TheInsane42 @ TheInsane42 @lemmy.world

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Good analogy, but alas, both are to be avoided like the plague, covid,...

Nop, Wikipedia shows that the term is dependent on the country and/orregion woth for the US being the '40-'50 the period, most ending tha boomer period before the '70s and fance being the only one as late as '73 to end that period.

That it's highly misused by the last generations as they don't understand the earlier ones. It would be just as bad to call everybody born after '65 milennial.

For the most part, I 90% agree with your stance. However, you can’t take the statement “I have nothing to hide” literally to the extremes. That would be suggesting that the person is okay giving you the passwords for their bank accounts under the guide that they have nothing to hide.

Nop . that's not what I meant. What I indicate with the camera in the bathroom is, would you trust the government to be able to watch to keep you safe and do a perfect job at keeping your data safe? Over here (Netherlands) it's even illegal for the government to fit camera's on spots where they can look into houses. (those video doorbells are illegal as well and a pest)

To use your anology, would you be at ease when your banking website is forced to use http instead of https because https is encryption and encryption is bad, so not allowed by your government. When you use encryption, you have something to hide (your banking password) and thus are a criminal. Would you accept that situation, knowing that either de government can collect all your data or a company or even worse, criminals?

A more accurate interpretation here is “They’re not collecting any information that I’m embarrassed about”

When they collect 'all data', there is bound to be something you wouldn't want to share freely, say your banking password. (amongst others). People always have something to hide, even as simple as being in the street while picking your nose when a google maps car drives by (let alone kicing that nice neighbour while married).

Knowing that government/companies/criminals can take/gather information from/about you without telling you exactly what they do with it (even when you trust them enough to keep to their words) is bad.

When I ask you for your banking password it's your choice to either give it to me as you trust me (bad choice, but your choice). When companies entise you to give them access to all information they can gather (including your banking password) and then dowith it as they like takes away the choice.

Sorry, language is messy and oftentimes there are differences between literal and intended meaning. I just wanted to point out why it is indeed, an unfair comparison. You can achieve your point without attacking someone’s (as I argue) correct statement when taken in context, since your underlying point still stands that the majority of people have some limit of sharing information that they would not be comfortable with.

Yep, language is messy (especially when the language used is not your main language), but I use the literal meaning to point out that everybody has something to hide. How they look underneath clothes is for most a pretty private detail they share with a limited group of people. Giving a company/government access to those details are generally accepted as bad, but most don't see data gathering as taking away privacy rights, as long as it's 'for a good cause'. Privacy should never be taken away from everybody because 'the cause is good' or given away easily (and no, neither tiktok or facebook are a good cause).

Everybody has something to hide, so it's everybody has the right for privacy. That right can be revoked under very specific curcomstances, but only when there is enough cause to suspect criminal behaviour.

That'll outlive the small ones as well. I usually just buy the same amount of large and small socks and usually at least 2 pair of each, so I end p up with 4+ of the same sets. They'll dwindle down to 1 pair in the end. One ship is even so nice to put the size in the socks, 39-42 in yellow and 43-46 in blue. (there is even a cheap shop that does the same, but those sock don't match, 39-42 with horizondal lines and 43-46 with vertical lines... why would those need sizes in them ;) )

As far as I understood It's not even denying the producers a profit, it's forcing them to take the loss on the products, just to take a market share.

Amazon 'only' prohibits suppliers to make profit (and then buy the company if the product sells).

Nop, everything is below production costs... until they have the market. (Same way Amazon works, although they seem to just deny profit instead of forcing suppliers to take a loss on the sale)

I've setup my email via a VPN to my own server.

• DNS, mail, business web, cusromer web on VPSes (2, 1 primary, 1 secondary DNS only)
• Personal email, incoming and outgoing via VPS, personal websites (all static) on local system (RPi 4 8GB)

This gives the advantage that your outgoing email always comes from the VPS ip address (pick a VPS provider that is trusted) and when your line is down, incoming email is cached on your VPS. It's a tad of double work, but pretty secure. Even connecting to my employer to work from home is not a big issue. (and that connection is limited to it's own vlan)

Also, with this method, you can route the mail into your network via port 26 when 25 is blocked or even set an outgoing vpn to your VPS and route the email that way. You'll be provider independent at home. (I even have a private ipv6 /48 via a tunnel broker)

You'll need to work a lot on your knowledge though, without DNSSEC, SPF, DKIM and DMARC the big 2 (Google and hotmail) will refuse your email.

4. buy in season vegetables (cheaper)
5. know the regular prizes, so you can detect real discounts from fake ones
6. buy in bulk (cheaper)
7. prepare several days food at once with that bulk and freeze it for later use.
8. skip expensive food (usually meat) on a regular base when on a budget and bij it only as a treat/for weekends

When you buy in season, there is usually a lower prize as it's in abundance as it's grown in the fields instead of greenhouses. I've seen discounts that were the regular prize but the 'original' prize has been increases to make it seem a discount. When you buy in bulk (say in a 2 person household for 4-8 servings) and prepare in bulk you can freeze in 2 serving potions. (saves preparation time and it saves on groceries runs ;) ) Defrost food in the cooler, which takes about a day to defrost and save a tad on energy for the cooler, Also you save on the preparing side as preparing a 4 serving meal doesn't requires a lot less energy then 2x a 2 serving meal. (including the re-heating of the 2nd meal) Save leftovers. Even half portions can be combined with others to make a fuul (and maybe even interesting) meal.

Also, when you eat meat less often you save a tad (when you eat meat, when you don't the biggest saving is already achieved).

Yep, Debian was (is) a disaster to configure graphics with modern hardware. It was pure open source (even blocked firefox as the logo was copyright protected). They opened up with a non-free repo for hardware support, but already lost the 'market share' on the desktop to Ubuntu (and the load of forks with just a different windoemanager as default... instead of adding a desktop selection on install). Also Ubuntu is offered a lot as option on new hardware.

With snap I'm guessing users migrate back... (a very few at least)

I’m not sure why people are hating on you, perhaps some kind of advertising thing?

Temu is known for forcing their suppliers to sell below production costs so they can flood the market with cheap junk. Say the same tactic Amazon uses, but to it's extreme. (and there are loads that already avoid Amazone like the plague it is)

We already have an annual test and still... people will be people. This is the main reason the webbrowsers are sandboxed and everything that is downloaded is scanned. (An no direct acces to internet, never, ever)

Yep, same here, including colleagues in security. "You haven't claimed your giftcard yet, log in here...". Some were 'smart' enough to forward the link home and open it there (no direct internet access from the desktop) and the organizers of the test canceled the test as it was such a great success. (Almost everybody failed) Alas they killed the test before the email arrived in my mailbox, as I would have loved to see it. ;)

I use my 8" Samsung tab S2 for reading and responding. When in portrait the keyboard is to small, in landscape the keyboard I use (Hacker's keyboard) is perfect.

Also, when you've seen more then half of a century, eyes and hands suffer from wear a tad.

I'm running domoticz with an rflink interface for my rf433 devices. No clue if they support ESPHome, but you can check. It runs confined to my network.

I started playing bass last year. As I work in IT I wanted a hobby that forced me to do something different with my hands. I started tinkering with cars, but space limitations put that on hold. (I really need to clean out the garage) I try to pick up the base and use it a bit after working from home and I have to say, even though I'm bad, I'm improving in small steps and I'm enjoying myself. A medical issue kept me away from the bass for 5 months, but that'll ge fixed tuesday.

The only way to survive the social media rat race is not to enter. Find something that challenges you.

I tried to switch from Reddit to Lemmy completely, but the communities for the games I play stayed there. I already wrote off Reddit for anything general, but for the games it's a nice source of info. (The subs I'm in are good in self regulating)

I use Lemmy more for general discussions, reading or when available, specific communities (like fountainpens, bass, ...) and when I feel like it, go back to Reddit for the very few subs I'm still interested in, mainly due to lack of info elsewhere. (Facebook account was deleted january 1st, so 2-3 more days and it's really gone) Next to that I'm on dedicated fora.

I have to say, being on Lemmy feels like how I started on internet in '94, more nerds then commoners to chat with, which is a huge pro (seeing people knowing they have brains and how to use them ;) ).

Ok, thanks to tips I've installed both summit and thunder. I like both, but they feel both a tad different.

• I like the message list of thunder slightly better then the one in summit
• I like the reply method of summit a tad better then the one in thunder

Both will stay and be tested. Thanks for the tips and I'll continue testing and see what will be my main reader/posting app.

I've installed thunder next to summit. Both look the same, both feel almostbthe same, but a tad different.

I'm currently trying Summit and it looks very familliar. Testing it.

Depends on what you do when online.

Are you actively searching for knowledge so you learn how to do things (playing a game, an instument, learning how to fix something), reading (news) from various sources or asking questions out of interest? No, not worth stopping, never stop being curious and learning.

Are you passively consuming all that's being pushed/force fed to you? Yep, but don't quit, change how you use internet. Use it to your own good, not so companies can have you hooked.

Here, the phone is in the livingroom on a shelf when I'm at home and don't need it for 2fa. Also, default notification sound is None and I set a sound for things I want to be notified of like ring tone, sms, personal messages (no group), calendar and set a dnd period between 21:00 and 7:00. I use a tablet for gaming as alternative for TV. (Although I'd be better off to read the magazines that are piling up ;) )