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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

That's the Privacy Badger. I love using it aswell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I apologize for the late reply. I was really busy these few days.

OP, do you mind if I ask what your native language is?

Well I do not mind. It's Turkish.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to comment on Cock and Ball Torture but I will say that eccentric people will help you see life in a much wider window than before.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Les Misérables is easily the best book I've ever read in my entire life. A few years ago I read a shorthened version of it and even then I was fascinated by it. I finished reading the full text two months ago and oh my fucking god this book is the best thing ever written.

I'm Turkish so I read the Turkish translation (will read the full text in English and French when I learn it) and on the back of it, it says something along these lines:

"... Les Misérables is the third and the most majestic collumn of the author's novel trilogy that tells of the society..."

And I completely agree with that. This book is simply timeless. The characters, situations, unjustice, inequalities, all the suffering in it could be applied to any society. This book is real.

The messages that it sends are solutions to topics that seemingly anybody with a functioning brain should be capable of thinking and realizing. And yet, these solutions are ignored and refused because of greed, revenge, bloodlust and most important of all, ignorance.

The main character of the book, Jean Valjean is the embodiment of redemption. His entire arc teaches us how to treat criminals. Some countries today are taking these lessons and applying them. The lessons being; treat them as human, rehabilitate them. The result? They actually do heal and return to society as normal human beings.

And yet you see people against this practice. Those kinds of people are blinded by bloodlust and revenge. They are the same kind of people that were racist, sexist and much more back in the day. The arguments that these people bring don't hold up either. The most common one I see (at least from my perspective) is this:

"You wouldn't react this way if they hurt one of your loved ones!"

The fact that these people don't know anything about me aside, this argument is pointless as it implies that I would be blind to fact and logic when I'm in pain. And while that is true, me being angry over an apple falling onto my head won't make gravity any less real. In other words, so what?

The biggest victims of this mentality are pedofiles. Not the ones that do engage in action. But rather the ones that don't harm anybody are aware of their issue. For instance, if a non-engaging pedo went to a therapist and told them of their issue, what would the therapist do? Call the police of course. And what would that do? Their life would be pretty screwed from that point forward. Assuming they are the non-engaging type, of course. I don't believe this to be the correct attitude towards these kind of cases.

I would also like to dive into other topics that the book covers (and perhaps extend on this one) but it would be way too long for a comment. Thank you anyone reading this far. I would like to hear your opinions on the matter and discuss even!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I can't speak for the privacy scene but in my country it's pretty popular merely because of anonimity (which boils down to not having to use a phone number) and Discord-like server/groups. For porn and other NSFW content, it is pretty popular.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

That's pretty exciting!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can use Termux to generate a list of files in a directory and copy that.

Screenshot_20231211-213722_Termux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I suggest you look up "Microsoft Halloween Documents". They DO NOT see Linux as their friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I personally think this might be a "vote with your vallet" situation. Signaling to Google (and to other manufacturers) that people appreciate openness in their smartphones. Knowing Google though, it's unlikely they will get it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Read Only Memory

 
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Which is completely intentional.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oops. Sorry mate. I'll edit that out now.

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This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google's Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK's encryption bill, etc.

So what do you think of the future? I'm currently optimistic. I think the best recent event was Reddit fucking up. Obviously one of the biggest information sources going down that path isn't something to celebrate. But it was bound to happen. I believe decentralized social networks becoming more popular is what Aaron Swartz would have wanted if he saw how Reddit was being managed.

 

Is there a product out there that can be used in the way the picture below (or above) shows? A really small speaker that's in (or silighly bigger) the similar size of phone's built-in speaker.

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