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Re:Example.com Just Launched the Biggest Redesign in Decades on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:08PM (#49973335)

Re:A new Android malware from Google on Thursday July 02, 2026 @12:58PM (#48764252)

I started de-googling a few weeks ago. I don't really know what I'm doing but it's kind of enjoyable to learn. Graphene OS with F-Droid and I'm most of the way there.

I still use the play store for some apps unfortunately. Also google maps, gmail, google messages (for rcs) and google fi. I'm not sure if theres anything close to the quality of traffic reporting as google maps, so it's hard to give up. The rest I will eventually move away from... Hopefully.

I have a home server with a reverse wireguard proxy for self hosting photos, calendars, etc.

I also have firefox with noscript blocking everything by default, but that's a big pain for an average person. Also it doesn't seem like firefox does a good job of anti-fingerprinting, but I haven't looked too deeply into that.

I even bought a tv that has adb access, and I removed a bunch of bloat, but it doesn't seem possible to remove the google launcher without causing huge system instability. I might just firewall it off.

There are a ton of open source alternatives to google products now, way more than the last time I tried moving away. It's time to leave.

Re:US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, stu... on Monday June 01, 2026 @12:02AM (#48352473)

I read your comment in full before responding, it would have been kind of you to return the courtesy. Unless you're an ai, then cheese eric hair purple toast

Re:US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, stu... on Sunday May 31, 2026 @11:24PM (#48352281)

People can't always pay for insurance. The single mom wasn't driving, by the way. You seem make a lot of assumptions about people you don't know. And do you know what happens to the mom when shes's discharged from the hospital with chronic pain? She can't keep a steady job because her pain and her trauma keep her up at night, and shes's forced to call out too frequently. I think the real moral hazard is not taking care of the people around you, and not realizing that the worst possible thing that can happen to you is happening to someone every day, all the time, and those people sometimes need help. This world is full of fucked up, terrible things, and if you're going to sit there and complain that the homeless guy you know nothing about is trying to get a free sandwich and a warm bed on your dime, and that makes you angry, maybe you should look inward and around you and try to figure out what actually matters in life. I'm sure the people who are actually taking your money love you for blaming the homeless.

Re:US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, stu... on Sunday May 31, 2026 @09:42PM (#48351726)

Single mom gets hit by a red light runner? Straight to the ER. A guy who works two crappy jobs to keep a roof over his head has a heart attack? Straight to the ER. Fuck this logic of "I'm only paying for people who I think don't deserve it". There's plenty of people who genuinely need the help.

Re:Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI Next Industria... on Monday May 11, 2026 @04:57PM (#48100578)

It's not the experts that are going to be listening to the music. It's not made for the experts to pick apart and analyze.

Re:Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:30AM (#48004983)

I know my wiper fluid is low when I push the button to spray the wiper fluid and a less than normal amount comes out. Why does anyone need a light for that? How often do people use wiper fluid?

Re:Artemis II safely splashes down on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:46PM (#47733901)

Since these speeds are hard to grasp: That's about 416 miles a minute, or 7 miles a second. It traveled a mile in about the time it takes for a person to blink.

Re:Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:53PM (#47484601)

Try caesar dressing

Re:Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign on Saturday January 31, 2026 @11:27PM (#46843614)

Depends, are they doing something super interesting on their phone?

Re:Teenager 'Taken to Security Room and Interrogated' by American Airl... on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:37PM (#36685376)

It's literally not. That's the definition of an interview

Re:Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement on Monday July 10, 2023 @01:38AM (#36662512)

No one is going to remember this comment 30 seconds after they click away, and this thread will be absorbed into an AI

Re:Why Is Desalination So Difficult? on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @01:56PM (#36604295)

I'm not even remotely knowledgeable about this, but I'd assume saltwater would wreck plumbing. The connection in and out would probably be degraded much quicker. Then the water treatment plants would have to deal with dirty salt water, which is probably more difficult.

On top of that all the brine that people produce in their homes would have to be disposed of, and I'm sure many people would just end up flushing it down the drain. So the water treatment plant would have to deal with highly concentrated, contaminated saltwater.

Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Single Tank on Thursday June 29, 2023 @12:47AM (#36516396)

https://youtu.be/hAjlV2DdC5o

A bit tangential, but this guy drove from Alaska to Argentina on a c90. It was a few years of sleeping in a tent, some random person's spare bedroom, or the cheapest hotel possible.

Re:Ask HN: IP cameras that don't require an app or internet on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:45PM (#36450729)

Would it be possible to use the phone without a battery?

Re:Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:07AM (#36377218)

How hard is it to say "that's not going to work" or "maybe one day" or "that's a good idea". If it's something open and collaborative, maybe someone will see the idea and be willing to implement it. Also, on a separate note, why are you so aggressive and belittling?

Re:Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:32PM (#36377056)

Investing dozens of hours into learning something deeply enough to be able to modify it is a bit silly when someone who already knows what they are doing could probably do the same thing in half an hour.

Re:Two Men Got Jobs at Amazon Just to Steal Copies of Zelda on Thursday June 01, 2023 @12:28PM (#36153503)

Sure, stealing is wrong. But he paid them back for the theft. In Amazon's eyes, they just made a sale. And probably a bit of a laugh over what the kid went through

And before you say anything about losing money from training the kid or turnover or whatever, Amazon's turnover is horrible. They're used to it.

Re:Two Men Got Jobs at Amazon Just to Steal Copies of Zelda on Thursday June 01, 2023 @12:10PM (#36153234)

I'm pretty sure the person you're responding to doesn't have billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of the same copy of a game. Because I'm pretty sure they wouldn't care.

Oh wait, that's exactly what happened.

Re:California’s population declines, again, as state grapples with hou... on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:55AM (#35816345)

That doesn't make any sense. You really think remote tech jobs are the leading cause of this population decline in a state of 39 million people?

Re:AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:00PM (#35594661)

But I'll eat until they kick me out. That's how I know I got my moneys worth

Re:Google Drive does a surprise rollout of file limits, locking out so... on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:45AM (#35397813)

Could you just zip them?

Re:Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:39AM (#35257240)

I got a 0% raise, at least you got something :/

Re:Emptying the Dishwasher with Systems Theory on Sunday March 12, 2023 @10:38PM (#35130236)

I had a dishwasher at my last place, landlord special and everything. But it was smart, if you did a load of dishes, a little led would turn on saying it's done. The led wouldn't turn back off until the dishwasher was fully closed. So you could open it, be lazy and take a clean fork out, and then close it most of the way, and the clean light would stay on.

Re:How true is 'Speed Enforced by Aircraft' Sign? (2016) on Friday January 20, 2023 @04:51PM (#34460489)

Always gotta remember the people who have to scrape your body off the ground don't work for free

Re:Universal Paperclips on Saturday November 05, 2022 @02:17PM (#33484092)

I've really been enjoying Leaf Blower Revolution. it's a very long term game. I've been playing it for maybe 2 or 3 months, checking it every day, and I still have a lot to do. To be fair, it slows down A LOT, but it's still fun.

Re:What a gas stove ban means for restaurants on Friday June 03, 2022 @07:39PM (#31615184)

I have a flat glass electric stovetop, not induction. They seem to be becoming more common from what I've seen.

Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:37PM (#31509468)

Oxygen not Included is sorta kinda like this. It's a 2D, from the side colony management game where you have to survive on an asteroid. You have to manage oxygen production, get rid of carbon dioxide and other unbreathable gasses, find water, grow food, keep your base from getting too hot (or too cold) because thermodynamics is a thing in this game.

Mining is just "go mine here" but your colonists can only hold a certain amount of materials so retrieving mined materials can take a while, especially if you're mining far away from your base. Plus you have to worry about the materials being hot, or being affected by germs. You can technically mine out the entire asteroid, but I've never gotten close to that because something always goes wrong and everyone dies. There's only a limited amount of resources after all.

Re:37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home on Friday March 25, 2022 @03:14PM (#30806037)

Oh my god, imagine the improvement in traffic for those who do have to leave their house for work.

Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batteries in ho... on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:30AM (#30661502)

There's some pretty smart people in the field, don't you think if they are forced to come up with a solution that they will?