spacebeer

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by spacebeer 3mo ago
Forums and Fediverse could do that, if you choose wisely and use it responsibly
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by spacebeer 9mo ago
You start to use it because you care about privacy and your data. But now it's just to avoid all the crap Google and OEMs put into the phone. Same story is with PC and Windows. To quote one smart guy: "I'm not in the mood to
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by spacebeer 10mo ago
I decided there won't be Windows device in my home anymore. If it turns out I can't do some stuff on Linux or Windows VM, I'm willing to give my money to Apple, Nintendo or Sony, even though I consider(ed) them worse then MS,
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by spacebeer 1y ago
So not just EU, but any other region in the world, like Africa, South America, Central Asia should just give up and not try to make a business that could disrupt existing giants?
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by spacebeer 1y ago
There are good people making good software all over the world. We just need to start using it more instead of this crap being thrown at us by big tech
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by spacebeer 1y ago
It worked for China, when they banned or restricted what Google, MS, Apple, Facebook can do there
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by spacebeer 2y ago
It can also happen for Flatpak not to work on some distros.
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by spacebeer 3y ago
Pdfsam and Masterpdf have native linux versions. Both are quite good. Though I use(d) Flexipdf via wine
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by spacebeer 4y ago
Great work
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by spacebeer 4y ago
Or you could make a OS/DE for normal people, with an option to change audio output per program with 2 clicks, like KDE Plasma does.
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by spacebeer 4y ago
I haven't read all, but Attack no. 6 requires access to unlocked phone. IMO, if that is the case, I wouldn't consider this as an attack, at least not as something that would stop me using the service
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by spacebeer 4y ago
I've been using various CAD programs, and IMO, FreeCAD UI/UX is quite ok. If you are Inventor or Solidworks user and try to switch to SolidEdge for example, it won't be easy. Not to mention some others like VariCAD (~30 years
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by spacebeer 4y ago
There are still many good old "offline" CAD programs, some of them points out permanent license as their selling point (Alibre Design, BricsCAD, VariCAD...). When it comes to simulation, there are also many others. I usually use F
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by spacebeer 4y ago
Haha, few weeks ago I was thinking if wooden wind turbines could become reality. Though I think blades could also be made of some wood composite
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by spacebeer 5y ago
They will connect it to you sooner or later. Then it doesn't matter if it's dummy or "real". [rant start] Similar thing happened to me recently (not restaurants, but language schools), I decided I would rather continue
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by spacebeer 5y ago
There are no Firefox, Thudnerbird, Nextcloud client... on the list
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by spacebeer 5y ago
So the best way to fight totalitarian regimes is to remain silent? That will work for sure, as it always did
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by spacebeer 6y ago
I've been using FairEmail for some time (premium version, F-Droid) and it is great. I have my main IMAP account there But I also use K-9 Mail (beta, from F-Droid). It is easier for me to handle multiple (secondary) accounts with K9, th