I’d rather show people how to de-shittify their existing devices than create more e-waste.

I use a simple WireGuard VPN to use my home DNS when I’m out. This container from linuxserver.io was really easy to set up, and the WireGuard app works great on iOS/Android. You can even have it automatically turn on and off depending on your network.

I tried fancy mesh networks like Tailscale, but it was over-complicated for my setup and kept causing DNS issues. Some people find this works well for them, though.

Either way, you can go full self-hosted this way and save money.

FYI if you already have a Roku, you can block these with a network level ad blocker like Pihole.

Edit: Here’s a list of common Smart TV domains to block.

The first book burning where 0 knowledge is lost.

I think contributing to existing communities seems like the best option. Also, evangelizing the community in other places so people are more aware of it helps too. Luckily, that’s exactly what this post (kind of) does.

For example, I didn’t know there were dropout Lemmy communities. I just subbed to the blahaj.zone one.

I would actually support this if the code was generated by the Copilot plugin, but this is just adding a blanket “Sent from my iPhone” on all code commits wtf.

This, for sure, but if she wants to dance I’ll dance with her. 🤪

For serious, tho: people change.

You sound like one of my exes. -_-

There’s nothing MS can do to make me trust them again. They can “love bomb” all they want, but a toxic ex is a toxic ex.

Publicly traded corporations will always exploit anything and anyone they can get away with to maximize their profits. They will only improve just enough to trap you again, then the exploitation begins again.

Just kwin with KDE Plasma.

Neat! It’s a shame it’s only for hyprland…

I warned most of my family and friends this was going to happen when I de-Googled and set up Immich and they all said I was paranoid.

you’re advocating updating without checking,

Uh… no. That’s not what I said. I said there’s risk in both updating and not updating. You need to do the assessment to decide which one is best for the situation.

Every dependency you don’t update is a zero day waiting to happen. All software carries risk.

Pretty sure their comment was sarcasm.

How do you calculate speed at all with only one frame?

Wouldn’t the air resistance be insane at those speeds? If it didn’t just slow it down significantly, the friction would add even more heat to it.

No way you haven’t heard about Epstein and friends.

The answer is exactly what you think it is: laziness.

So this is malware, right?

Thx for explaining what trash bags do.