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by negura 5mo ago
most major platforms reject email addresses that are not from major providers. for example creating a deepseek account asks to use a "global provider" and gives GMail as an example. github recently rejected @proton.me. discord doe
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by negura 5mo ago
they essentially shut down the old (useful) google search when they prioritized ad-heavy websites in the ranking
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by negura 5mo ago
it's insane to frame anything a company like Google does as some kind of goodwill. rather than an amoral profit optimization. contrary to OP, what people often overlook about GMail is not their "plight". but the powerful bran
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by negura 5mo ago
having an account elsewhere won't help with the use case i mentioned
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Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message(discuss.privacyguides.net)
637 points by negura 5mo ago|517 comments
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by negura 5mo ago
currently gmail requires that you send (yes, send) a text to them with a code in order to sign up https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-account-registrat...
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by negura 5mo ago
One shift in perspective I had was realizing that github is not just a code forge, but a social network.
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by negura 5mo ago
have you read the submission? have of it is a list of alternatives
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by negura 5mo ago
sadly even that isn't an option for me. i spent half an hour yesterday trying to create a github account. i couldn't. my @proton.me got rejected. captchas take several painful minutes to complete. and even when I did manage to cre
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by negura 6mo ago
reminder that any company which has a legal obligation towards you (GDPR requests, refunds, filling a complaint etc) can be contacted directly and forced to do it manually if you cannot use their web interface due to being blocked by Cloudf
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by negura 6mo ago
they originally announced their intention to open the firmware 4 years ago https://community.frame.work/t/responded-coreboot-on-the-fra...
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by negura 6mo ago
i would highlight two non-tech strengths of starlabs as well: they're based in Europe and from personal experience they have really good customer service
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by negura 6mo ago
100% agreed. it upsets me when i see companies like framework advertising themselves front and centre as Linux-first, yet won't sponsor a coreboot port. starlabs, system76 and novacustom actually walk the walk
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by negura 6mo ago
there's a famous quote- two things you must not look for: love and death; they will find you when the time comes. so basically just do genuine stuff and it will happen. OP also hints at it when they say it's about doing your hobb
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by negura 6mo ago
codeberg serves a poisoned AI page when the detection is triggered
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Passwordless Root Access in qubes(doc.qubes-os.org)
2 points by negura 6mo ago|0 comments
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by negura 6mo ago
it can also mean governments. their loans also benefit from inflation that is higher than interest rates. this is how us & uk got rid of their debt after WW2. it's a way to steal money slowly from bond investors
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by negura 6mo ago
> But there are two solutions: reduce spending and/or raise taxes. there are other solutions, that are more convenient politically than austerity: - productivity boost - higher nominal growth through inflation - financial repression
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by negura 6mo ago
but no parent actually keeps the government out of it. don't you go to the police when your child is harmed?
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by negura 6mo ago
agreement on fundamental principles at a global level was the american (liberal) context. stepping outside of it leads to discovering a diverse world that you didn't account for before. as an example, even among iranians there doesn&#x
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by negura 6mo ago
as i mentioned elsewhere. i don't disagree that america is in a strong position, relatively to everyone else. and has the means to achieve its interests. even without the superficial image of acting in good faith. but the old messaging
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The EC is turning Google Search into a privacy and national-security risk(blog.lukaszolejnik.com)
6 points by negura 6mo ago|0 comments
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by negura 6mo ago
i've wondered the same recently and came across this resource: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Surfing_Posting_Blogging#Stylome... tl;dr intentionally writing in a different style is very effective and overall the bes
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by negura 6mo ago
and let's not forget the boming of a literal school for girls
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by negura 6mo ago
> Stop making excuses and defending brutal authoritarian dictatorships. this style of argument really falls flat in 2026 tho. at least for a global audience. it seems you don't appreciate how much america's image as a champion
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by negura 6mo ago
are you implying that the US share in the hostilities is only direct military intervention? because that's not correct. through their alliances, they are additionally responsible for more
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by negura 6mo ago
people tend to forget the exorbitant privillege of the US. originally this idea applied to USD being the global reserve currency. but it goes so much further. critics of american foreign policy simply lack a sense of proportion. there is so
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by negura 6mo ago
diffuse attention is the technical name. it's contrasted to focal attention
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by negura 6mo ago
https://archive.is/ggXiB
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You're about to feel the AI money squeeze(theverge.com)
8 points by negura 6mo ago|2 comments

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