Hoodedcrow

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by Hoodedcrow 5mo ago
I don't have hearing problems, but I have noticed I arrive at places quicker when I don't have headphones on. Sadly this doesn't happen often because I'm low-key addicted.
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by Hoodedcrow 5mo ago
I chose aerial gymnastics because that seems to be a combination of ALL you mentioned.
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by Hoodedcrow 5mo ago
IDK about "most", there are plenty of kids on the streets. Like, just going to and from school and extracurriculars gives opportunities.
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by Hoodedcrow 5mo ago
How so? You never see kids outdoors?
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by Hoodedcrow 6mo ago
If we're talking about people having a hard time affording a phone - why tf are you bringing up high-end phones at all? I'm in no way poor and my $300 phone was already a pretty painful expense. In those cases, we'd be talkin
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by Hoodedcrow 6mo ago
For me, a phone is mostly less distracting because it's not very comfortable to use compared to a laptop. It's much less likely to get sucked into doing unrelated things when the experience is actively not that pleasant (especiall
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by Hoodedcrow 6mo ago
I don't feel comfortable reading from my laptop or phone in general. If a text isn't very short, I prefer saving it as .html or .pdf onto my e-reader, and that's such a MASSIVE improvement. That includes long comment sections
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by Hoodedcrow 6mo ago
The only situation I can think of is when you're in public transport and settling down with a laptop or paper is not really feasible. But if that came up frequently, I'd rather buy a tablet. Some students in my class also use tabl
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by Hoodedcrow 7mo ago
First - why are you singling out Apple devices? Most kids who do have tablets are probably using something cheaper, it's not like a tween can be trusted with a device this expensive. And second - a lot more kids have phones than tablet
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by Hoodedcrow 7mo ago
If true, then it's just unfamiliarity, not comfort. A bigger screen and bigger buttons are a pretty objective upgrade. "Why switch if you're already good at using touch controls" - because you assume it could be better?
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by Hoodedcrow 7mo ago
I don't think it's generational at all, doing things on a phone is pretty objectively less comfortable.
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by Hoodedcrow 7mo ago
A couple hundred is still a lot tho
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by Hoodedcrow 7mo ago
To my understanding, you need Google services for passkeys to work, at least for now. I wouldn't want them even sandboxed, and on Lineage they're not restricted in any way so this would be a big concession.
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by Hoodedcrow 8mo ago
For me, the main benefit over the browser are the progress tracking and playlists. You can do both with bookmarks in the browser, but it's much less convenient.
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by Hoodedcrow 8mo ago
For downloads, I prefer Seal - a wrapper for yt-dlp. yt-dlp can update faster like this since doesn't have to update together with the app, and can add metadata and apply Sponsorblock. Could just use yt-dlp from Termux but this is more
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by Hoodedcrow 8mo ago
I'd feel very ripped off because it gives a directly worse experience than free tools. Not only does it not turn off Shorts, as previous commenters mentioned, but the most offensive scam in my eyes are downloads. I'd need to use y
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by Hoodedcrow 8mo ago
Wouldn't the age verification provider then be able to retain logs of what exact credentials it signed and for whom? And if the certificates are identical for every user, couldn't everyone change the presented certificate for the
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by Hoodedcrow 8mo ago
To be fair, Ublock Origin is a lot more common, and the less extensions the better, so or a lot of people this would be the better way.
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by Hoodedcrow 9mo ago
to be fair - kind of yeah. I do have a bank card, but minimize its usage for privacy reasons, mainly using cash. As for electronics - I do keep most of my data local and use OSes that don't upload them on their own. And yeah, as the pr
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by Hoodedcrow 1y ago
When it comes to age verification - I still don't understand how you'd make it subpoena-proof? Like, the ones I've seen proposed protect you from the site itself getting more data than it should. But what about a government a
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by Hoodedcrow 1y ago
Thankfully, Ublock Origin in advanced mod can block those requests by default. It's just very irritating and I'd say disrespectful when you HAVE to unblock them for the site to work.
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by Hoodedcrow 1y ago
It also works with Gadgetbridge without having to pair it in the official app first (for Xiaomi bands, you need to do it to extract a key, not sure how consistently it's doable nowadays). Apparently the supported featureset is not as c
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by Hoodedcrow 1y ago
A few corrections: - Matrix does not require you to host a server, even if I'd prefer it - there are multiple public ones in various jurisdictions. - There is XMPP - like Matrix, but older, jankier, much lighter and kind of freer. -
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
I have a separate KeepassXC database for 2FA. I guess my life experience is limited, but I am yet to encounter cases when this would be outright required. The closest one was Steam, but I used an Android VM for this.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
For Android - Conversations is in a very good shape now.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
What anomalies are they looking for? There are protocols that make traffic look like something mundane.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
There are methods to bypass the Chinese Firewall though. the issue is getting people to use them.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
We already have this - it's called Tor and I2P.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
There is an easier way - going with a selfhostable, federated solution. And at least XMPP is now commonly used with an encryption protocol that is based on Signal's.
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by Hoodedcrow 2y ago
I just gave up on smartphones altogether. It is much easier to make a laptop/desktop private instead and limit your private messaging and activities to it.

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