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I cannot really comment; I've never used controld... the only thing I would say is that it does look like it has a clean and simple interface, which for some people might be good but it might reduce customisability.
I'd imagine quite a bit of the stuttering and lag on Androids was/is a result of all the bloatware phone companies insist on putting on their phones. I've a 2018 OnePlus 6 that doesn't lag or stutter because the only apps on it are the ones I choose to have on it and allow to run - it's a degoogled phone running Lineage OS (Android 14) with zero bloat and zero ads and as a result a six-year-old phone is still buttery smooth. Phone companies have a lot to answer for... it's lucky they don't sell cars; they'd sell you a Ferrari and then weld a mobile home to the back of it to make it incredibly difficult to disconnect.
NextDNS would be my suggestion.
The video linked below is excellent, and runs you through the entire process of setting it up and explaining things as you go along. This process will give you a great deal of control over what filter lists you want to use and what settings will be right for you. And afterwards you can use their web interface to check that you have set up everything correctly and that you are using their service. Free until you hit a certain number of requests per month but I think an individual user will never reach that point, I certainly haven't and I'm online far too much. Techlore, the producer of the video also comes highly recommended for privacy related information.
The ULTIMATE Guide to Mastering NextDNS! by Techlore
You can certainly include all that stuff too, but the banking system provides services for 67% of the world's population. Bitcoin is owned by about 100 million people.
It's possible to see an estimate of how much electricity is being used for bitcoin (obviously not the only currency being mined). Higher prices results in more mining so the amount of electricity varies all the time. Here's a graph showing estimates of energy consumption. I guess you can come up with an estimate because you could have an idea of how much it costs to mine a bitcoin and you would see them entering circulation on the blockchain.
During its peak in 2021 it was using about the same amount of electricity as Norway or Argentina uses in a year (according to a University of Cambridge analysis).
Compared to these amounts the banking system would be using a tiny proportion given that fiat currencies don't need to be mined they are just created by the banks when they issue loans.
I use Monero for private transactions and I am thankful for the existence of a private, untraceable currency (like most cash transactions IRL). I am concerned by the amount of energy expended on crypto-mining... it is a dreadful use of energy that could be used for far more productive purposes.
Mine is also oatmeal based... porridge, but I try to up it a little.
- 70g porridge oats
- 400ml whole milk
- Maple syrup
- Malt extract
- Any fruit will go with this.
\ The malt extract gives a lovely colour and the maple syrup so as to avoid processed sugar (I don't mind processed sugars, just not for breakfast) I also like to cook it on a very low heat for 30 minutes - porridge cooked to quickly doesn't soften to a nice texture. It's also really easy as I can wake up, put in on and get ready for my day and return to it when it's done.
Looks delicious, I really think no-bake cheesecake is the way to go; it has a texture and density I much prefer. Though perhaps I've just not found the right baked cheesecake recipe!
I thought I didn't like zombie games until I discovered Days Gone... it's been really engrossing and has a wonderful plot, great characters and I don't skip the dialogue, which is quite rare for me. It also looks stunning.
I recently watched a documentary called Palestinian Identity, made in 1984. I am in the UK and was a young boy at the time, smothered in Very British Propaganda so I was interested in watching it because it was made by the PLO Film Unit. It was excellent and, of course, many parallels to be drawn between then and today, especially because the film begins with a walk around a recently destroyed children's school. It included some fascinating interviews with some of the leading Palestinian cultural figures of the time including Mahmoud Darwish who's considered to be Palestine's national poet... which reminded me I needed to start reading poetry again! Anyway, I'll be quiet now, that went on longer than I was expecting! Thanks for the lovely question.
Thanks... a year later I found your post. I was looking for info about this after seeing someone with a Keyoxide bit in their bio. I used Keybase.io a few years ago and saw that zoom bought it so... that's the end of that. Looks like Keyoxide is what I need now. Cheers!
I'm on a private tracker (pejoratively known as a "piracy site") that specialises in obscure films and documentaries - no mainstream, big studio films are allowed. It is an archive that I am happy to be a part of... and I definitely consider it to be an "archive"; corporations are not going to be interested in maintaining anything that's not profitable. I regularly upload queer films that are difficult to get hold of and I'm happy that they are held on the computers of others in case someone, someday, would like to watch them.
Here's some potentially good news about an alternative...
There's an interesting comment on this Mozilla Github post about Graphene OS' plans in this area, it's quite a long comment so I'll link it. The first para reads:
GrapheneOS Foundation has been planning to host a network location service for GrapheneOS and projects collaborating with us for a while now. We've received significant funding we can put to use for this to make a high quality, modern implementation on both the client and server side. A new unified app (cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth beacons) for gathering data to publish as fully open data could also be part of it. We also plan to make a SUPL implementation as part of the same service as an alternative to our Google SUPL proxy to replace it as the default in the long term.
There's an interesting comment on this post about Graphene OS' plans in this area, it's quite a long comment so I'll link it. The first para reads:
GrapheneOS Foundation has been planning to host a network location service for GrapheneOS and projects collaborating with us for a while now. We've received significant funding we can put to use for this to make a high quality, modern implementation on both the client and server side. A new unified app (cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth beacons) for gathering data to publish as fully open data could also be part of it. We also plan to make a SUPL implementation as part of the same service as an alternative to our Google SUPL proxy to replace it as the default in the long term.
The Ubuntu article is using this Mozilla announcement as its source (I am not saying they say different things, it's just best to see the source material sometimes). The article mentions litigation and this might be the important bit, Skyhook Holdings Inc. was acquired by Qualcomm in May 2022.
Skyhook's business is wifi location and I'm guessing that Mozilla's been costing them money and Qualcomm might be looking for a little return on investment from its purchase of Skyhook.
I hope there's an open source project that comes out of this that we can get behind and that this will turn out to be a good thing in the end. Mozilla did say their service was getting worse and it sounds like the litigation might be what's behind this. I wish Mozilla were better at communicating stuff... oh well, that ain't gonna change!
I just got approved to join Beehaw, so things are going okay, I reckon!
Yes, it does break things now and again... it really doesn't like Reddit... but then neither do I! 😆