written before reading the article; it get the topic from another, more interesting and less imaginary, angle

Do we explore it post-Google or post-anything that would take its place?

Because those are two very different scenarios. There are plenty of Big Tech corps that are willing to take Google’s place.

If we actually mean no one does search with targeted advertising and stuff, my bets are on more indie sites popping up, and Fediverse getting stronger as well.

We’ll have more link indices, and more relevant search results hosted on different corners of the Internet.

On the negative: unless open-source projects step up their game, usability and quality of web interfaces will suffer dramatically. And without truly massive Fediverse or at least decent webrings, finding basic information and connecting to others might actually get harder.

Huh, I was under the impression the total coal capacity is still growing, not the speed at which new coal plants are built. Thanks for that piece!

ShaggySnacks had a good laugh

True, but the positive dynamics is there.

The country needs a lot of energy, and it does good job making a lot of it renewable/hydro. The coal industry growth is slowing down, while solar roars up

5 years ago, they had one-third of the current solar capacity.

Phishing attacks?

Yep. There was a type of attack that utilized wireless headphone merging as an attack vector. With wired headphones, you can simply turn Bluetooth off.

I know of DACs (been through audiophile phase myself), and sure, a typical integrated mobile one doesn’t deliver THAT big of a quality. Still, wired headphones are not bottlenecking much just by the means of connection. And they are generally cheaper for the same audio quality, because you don’t need to put batteries etc.

Agree with your counterpoints. On the cable - I much prefer detachable options, so you can replace the cable easily. but the connector has to be strong enough - I’m a bit tired to see my Moondrop Chu disconnecting and shaking somewhere in my pocket.

1.Wired headphones deliver better audio quality 2.Wired headphones are harder to lose 3.Wired headphones don’t need batteries, so: a)less e-waste b)no need to check if they are charged 4.Wired headphones are more secure, connection cannot be intercepted and phishing attacks with BT are not possible 5.While wired headphones are plugged, no one can take your phone without you noticing

That one’s fair

That one’s fair

For one, it’s closed source, which is a hard “no” for something that you use to access all sorts of data.

It also claims to take on corporations, while being in private hands itself.

Around Lemmy, your kind is quite rare.

This place naturally accumulates privacy advocates that are indeed bothered by this.

Does it matter that much in the context?

The point here is that in many jurisdictions doing charity exempts you from certain taxes, and it is possible to shuffle money around under the disguise of philanthropy while still getting all the financial benefits like an actual charity

I kinda see that they want to cover their asses a bit, but arbitration waivers as a whole should never be legal to begin with.

One should always be able to exercise their legal rights.

Some crypto, like Monero, is anonymous. Bitcoin/Ethereum is not.

In any case, if you use anonymous crypto, make sure to first sent it to a wallet (preferably with a subaddress in case of Monero), and then send it elsewhere.

Where do you put children of parents of different races, then?

And the offspring of such children?

Many if not most people on Earth have a combined descent.

Slavs are not a race, but ethnic group.

Two Koreans have a baby, the baby is Korean. Indian and Japanese have a baby, and you got something wildly different from either.

Sure, a Black person looks different from White, but within both there is so much variation that it doesn’t make much sense to group them so roughly.

Different, I would say. Best home vids? PH. More fetishes? Xvideos.

Home video stuff is arguably the best!

Often filmed with nothing but desire to share the joy. Vivid, real, as opposed to the carefully curated studio plastic, or OF crap where people have it for the money, and with all the ethical and other concerns about it.

But I know there are always two sides to look at the issue. Studio production is obviously more perfected, and that’s what many like

I mean, you lose nothing for trying. Windows will still be on your machine if you dual boot or use live image.

Some use cases may force the user to stay with Windows. Most won’t.

Going Debian is fully valid too! And more generally, whatever distro works for you is the best. There’s a good reason there are so many.

Damn, 5 kids…you’re a hero lol

Fedora sure is mature as well, but Bazzite in particular is immutable, which adds a level of complexity you may not be ready for. Debian can be used as a gaming distro, at least for as long as you’re not using the latest and greatest hardware.

Constant updates are pretty much a feature of all distros close to the bleeding edge. That’s what makes them bleeding edge to begin with. With Debian, you’ll be forgiven to forget updates even exist.