DaMan_AB

@daman_ab@mastodon.online
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He/Him, Father of daughters & husband.
 Collector of video games, specifically the Atari 2600 and 7800, SNES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU, Switch, Commodore 64, 128, Amiga 500 and 1200. I also love the industrial music genre and support the rights of women, LGBTQ+ and people of color.
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DaMan_AB1d ago
National Women’s Soccer League 🤖1d ago
No other community like the NWSL community 🫂🤍
DaMan_AB2d ago
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽2d ago
Grok: 1, MTG: 0 😆 https://www.comicsands.com/mtg-slams-grok?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
MTG Slams Grok For Questioning Her Christian Values

Grok: 1, MTG: 0 😆

Comic Sands
DaMan_AB2d ago
9to5Mac2d ago
Apple will announce iOS 26 at WWDC, not iOS 19: report https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/28/ios-26-coming-next-month/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
DaMan_AB2d ago
The Verge2d ago
Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems https://www.theverge.com/news/675945/apple-operating-systems-new-name-year-ios-macos
Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems

Apple is going to switch up how it names its next set of major operating systems to align with years, Bloomberg reports.

The Verge
DaMan_AB5d ago
Vee5d ago
DaMan_ABMay 23
Ars TechnicaMay 23
College Board keeps apologizing for screwing up digital SAT and AP tests
AP Psych is the latest casualty of digital snafus.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/college-board-keeps-apologizing-for-screwing-up-digital-sat-and-ap-tests/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
DaMan_ABMay 23
Mandu 🥟May 23
Me: I should be more positive.
Also me:
DaMan_ABMay 21
Valoisa SivuttaisMicroFlutterAug 31, 2024
💖 Dee.
DaMan_ABMay 21
TutaMay 21

DeGoogling is possible, and it doesn't need to be difficult. 👏

Take a look at our in-depth guide of Google alternatives to learn how you can take back your privacy in 2025. ❤️🔒

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail

Have you already DeGoogled? If so, let us know your favorite Google-free apps.

#DeGoogle #GoogleAlternatives #PrivacyMatters

Best private Google alternatives: The ultimate list to deGoogle in 2025. | Tuta

2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!

Tuta
DaMan_ABMay 20
Side-Line MagazineMay 20

En Esch unleashes politically charged LP 'Dance Hall Putsch' - First album in 8 years out now #EnEsch

https://www.side-line.com/en-esch-unleashes-politically-charged-lp-dance-hall-putsch-first-album-in-8-years-out-now/

En Esch drops 1st album in 8 years: 'Dance Hall Putsch'

En Esch, a veteran of the industrial scene known for his roles in KMFDM, PIG, and Slick Idiot, has released his first full-length solo album in eight years.

SIDE-LINE - Industrial, electro, EBM, post-punk, darkwave news magazine
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TutaMay 21

DeGoogling is possible, and it doesn't need to be difficult. 👏

Take a look at our in-depth guide of Google alternatives to learn how you can take back your privacy in 2025. ❤️🔒

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail

Have you already DeGoogled? If so, let us know your favorite Google-free apps.

#DeGoogle #GoogleAlternatives #PrivacyMatters

Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21

@Tutanota
Glad to see an updated version!
And glad to see FUTO keyboard on there as well.

For 2FA apps I always now recommend @ente . it's open source. it's a good looking app. and works perfectly. with backup even !

For search there's also
@kagihq
and they offer a very good translation service as well: https://translate.kagi.com/

(btw, stupid ocd thing: the bottom right, it's actually 'origanic maps' not 'organic map' xd)

Kagi Translate

Kagi Translate uses powerful AI models to instantly and accurately translate any content in any language.

Show threadHaris RazisMay 21

@thibaultmol @Tutanota @ente @kagihq I second the kagi ecosystem. As for organic maps there is some ongoing drama atm.

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders

Show threadTiota SramMay 21
@xrazis @thibaultmol @Tutanota @ente @kagihq thanks for linking the OrganicMaps letter! I've been using OrganicMaps which is a quite decent front-end for OpenStreetMaps on Android, but now I'll be following this fork & switching when it's ready.
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21
@xrazis @Tutanota @ente @kagihq fair yeah, I'm very aware of the situation but I had forgotten to even mention it.
Thx!
Show threadMatthew 🖖May 21
@xrazis @thibaultmol @Tutanota @ente @kagihq There's also some drama with Kagi, although I have to say it's a neat search engine and literally anything is better than Google. 
https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi

Issues with Kagi's AI focus, finances and leadership

lori's blog
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21
@mcbaumwolle @xrazis
* about the ai stuff: it's optional, unlike google which gives you an unwanted ai overview for each search. Kagi only does it if you press a button or add a question mark at the end.
Show threadabeorchMay 21
@thibaultmol @Tutanota @kagihq @ente Is FUTO keyboard on @fdroid ? Im starting to use alot of fossify.org/about/ apps. Hope fully they will be on ActivityPub soon.
Fossify | About us

Astro description

Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21
@abeorch @fdroid @Tutanota @kagihq @ente i think you have to add the futo fdroid repo
Show threadabeorchMay 21
@thibaultmol @Tutanota @kagihq @ente Actually Fossify keyboard is coooool!
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21

@abeorch I'm still stuck on gboard. There's three things I need that a keyboard
- Multilingual without switching
- typing by swiping
- accurate voice dictation

#Futo already has that 3rd point covered with FUTO Voice Input (which uses a local Whisper model).
The second point they have as well, mostly. (They're only open source keyboard with an actual decent swipe to type system.)
But they don't have the ability yet to do language detection swiping.

Show threadHydro WalrusMay 21
@thibaultmol @abeorch Heliboard has multilingual swyping! (Without switching language)
Show threadabeorchMay 21
@thibaultmol @hydrowalrus Oo. I want that.
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈May 21

@hydrowalrus @abeorch that's weird. Where did they get their training data from. Cause that was the whole problem that futo tried to solve with the voluntary data collection swiping website. Because I was basically no open data sets with the reasonable size for swiping data.

This comment seems to say that you have to install some kind of Google library to make swiping work?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40832327

Although doesn't seem like it's an actual problem
https://lemmy.world/post/16439080/10584434

I'll give it a go

Heliboard works really great, but for swiping you need to manually add Google's ... | Hacker News

Show threadHydro WalrusMay 22
@thibaultmol @abeorch Yeah I've been using it for a year, works fine
Show threadAirikr  6d ago

@thibaultmol @Tutanota @ente @kagihq Kagi gets funded by Yandex which is a company in Russia. I would not trust them at all.

You want proof? Just do a search online for kagi yandex or kagi russia support and you'll find some sources.

I would recommend SearxNG instead.

Show threadThibaultmol 🌈6d ago
@edgren they don't.....
I see that you found resources that said kagi and Russian and yandex... But I think you misunderstood what you probably found.
Yandex doesn't fund kagi.
Kagi uses a bunch of different search indexes, one of them is Yandex.
Show threadThibaultmol 🌈6d ago

@edgren During any given search, it will pull from a variety of different search providers and deliver a combined search results page which is much better than each of the individual engines.

So kagi is paying Yandex for services just like how they're paying other search providers.
Yandex is just one many... So only 2% of infra cost is spent on yandex.

What I personally prefer to not have any money go to yandex... Yeah.
If I could turn off yandex on kagi, i would

Show threadAirikr  6d ago

@thibaultmol The Mandela effect is huge when it comes to me. Kagi doesn't get funded by Yandex. It's the other way around.

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1gvcqua/psa_the_kagi_search_engine_directly_funds_yandex/

If you want to continue using and maybe even supporting Kagi, go ahead 🙂 I can't stop anyone from doing this. But I can give them information.

Show threadThibaultmol 🌈5d ago
@edgren I don't mind you commenting this on my post btw! Just wanted to add that correction 👍
Show threadUrbilateria@EnricMay 21
@Tutanota Me: Tuta Mail, Tuta Calendar, LibreTranslate, DuckDuckGo Search, Bitwarden, DeltaChat, LibreWolf, LibreOffice, F-Droid, Ente Auth, NextCloud and OpenStreetMap. 🙌
Show threadTutaMay 21
@urbilateria Nice 😎
Show threadAlavi | علویMay 21

@Tutanota
Great list but the fact that you never suggest Matrix for chatting pisses me off.

Matrix is much better and transparent than Signal. And it is decentralized.

Show threaddoboprobodyneMay 21

@alavi @Tutanota

Matrix or Deltachat seem like the ideal for this one. Maybe they're seen as too power-usery?
#degoogle #demeta #matrix #deltachat #instantMessaging

Show threadMuhammadFree🇵🇸May 21
@doboprobodyne @alavi @Tutanota Nah i think they are pretty easy to use
Show threadblamiMay 21
@Tutanota @mailbox_org deserves way more categories than just e-mail! So far the most integrated solution (mail, contacts, calendar, drive, office, conferencing, etc.) that compares to Google Workspace or M365 feature wise.
Show threadmxkMay 21
@Tutanota Session Chat and Brave are closely associated with cryptocurrencies and other shady businesses. I would argue strongly against recommending them!
And in addition to that, the security of session is highly questionable and there shouldn't be any reason to use it over signal and threema.
Show threadillythekidMay 21
@mxk @Tutanota I'm looking for a backup for Threema atm and Session doesn't seem so bad from what i've read - at least in regards to security. Could you elaborate on your concerns in that regard?
Show threadmxkMay 21

@illythekid @Tutanota they switched to their own protocol when breaking with signal and in the process killed perfect forward secrecy and their explanation why it wouldn't be important just shows, that they don't understand what they are talking about. - if you need more than threema and signal, jabber or element are the two systems I would consider.
https://getsession.org/session-protocol-explained

Also, one simply does not use block chain stuff.

A Response to Recent Claims About Session's Security Architecture - Session Private Messenger

This post provides a comprehensive analysis of Session's security design choices and explains why the supposed vulnerabilities recently described by a security researcher are based on misinterpretations of both the code and underlying cryptography.

Session
Show threadTotal Sonic MediaMay 21
@mxk @Tutanota - one reason to use Session is that an account does not need an email or a phone number to be set up. As for its supposed security issues, to my knowledge those were alleged by a single evaluator, and fwiw, Session replied on those concerns here - https://getsession.org/blog/a-response-to-recent-claims-about-sessions-security-architecture
Anyway, I don't think Session is necessarily a better choice than Signal or Threema for most user cases, but I think it can be valuable in some others.
A Response to Recent Claims About Session's Security Architecture - Session Private Messenger

This post provides a comprehensive analysis of Session's security design choices and explains why the supposed vulnerabilities recently described by a security researcher are based on misinterpretations of both the code and underlying cryptography.

Session
Show threadmxkMay 21
@TotalSonic @Tutanota no. They haven't.
This reply only proofs they don't understand the issues themself.
And even if you are a cryptographer and decide thats not relevant to you, the fact that it's a "block chain" project still should be sufficient reason not to use/recommend it under any circumstances.
Show threadAndiBerlin 🚴May 21
@Tutanota Tuta Drive? Can't waiting for. 🤩
Show threadTutaMay 21
@Andi_Berlin It's in development 😎
Show threadTranquillouMay 21
@Tutanota i like "simple keyboard" https://f-droid.org/packages/rkr.simplekeyboard.inputmethod
Simple Keyboard | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Simply keyboard and nothing more

Show threadjabsonikMay 21
@Tutanota
@kagihq & Orion browser.
Show threadGavin LoganMay 21
@Tutanota Brave was founded and is run by a homophobic, cryptocurrency-using anti-masker, who (perhaps worst of all) created Javascript, so, I'd rather not thanks
Show threadResistencia carpinchaMay 23
@tamewhale Good point, I did not know that and I was thinking about trying it. I use Duckduckgo and Vivaldi, haven't found any crap regarding their founders...
Show threadLeo mastodonteMay 21
@Tutanota gran aporte. Gracias
Show threadTimelimeMay 21
@Tutanota any keyboard options for iOS?
Show threadFabio ManganielloMay 21
@Tutanota

- s/Searx/Searxng/, as Searx has been abandoned and it hasn't seen a commit in 3 years.

- Worth adding Proton to the alternative mail services too

- Worth adding Matrix and Jitsi to the Meet alternatives too

- Nextcloud anywhere?
Show threadMolytovMay 21

@fabio @Tutanota
"Worth adding Proton to the alternative mail services too"
Well, this is a Tuta promotion blog so I doubt they'll do that lol.

"Matrix"
Matrix is a horrible UX in my experience, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Show threadThePfromtheOMay 21
@Tutanota
𝖴𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍:
#DeepL; #VivaldiWebmail #Calendar; #Brave_Search/ #DuckDuckGo_Search; #ProtonPass; #Session; #VivaldiBrowser; #OnlyOffice; #Aurora_Store/ #FDroid; #e_OS (𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩); #Ente_Photo; #Logseq; #Heliboard; #ProtonMail/ #VivaldiWebmail/ #TutaMail; #MiroTalk_SFU; #Ente_Auth; #ProtonDrive/ #filen_io; #PipePipe (𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 #NewPipe); #OsmAnd
Show threadRMS06510May 21
@Tutanota Kagi rules
Show threadOliver SchafeldMay 21

DeepL is a good translator.

https://www.deepl.com

DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator

Translate texts & full document files instantly. Accurate translations for individuals and Teams. Millions translate with DeepL every day.

Show threadMolytovMay 21
@Tutanota Replace Searx with SearXNG since the former is no longer maintained.
Add OrganicMaps for maps (it uses OSM data), and Jitsi for video conferencing.
Show threadAndreMay 21
@Tutanota @alter i just changed my keyboard, and I'm thrilled how faster my typing got! Thanks
Show threadTutaMay 21
@althieme @alter Awesome. We're glad to hear that 😎
Show threadLaigneMay 21
@Tutanota cool. J'aime pas open street du coup j essaye osmand. Merci tout le reste a déjà été changé
Show threadKackfreshMay 21

@Tutanota

This is awesome, shared with my family!

Is there any reason not to list Nextcloud as a Drive/Docs alternative? it works great!

Show threadhazelnot May 21
@potatoes_fall @Tutanota they also didn't list DeepL for translation services, and recommended Brave (you know, the browser that serves you ads, does crypto shit, and afaik was started because "Firefox went woke" or some shit) services 💀
Show threadJeremy le fouMay 21
@Tutanota Can anyone recommend an office suite that could replace Google Workspace? My small company is all remote and we need to be able to have a unified mail solution, as well as a way to collaborate on web-based documents. We primarily use mail, calendar, drive, and docs/sheets. I've been looking but I haven't found anything that would allow us to easily transition away.
Show threadTockMay 21

@leftyknowitall @Tutanota Online, ZOHO Apps is close. Free and paid access available, similar offerings. (At one point ZOHO was Yahoo's Work Apps if I remember correctly. They spun off and continued development.)

Offline, LibreOffice is pretty good. Does most of what I used MS Office for. Exports their doc formats as well. Free.

Show threadshadowwwindMay 21
@leftyknowitall @Tutanota maybe @nextcloud or @CryptPad
Show threadJonathanMay 22
@leftyknowitall
Have you tested Proton (Drive/Docs) or Cryptpad so far?
Show threadWinter TrabexMay 21

@Tutanota

A wrestling streaming service I use recently added Google Pay to process their credit card transactions. I felt so disappointed.

Show threadJmvarsMay 21
@Tutanota I thought Odysee was the de facto YouTube replacement.
Show threadFeike6d ago
@Jmvars @Tutanota you can't really choose your video-platform, because it's the content-creators' choice. I watch a lot on Nebula, because the creators can decide what to upload without the fear of demonetization.
Show threadFlohEinsteinMay 21

@Tutanota use VaultWarden instead of Bitwarden. It's a self-hosted server compatible with Bitwarden Client Apps. And it's FOSS.

#Vaultwarden

Show threadFat_FarangMay 21
@Tutanota Finding a Google Drive replacement was toughest and I finally settled on Aukland based MEGA; it offers 20g free. 5-Eye country and Hong Kong owned, but I encrypt everything before loading to the cloud anyways. They also have a Linux app.