Mastodawn

Google is up to more shenanigans (https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/gemini-phone-access-update), time to switch to free open alternatives:

GOOGLE ANDROID ALTS
@e_mydata & @murena
@volla
@iode
@nitrokey
@openandroidinstaller
@GrapheneOS
@calyxos

GMAIL ALTS
@Tutanota
@fastmail
@hellomailo (in French)
@mailbox_org (in German)

GOOGLE DOCS / DRIVE ALTS
@nextcloud
@CryptPad
@CollaboraOffice
@ONLYOFFICE

GOOGLE PLAY ALT
@fdroidorg

GOOGLE KEEP ALT
@joplinapp

YOUTUBE ALT
@peertube

(news via https://eupolicy.social/@alderik/114765467397075662)

Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no

Google’s AI assistant is about to get full access to your calls, texts, and WhatsApp — even if you’ve disabled activity tracking.

Laptop Mag

Lykso 30m ago

I've not yet figured out how to make my tracks loud enough.

Probably using an actual DAW would help, right?

Lykso 14h ago

ℒӱḏɩę

Mar 7

Ongoing PSA:

#datahoarder #datapreservation #preservation #uspol #usgovernment #data #DataRescue #torrent

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Lykso 15h ago

@requiem Inferno is more recent, but 9front is actively developed and has a fair amount of useful third party software as well. I don't know of any 9front equivalent for Inferno.

Lykso 19h ago

Fedi.Tips 1d ago

Hey 3D printing people!

Did you know there is a Fediverse alternative to Printables, Makerworld and Thingiverse?

It's called Manyfold, you can find out more on its website:

➡️ https://manyfold.app

You can follow the official account at:

➡️ @manyfold

There's an official demo at https://try.manyfold.app and a public server to join at https://3dprint.social

#Fediverse #3DPrinting #3DPrinters #3DPrints #Printables #Makerworld #Thingiverse #Alternatives

Introduction

Organise and share your 3d print files

Manyfold

@catsalad @eniko I've seen some people that I respect stand up and openly say they love LLMs and I can't lie, that respect has taken a hit.

Not only does it show that they do their job in a different way than I, and possibly missing a few axioms about how code review is harder than coding, but more importantly, it shows that they value a boost of productivity (no matter how imaginative it might be) more than any of the negative externalities that come out of "AI".

Lykso 20h ago

mhoye 1d ago

If all you have is an insanely expensive, rapidly depreciating hammer, everything had better be a nail or you'll never hit quarterly shareholder expectations.

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Lykso 21h ago

@josch ImageMagick! For this particular photo, I used:

convert op-1-and-amp.jpg -resize 640x480 -average -ordered-dither o8x8,6 op-1-and-amp.png

Lykso 23h ago

Got a couple hours to myself yesterday. Had some fun with this little setup.

Lykso 1d ago

Lauren Weinstein 1d ago

Remember, the main reason so many firms push you to use their apps when you can do the same stuff via their websites is that apps typically give them far more insight into your activities on your phone, even often unrelated to that app. So when you can use the websites, it's often best to say NO to the apps.

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