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growingentropyon We need scientific dissidents

I only remember the lab leak theory being discussed seriously once Biden had been elected. Prior to that, it was treated as unenlightened racism.

Not that I'm a Trump fan. But the man was a lightning rod like I've never seen for the left here in America.

Then again, just flippantly referring to Covid as the "Kung Flu" just might have something to do with it.

growingentropyon We need scientific dissidents

Because when you get away from the center, you've often chosen a "team." Choosing a team clouds your judgment.

growingentropyon The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September

Fair points all around.

And by the way? I'm an android fan. Though Apple is more secure in some ways, I would much rather have control over my device.

growingentropyon The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September

Although to be fair, the next paragraph says, "Surprisingly, Google offers a similar deal. The company collects and uses your personal data for targeted advertising, but it doesn’t sell it to third-party advertisers. So it means advertisers can pay Google or Apple to be seen on your iPhone or Android device. However, the advertisers can’t know who you are and come after you on their own."

I just find Google to be an advertising company that happens to produce software.

growingentropyon The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September

https://fossbytes.com/apple-data-collection-explained/

"Now that we’ve established that Apple collects and uses your data to serve ads, does it sell your data too? Turns out the answer is No, Apple doesn’t sell your data to third-party advertisers. The Cupertino giant possesses the exclusive rights of showing you ads on the App Store and other apps."

growingentropyon The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September

If you only want one entity having your data, you're better off being abused by Apple. Google invites all his friends over to run a train on you.

growingentropyon The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September

We need multiple large companies, not a few huge ones.

Google's "internet DRM" web integrity API is honestly frightening stuff. The Internet as we know it would change.

growingentropyon Ask HN: Which distro do you use? (2023)

Arch is so good. I really enjoyed running it for a couple years, but then that grub issue last year made me look at other distros, eventually ending up on Fedora.

I'm coming home. Fedora just does wonky stuff on my computers. I haven't enjoyed it at all.

Debian on my homelab, Arch on my main. I'm done distrohopping.

growingentropyon Ask HN: Which distro do you use? (2023)

I just ran away from Fedora. I was running Fedora server, and my files were depopulating on my podman containers. Xml files still existed, but were BLANK. Strange behavior.

And then I was running kinoite on my main gaming rig, and the wifi driver just stopped working. No amount of tinkering fixed it.

I've gotten debian on my server, though that's ongoing. Once the server is up, I think I'm going back to Arch on my main. They may have ticked me off with that grub thing last year, but prior to that it was smooth as silk.

growingentropyon Thunderbird 115 “Supernova”

I think certain mobile websites are terrible on purpose, because they want to put their spyware on your phone.

growingentropyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

...super cool. Man, glad I had this conversation. I have projects again.

growingentropyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

I'll look into it as well. Thank you.

growingentropyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

Oh, I will most definitely be checking that out. Thank you so much.

It's funny, I've heard of radarr and sonarr, but I never looked into them because I was learning other stuff.

growingentropyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

Hmmm...I might suggest looking into the transcoding settings and changing some things next time you take a look. Because I run Plex alongside Jellyfin (the wife prefers Plex's UI once I tweak it), and it typically runs just as efficiently if not a bit more.

growingentropyon Jellyfin: Free software media system

I hand-change every file name.

Please tell me I'm an idiot and show me a better way. Lol it won't save me the hundreds of movies I've put in "Title (year).type" format, but it will save some future work.

growingentropyon Tell HN: Comcast/Xfinity is having a widespread DNS outage

And oddly enough, I just canceled them today.

Hello, fiber. Goodbye unilaterally-decided bullshit data caps.

growingentropyon Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

News: Chicago Tribune (a certain browser with a certain addition bypasses the subscription shakedown), New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, the BBC.

Tech: Hacker News, Tech Crunch, The Verge.

Music: Pitchfork.

MMA: MMA Fighting, Bloody Elbow.

Plants: Epic Gardening and Indoor Gardening, with plans to add some carnivorous plant forums.

growingentropyon Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

What I find helps is going through each category as the mood hits me. If I looked at my one main feed, I would almost be overwhelmed.

growingentropyon Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

News: Chicago Tribune (a certain browser with a certain addition bypasses the subscription shakedown), New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, the BBC.

Tech: Hacker News, Tech Crunch, The Verge.

Music: Pitchfork.

MMA: MMA Fighting, Bloody Elbow.

Plants: Epic Gardening and Indoor Gardening, with plans to add some carnivorous plant forums.

growingentropyon Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

News: Chicago Tribune (a certain browser with a certain addition bypasses the subscription shakedown), New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, the BBC.

Tech: Hacker News, Tech Crunch, The Verge.

Music: Pitchfork.

MMA: MMA Fighting, Bloody Elbow.

Plants: Epic Gardening and Indoor Gardening, with plans to add some carnivorous plant forums.

Still looking for more stuff. It honestly feels strangely better absorbing without commenting.

growingentropyon Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private

It's going to sound dumb, but honestly? I filled an rss reader up with some of the best sources I could think of, and am actually really enjoying just quietly taking the world in again, instead of trying to come up with my latest snarky Reddit-friendly quip.

growingentropyon Video Ads Are Coming to All Your Uber Apps

Oh wow, it'll be so nice to turn my phone off until the expected arrival time. Sweet.

growingentropyon The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next

Absolutely not. The noise of a Discord server of that size would be immense. The substance would quickly be lost to the non-stop noise.

growingentropyon Killing Community

If it's any consolation, nobody here or there (they're talking about this conversation on a board right now) knows who you are.

growingentropyon With all social media fucking up severely, what's next?

At the end of the day, it's unfortunate that the average user won't be able to wrap their head around Mastodon.

Because that's a beautiful UI, honestly.

growingentropyon Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?

Yeah, I'm done with Reddit. I've found some tech forums, some sports forums, and some carnivorous plants forums.

That's all I need, and now I don't need to worry about hivemind downvotes when I dare go against the grain.

Seems like a win/win.