keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
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There is now an easy-to-use managed hosting service for making your own XMPP/Jabber server. It's run by @snikket_im and is at:
XMPP is a federated instant messaging platform (it looks like Whatsapp but it's federated like Mastodon). It's also end-to-end encrypted as long as everyone in the conversation is using an XMPP app with support for the "OMEMO" standard.
The pricing depends on your region but it's similar to Mastodon server costs.
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OpenStreetMap login was fixed in Google Play. Enjoy updating the map, and don't forget that you can edit anything directly at the osm.org website.
Just tried #nextcloud Memories. The Android app is really smooth and what I was looking for in a gallery style application.
The web version is good too, but having fast loading and scrolling is important when navigating a large photo collection, even when the bulk of it is online on the server.
@dansup what are you looking for in an alternative? Discord will mean a lot of people who care about software freedom will not join or interact.
Rocket.chat or mattermost are other alternatives, or XMPP/Jabber. They all have pros & cons, though, so it really depends on what your needs are.
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If you're the type to self-host apps on a Raspberry Pi or NAS, you absolutely need to check out Paperless-ngx. It manages scanned documents (hint: your phone can scan documents for you) so you can save them and search them.
You can email docs to Paperless-ngx, save them to a network folder, use a native app, or just upload them to the web app. It also works well with networked scanners. There are plenty of videos and blog posts to get started.
@jamesh @elaterite @hugh additionally, measuring ingredients by volume when they could be measured by mass is unfortunate. So much easier and cleaner to throw a bowl on a scale and re-tare every ingredient
@jamesh @elaterite @hugh do you have a source for that? I'm used to a teaspoon being 5 mL and a tablespoon being 15 mL, though calling things "metric tablespoon" itself seems a bit offside
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"Forcing TikTok to merge with another data-hungry social media platform won’t solve any of that. What will make a difference is establishing base-line privacy rules that prohibit companies from exploiting our data and that give us control..." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/opinion/tiktok-ban-house-vote.html
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Super happy with my Framework laptop by the way!
The module system is great. I printed a snack drawer today! Now I can always take three peanuts with me!
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✨Introducing Loops, a fediverse TikTok platform.
Explore and share short videos on the fediverse using your Pixelfed or Mastodon account.
Available Soon.
Follow @loops for early access to the beta and updates.
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The auto industry has almost completely abandoned the idea of selling affordable cars in the U.S. https://www.motor1.com/features/710453/cheap-cars-dead/
China is plainly planning to fill the gap, as Japan did some decades ago.
This will -- guaranteed -- lead to a furious response, but that won't include US carmakers actually competing. The response will be protectionism, because one thing history has shown us is that American companies facing foreign competition are terrified of actual competition.
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Everyone said get a Brother printer so I bought a 3-in-1 scanner and printer. There seems to be something wrong with it though. I plugged it into a Linux laptop, opened a document, pressed print, selected the printer, and it printed. Then I opened simple-scan, pressed scan, and it scanned.
This isn't how printers and scanners are supposed to work. Where do install the drivers that don't work properly etc? This was no fun. I demand a refund.
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Some of you know today as π-day.
But the real insiders know that today is the 30th anniversary of the 1.0 release of Linux.
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After being kneecapped by a #patents troll years ago, #Mozilla Location Services, the only somewhat trusted (non-Google/Apple) "Wi-Fi positioning system" (geolocation based on triangulating collected #WiFi SSIDs), is now shutting down: https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065
MLS was how #GeoClue could get a meters-accurate location without a #GPS receiver / sky line-of-sight.
It was used by many #GNOME / #KDE apps to get instantaneous neighborhood-level location (for maps, local weather…) on #Linux laptops.
@gvwilson it's weird, but close. We *are* that species. On a daily basis we steal the daylight from our past selves and place it gingerly in offering to our future selves, to try to extend our exposure to the precious yellow ball.
There are high transaction costs. Twice annually we pay with heart attacks and car crashes and death and dismemberment. But the sweet nectar of an extra hour of basking means we don't have to revert to the dark times of being as much at the whim of that damnable ball
@timbray might be worth looking at the solutions that @murena are doing with https://e.foundation ... They're using a lot of Free & Open Source (and a few proprietary bits) to provide replacements to Google software & infrastructure. I don't agree with all of their choices, but there are at least decent starting points for several of the items on your list (office, data sharing as OnlyOffice, Nextcloud, Rainloop; search with their hosted spot/searxng, etc). They have self hostable images, too
@br00t4c
> Canada Post offered banking services via its Post Office Savings Bank, created by the Post Office Act in April 1868, less than a year following the nation's confederation. A century later, the Post Office Savings Bank was shut down in 1968–69. Since at least the early 2010s, postal banking has been discussed and studied periodically, with postal unions backing the idea. Canada Post began rolling out postal banking services in late 2022, in partnership with TD
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_savings_system#Canada
Joined Jun 2019
