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by npteljes 1y ago
Instead of the sexist rhetoric, consider that people are complex. One can have outstanding qualities and great success in one facet of life, and be absolute garbage in others. So far, we have discovered no infallible signs or metrics that d
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by npteljes 1y ago
Yes, medicine was specifically what I was thinking about! And it's a touchy subject, just as you mention. A patient, a layman, isn't supposed to know more than the doctor. It's a delicate situation.
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I think if a layman picks a niche, and really goes into it, then the layman has a fair chance beating the professional in that specific niche. So, you are not wrong with this feeling at all. What professionals have in their favor is a highe
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A key takeaway from this situation is that "alternative Android ROMs" are merely remixes of the original Android effort, and not genuine alternatives standing on their own. Absolutely at mercy of Google. Similar to browsers, how w
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Lack of transparency is almost a feature for these systems, and definitely something that serves the vendor, not the user. My daily driver is a Linux for the same reason - there is just so much less bullshit going on, and if I want to find
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I don't get it either. Everything that is connected does this, if not specifically built for online privacy. If OP wants to limit the reach of big tech into their life, they need to get off big tech. Or prepare for a lifetime of workar
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What's the value for you of disabling these connections, like the Home/HomeKit contact?
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I am of the same mind. In simpler cases, it would make sense to "resist", like buying a smart TV for its screen, and just never connecting it to the internet, because the software is shit. But in a case of an auto updating operati
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Honestly, the list looks legit. Computers nowadays are semi-remotely-managed appliances. Internet is presumed, offline is not first, and offline is absolutely not exclusive. >I have been trying to minimize to the extent possible the reac
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For storage, it's absolutely the wrong solution, as it doesn't offer the option to store. On the other hand, many media experiences are ephemeral. At least, this applies to how I consume media. Wrt/ videos, I very rarely go b
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by npteljes 1y ago
Yeah, video is nonsense. You can't even get Netflix on Linux in 1080p (without serious workarounds), even though the system would be plenty capable.
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I can see that. I just scrolled through a large denuvo list on pcgamingwiki, and honestly, not much temptation there for me, even though I really like gaming. Of all these games, I only played Persona 5 (and loved it), and I only want to pl
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That's a cool setup! I didn't know about Heads. And yes, getting back to the original topic, I believe that against petty criminals, even a full disk encryption is plenty defense. They won't go about installing anything to th
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I believe not. Even with full disk encryption, you need an unencrypted bootloader after uefi to decrypt the disk. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/267222/full-dis... So, there are two scenarios here. F
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I factor it in as risk, and decide according to that. No chance in hell that I won't buy a game I'm interested in, just because it has this crap. But I do make a mental note that it can break if I have internet or whatever.
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I really enjoyed this article, thanks for sharing! It's a shame that OP didn't add a tracker to the pirate plea button. I would wager that he made practically zero sales from it - looking at how well donations seem to work in soft
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There is a misunderstanding compared to OP's intent. It's not that separating military and police guarantees that the police will make the police serve and protect the people. Rather, if separated, police has a better chance to se
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I am concerned about that as well! The medical field has a horrible of mistreating people, psychiatry comes to mind first, but human experiments do as well. And even besides the abuse, people have every right to be skeptical, and to think c
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by npteljes 1y ago
Same here in Hungary. EU will also make us eat bugs instead of meat (which we already do with E120....) and they are making the people gay somehow as well. Absolute nonsense, and reeks of foreign interference.
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Yes, we do. Actually what we are seeing is even broader than that - anti-intellectualism.
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by npteljes 1y ago
I get your concerns, but I see it in a different way. I think we are at risk either way. I think when people are actually vulnerable is when they are using an account-based service, for free. In your example, Gmail. If Google is being a bit
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But what is the risk? What is the potential downfall, that I am helping with the Premium subscription?
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That's a good point, that's actually bad service!
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Yes, please. I need explanation why "you’ll be a target demographic for future premium services" is a threat to any Premium subscriber in any way.
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I think several things are mixed up here. >By subscribing to Premium, you make that job easier for them than when you browse the web without signing in to YouTube, and by extension, Google. That has nothing to do with paying for YouTube
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Nice lists! But the outrage here is not about these, but about how "Stuff is pretty unwatchable now without them.", them being ad blockers. One can decide that "okay, if you're not nice to me, I won't be nice to you
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Yes to all points, and the subscription still makes sense. Why not make your life easier and less cognitively burdened for a few meager dollars per month? And then re-think the plan when you are uncomfortable with it in the future. I unders
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What exactly is the risk in that?
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by npteljes 1y ago
Yes, subscribe to Premium, and pay the reasonable price for the use of a service. Tracking? There is hardly any service that doesn't track its own usage. And whatever VPNs, crypto and scams the content creators peddle is up to the view
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I don't think I can solve these problems that far ahead. Currently, and for some good years now, YT Premium has not had any Google ads. I think subscribing to it it's presently a good value, and that's about it. We are free t

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