the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

"The cause of the recent crash of flight ADZRUS-666 has been determined to be a badly scheduled ad impression which covered all screens in the glass cockpit to show aan ad of a dancing hippopotamus in a tutu selling skin care products while the plane was on final approach in IFR conditions."

the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

Wikipedia lists whatever narrative the editors who have colonised that section of the site want to push. It is not a reliable source, this is something you learn in primary school.

the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

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10 mesi fadiscuss

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the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

Matrix is overly complicated for the purpose and XMPP/OMEMO already are interoperable between many different clients. Just like all other communication systems it is the network effect which makes them usable. Tell your friends to install a client of choice and - for those so inclined - run a server or create an account on one. Keep your current W/app or Telegram or whatever active for now while you slowly move more communications to XMPP. Once you have contact with most of your friends and family via XMPP make it your default wat to communicatie, i.e. do not start conversations over the legacy apps and answer those who contact you over them through XMPP. You'll find that you'll end up using those legacy apps less and less. Keep them active if you want but don't initiate conversations over them and you'll be set for the moment using those services becomes untenable.

This is not just fiction, it is what I have done and am still in the process of doing, in my case moving from Telegram - I never used nor will I ever use things which requires accounts run by metafacebook or Google or Microsoft or any of the others.

the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

Conversations on Android and forks thereof are comparable to eg. W/app. This is not a problem, at all.

the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

We're not there yet, by far. Should that ever happen it will be circumvented just like nearly all technological measures are.

the_third_wave

10 mesi fadiscuss

Just run your own XMPP server in your own domain, use OMEMO for encryption and you're set. You can communicate with others on other servers, none of them 'publically available' and the TLA's can stare at all that encrypted gibberish 'till the cows come home. Even if they break into a single server they won't get access to the cleartext, for that they'll need to access the terminal devices - phones, browsers, etc.

This is how I've been communicating for years now, it works fine and does not feed any of the data parasites out there.

the_third_wave

anno scorsodiscuss

If you're running or using Invidious [1] - a YouTube proxy service - you're running or using Crystal.

[1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious

the_third_wave

3 anni fadiscuss

Somewhat off-topic but why oh why do nearly all app developers who have things on both Android as well as iOS insist on using an iPhone to show their app and also insist on saying the app is available 'on iOS and Android' instead of ordering these alphabetically? Does Apple give some incentive to do so or some punishment if it is done the other way around? This is a free app on both Android as well as iOS, it targets those who know what OSM is and as such feels like more of a fit for those running AOSP-derived distributions than closed-source walled-garden iOS yet still they advertise Apple-first. I realise that Apple is bigger than Android in the USA but the world is so much bigger than the USA and Android is so much bigger than Apple in most other locations. Android devices also offer more opportunities to show off the product with their bigger screens and less prominent or absent notches, so much so that seeing the Android version next to the iOS one - they show one Android device on the bottom of the screen, hidden behind an iPhone - makes the iOS version seem rather cramped and cluttered.

I can understand this when they're specifically advertising to the paying iOS crowd but it just seems out of place elsewhere.

the_third_wave

3 anni fadiscuss

In my experience this goes for most - for me actually 'all' but I don't tend to use much from the Play store - apps which insist on having Google Play services installed. They blatantly tell you to 'Enable Google Play services' because (e.g.) BankID won't work unless you enable Google Play services. Just click outside of the dialogue to make it disappear and use (e.g.) BankID as normal, it just works as it should.

the_third_wave

3 anni fadiscuss

Those prices... out of this world? Can you explain to me how it is possible to get a 7kW air/air heat pump installed for a total cost of ~17.000 [1] Swedish kronor (~$1600 at current rate) for a fraction of the price of these things? These devices all come with networked remote control, most of them can be integrated into 'home automation' systems without problems, they tend to work down to around -30°C (-21°F) albeit with lower efficiency (as will these devices). All that is 'missing' is the 'air quality' claim - although several of these heat pump manufacturers make claims about their devices filtering the air, using ionizers to 'increase air quality' and such. What remains is the Apple/Nest-like design and the claim of better integration with thermostats. To me this does not explain the factor 10 price difference, especially given that the Swedish prices include the high Swedish value added tax (25%) as well as the installation costs. What am I missing?

[1] https://www.polarpumpen.se/varmepumpar/luftvarmepump/

the_third_wave

4 anni fadiscuss

Block all 3d-party content and you won't have any such problems. The site still works as intended. Use this as the default for uBlock Origin and you'll be spared many if not most of these obtrusive dark-patterned "consent" things.

the_third_wave

4 anni fadiscuss

When my devices - mostly ThinkPads of different vintage running Debian plus a 27" iMac running the same - sleep they don't wake up until I want them to so yes, "Linux" is better in this regard. If your device wakes up when it should sleep I'd check if Wake-on-Lan is enabled.

the_third_wave

5 anni fadiscuss

> Also, uh, why don't we just fix Earth? Oh, that's not sexy? No, of course not, because real problems are always more complicated than simple, inspirational ideas or a colony run by a dictator.

Go ahead and start "fixing earth" then, you're free to do so if you think it is "sexy". Meanwhile others will work on launching rockets, a task they seem to be quite adept at. Also, drop the nonsensical references to a "colony run by a dictator" or at least explain what made you write that piece of prose.

Humankind needs a frontier to strive towards, this has always been the case and will probably remain so. There used to be many frontiers but technology has developed as such a rapid pace that they're starting to become quite rare. A fully reusable space launch system has the potential to open up space exploration to a far larger extent than the current - soon to be previous - generation of expendable launch vehicles did. This is a good thing since it gives people something positive to look forward to instead of all the negatives which are being pumped in their heads by the media, politicians and, yes, by individuals like you who deal in negatives like "wiped ourselves out on Earth", "a colony run by a dictator", "There is literally no. point. at. all".

As said, feel free to "fix the Earth" but may I suggest framing this in a more positive and inspiring way? If you hit the right tone - yes, tone is important - you might inspire others who might inspire even more people. You may be able to open a new frontier that way, just like people like Musk do by working on reusable launch systems. Negativity and sour grapes do not inspire others, people who want that can simply watch a political debate.

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