrypted)
- Many small features that make me happy like we can lock the app with password, customize interface, etc.
Cons:
- Not many users (On the contrary I like it as there is not much noise)
- No video calling
- There are some reports doubting their encryption
Press Alt (as mentioned in other comment)
- HEADLINE: Dismissable Notifications
- DESCRIPTION: I have been using Ubuntu from 10.04. One thing that makes be curse Ubuntu is when my notifications cannot be dismissed. I expected it at-least when it moved to Unity but that never happened. Although I have been living with it, this is something which catches me frequently.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Software engineer and maker