WhyJiffie
@WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Is there still an effort to move technical help threads from Redshit to here? 6 days ago:
that’s true, but op wanted to move threads, not communities, for the purpose of better search. for that it’s fine
- Comment on Is there still an effort to move technical help threads from Redshit to here? 1 week ago:
you can. by having a lemmy instance that hosts synchronized content from select subs
- Comment on Is there still an effort to move technical help threads from Redshit to here? 1 week ago:
other than redlib as the other commenter said, you could also just write a userscript for violentmonkey. easier to maintain
- Comment on Is there still an effort to move technical help threads from Redshit to here? 1 week ago:
especially with their anti-vpn bullshit they’re on now.
I’ve been a happy libreddit/redlib user for a few years now. sometimes an instance has a temporary block but then I click redirect in libredirect and the next instance works
- Comment on How are the blatant anti-competitive practices of Apple just…allowed? How is this even possible? 1 week ago:
entirely free markets result in facebook, google, amazon, but worse, where they have absolutely no restrictions. a. iddle ground is needed, that we don’t have currently
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
jokes on you, they still wont respond them, or even mark which one they responded to. you have to send 3 different messages even if emails
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 weeks ago:
I’m not talking about credit card information. I’m talking about all the kinds of commercial data mining that is happening basically all over the internet. Personally, I’m sick of it. and while firefox has problems, anything chromium based won’t even try to project your privacy, to the contrary, especially edge. if you like having all your digital and a lot of irl activities collected in data broker databases for profiling, targeted ads, personalized costs and whatnot, then edge is the ideal browser for you.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 weeks ago:
“super secret server” what, we are talking in discord servers now?
privacy is not for “super secret” people. it is for everyone who does not mindlessly throw it away.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 weeks ago:
I had windows for 20 years. enough is enough. I’ll never accept all the bullshit of 11. but if you use edge, I see you have different values, like privacy is not really important to you
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 weeks ago:
don’t forget that LTSC is also a solution
- Comment on How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration? 4 weeks ago:
maybe they were used to find like-minded people to arrest them instead
- Comment on what are the chances of irreparable damage due to obstructed blood circulation during sleep? 5 weeks ago:
you should still see a doctor though
- Comment on What is the point of the Nicole spam? 1 month ago:
you mean, everyone who already knows it’s a scam or can recognize that it probably is. which is not everyone. otherwise the whole thing wouldn’t exist.
- Comment on What's the deal with Signal? 2 months ago:
there’s oversec on f-droid that can almost automate this
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 3 months ago:
I don’t mean they do this consistently, but that they do this by chance. sometimes people end up spending money on bad brands
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 3 months ago:
Who the fuck would buy a TV like this?
mindless consumers
- Comment on why does everyone i know treat me like a child or if i was a very childlike person?? 3 months ago:
this sounds a bit harsh, but look at OPs history and its actually true.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 4 months ago:
- Comment on Can governments compell mobile app developers to push out targeted updates as a privilege escalation or pivot point on a "suspect's" device? 4 months ago:
google does for sure. a few years ago they demanded all developers to hand in their keys in the pretense of efficiency
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 4 months ago:
steam and valve has also been generally more respectful with users than mostly any other online business, not even just in the space of online software stores. of course it’s not all rainbows and glitter but the point stands.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 4 months ago:
Valve kills physical ownership of games: I sleep
kills? most of them work with a steam emu, even offline. that’s not even cracking. most of those that don’t have a different limitation.
with a steam emu you can do whatever you want with the game files, often you can put it on your pendrive and play it as a portable game (the right goldberg emu settings allow game data to be stored near the game files instead of appdata)
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 4 months ago:
free lol. did you look at the privacy policy, or just accepted it hastily?
- Comment on Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool. 4 months ago:
genders are not defined by shape of the human but by biology
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 5 months ago:
if it’s an app, it’s not n OS, and does not replace an OS.
People want to replace the OS to get rid of forced data mining, forced updates, other limitations, and to be able to install other software
- Comment on If the EU uses online signature for European Citizen's Initiative, why isn't voting online for elections or policies not allowed? 5 months ago:
because it’s much less important and so much less risky
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 5 months ago:
the French forgot about when to use guillotines decades ago
- Comment on This is the most annoying thing I've ever seen 5 months ago:
switch to firefox and install the ublock origin. it should get rid of it
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 6 months ago:
to not buy the new one. but if I have already bought it, before it was enshittified even, I don’t want to buy a new one to be able to reconfigure it unless absolutely necessary
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 6 months ago:
I’ve fallen into this trap too a year ago or so. try if the Logitech Onboard Memory Manager is useful for any of your devices, it’s a totally offline program. you can get it from the page below, but if it’s been taken down check the archive.org, I think I have made an archive of the exe too
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 6 months ago:
garbage advice lol
the software has useful features, like reconfiguring buttons on your mouse. however lately all of them got to be enshittified with a login requirement.
the real solution is to not buy their shit, or to keep buying used hardware for which decent software configurator is still available