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A surprising number of 'iPad Kids' are on X, study finds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, apart from what another person said about alternative apps... Events organized by local communities or businesses are often advertised in Facebook only. I know of a few local businesses in my area with Facebook being their only online presence.

A surprising number of 'iPad Kids' are on X, study finds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Maybe it's because they have to? Keeping in touch with older relatives, following local events, etc

Google denies reports that it’s discontinuing Fitbit products in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Garmin. Works reasonably well without connection to the phone. Some models supported by Gadgetbridge

Edit: corrected app name

I (16F) am a Russian refugee, ask me anything in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you talk to your friends in Russia? If so, what do they think about you leaving the country? Do they support you or envy you or hate you for that?

A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, they are saying they bring home $11k, not $17k a month, not sure where you got that number. With $11k of income, spending $5k on mortgage is less appealing. Especially if you consider a risk of layoff.

Anon wants American companies to make a good RPG in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Still not Europe or Asia, innit?

Russian Railway networks facing "imminent collapse": report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah... And the second source cited in article, VChK-OGPU "outlet" is an anonymous channel in Telegram, that published information from "an anonymous source". Doesn't sound trustworthy.

Where Tim Walz Stands on the Issues in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's what I love Lemmy for - a new perspective (and down votes, of course). Thanks for the link, it's an interesting read. I also looked up details on their taxation system and it's not that crazy, especially on business side. If someone wants it, here is the link to the article which compares Nordic countries tax system to US: https://taxfoundation.org/blog/scandinavian-social-programs-taxes-2023/

It seems that my opinion about lack of innovation was caused by me not knowing or hearing about big names of Nordic companies. No Scandinavian Apples or Googles around.

But as much as I enjoyed this conversation, I feel we have ventured way too far from Tim Walz...

Where Tim Walz Stands on the Issues in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not saying you cannot have both. I'm saying that US and Nordic countries are like on opposing poles of economical systems spectrum. And in my opinion the better options are somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, CEO salaries are often outrageous. Wealth taxes should be implemented to curb that, and not just high bracket income taxes.

Where Tim Walz Stands on the Issues in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I stand corrected on this one.

Where Tim Walz Stands on the Issues in c/[email protected]
'Easy to Pay for Something That Costs Less': New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years in c/[email protected]
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Microsoft addresses Windows Recall backlash, promises to fix security issues and make it opt-in (www.windowscentral.com)
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Does self-hosted VPN make sense? (lemm.ee)
 

Hey all,

I've been using a commercial VPN for years on my mobile devices and home PCs. Recently I've started to use Tailscale and realized I can easily create a self-hosted VPN on a cheap VPS with unlimited traffic.

But I'm not really sure if that's what I need. BTW, I'm not doing anything dangerous, no torrents, no illegal stuff, no journalism or whistleblowing, not even looking up abortion clinics. I just hate mass surveillance and I don't want to be constantly profiled.

Commercial VPN allows to "hide in a crowd" by sharing IP with thousands of other clients. But there are a few issues:

  1. Often sites blacklist VPN IPs, so I can't get in or pass captcha
  2. Performance is not very good
  3. I have to trust VPN to not keep the logs and not sell data. I used Mullvad and they are considered reliable, but you never know until it's too late

With self-hosted VPN, I'm losing benefit of "hiding in crowd" as my VPN will be used only by me and maybe a couple of other people. My understanding is that my VPS outgoing traffic is from static server IP. So if I login to Facebook once, the address is associated with me. I'll also have to trust VPS provider to not analyze my traffic and sell it. On other hand, I'm still protected from my ISP spying, from exposing my real IP address to web sites, from dangers of public WiFi networks. And I might get better performance for about the same price.

What's your take on VPNs? Tell me if you are using self-hosted VPN and why.

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Preparing to move from Ubuntu to Fedora (lemm.ee)
 

Hi! I'm seeking some advice and sanity check on hopping from Ubuntu to Fedora on my personal PC. I've been using Ubuntu LTS for almost two years now, switched from Windows and never looked back. But I cannot say I know Linux well. I use my PC for browsing, some gaming with Steam (I have AMD GPU), occasional video editing, tinkering with some self-hosted stuff that is on separate hardware.

I don't like the way Ubuntu is moving with snaps. And LTS version falls behind too much. So I decided to move to Fedora.

My plan is simple:

  1. I will install Fedora on a fresh nvme drive. I want disk encryption, so I'm going to have LUKS over btrfs for /home, and the root will remain unencrypted.
  2. I will copy all files from old /home to new /home, with the exception of dot-files.
  3. I plan to make use of flatpaks, so I don't think configuration for my apps is easily transferable. I'll have to install and configure apps from scratch, unless I'll have to use an RPM package.

Does all of this make sense? Is there a way to simplify app re-configuration in my case?

And as I never used Fedora extensively (booting from live image doesn't count), are there any caveats I should be aware of?

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Privacy respecting language learning tool? (lemm.ee)
 

Hey,

In the past I used Duolingo to study languages, but now I'm more privacy-conscious and looking for better options. And their recent data breach only solidified that intention.

I recently saw someone posted a comparison table for privacy policies of Duolingo and a number of competing products. Unfortunately I cannot find it now.

Can you give any suggestions? I'm not opposed to paid services, btw

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Privacy respecting location tracking without phone (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
23 comments fedilink
 

Hey all,

I'm looking for something that can track location of my preschooler who starts new school soon. He's too young to get a smartphone, so I have to rule out app based solutions I guess.

My initial research found virtually nothing. One candidate is GeoZilla, which sells nice devices and their pivacy policy looks okayish regarding location data, but it still relies on their servers of course. Another option would be an iWatch, which again puts trust into 3rd party, and the device is quite expensive for a small kid.

Any privacy-oriented trackers out there that I'm missing. Maybe there are some smartphone alternatives that can have cell connectivity and GPS and apps installed, but with much simpler interface?

Update: Thanks everyone! I got GeoZilla tag for now. The app doesn't require personal information, which is good. However, it's annoyingly reminds to enable location for itself to track "me", which I don't need at all. Garmin came as a strong second, mainly due to my child age. Garmin devices are not for very young kids, I believe. And it costs more than GeoZilla. I still have some time to think if I really want this, though. It's not too late to return GeoZilla tag

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What was your first car? (lemm.ee)
 

What it was and what did you like/hate the most about it?

It's slightly offtopic, but firsthand experience may help first time car buyers to choose.

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Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data (themarkup.org)
 

Might be old news for some... TLDR: Some big online tax prep sites have tracker pixels from Meta and Google, which collect things like income, filing status, tax credits, etc.

Original congressional report file

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Federal safety officials probe Ford Escape doors that open while someone's driving (web.archive.org)
 

Oh, this is not good

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2020—2023 Ford Escape® and 2022—2023 Maverick® vehicles with 2.5L HEV/PHEV engines recalled (lemm.ee)
 

I just got a letter from Ford about this.

https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/recall/recalls-and-faqs/2020-2023-ford-escape-2022-2023-ford-maverick-engine-failure-recall/

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Welcome to !whatcarshouldibuy (lemm.ee)
 

Hi everyone,

I've created this community as a replacement for r/whatcarshouldibuy that I was subscribed to on Reddit. I used it a lot and I valued content and advice there a lot. It definitely influenced my recent car purchases and I'd like to have similar community here in Lemmy.

Please be polite and follow Lemm.ee instance rules.

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