tomiant

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[–] tomiant@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This person is not wrong. I'm sadly incapable of breaking the cycle, but for the short periods that I do, my depression is greatly alleviated. Abandoning reddit was probably had the most positive impact on my mental health of anything I've done in years.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Historicaly the nazis were very popular in Ukraine [...] They were seen as heroes and liberators by a lot of people.

That is a blatant exaggeration bordering on revisionism. They were seen as liberators by a minority upon invasion in 1941, that quickly changed once the people realized the facts of the occupation, and millions fought against the nazis.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

THANK YOU. Jesus I've been looking for that for so long. If I had any web dev chops I'd make something like that and integrate with a scraper that takes headlines from all over the world and puts them in a matrix like that. I'd take something like it and do it for reddit or the fediverse as well, scrolling down post by post is such a dumb concept.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

The only thing missing is a period.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is the route I went years ago. Not only do i not feel like lugging around an obnoxiously long buttonless 1kg remote control, within two months the display will be shattered because I sneezed, and I will have to buy a new one because replacing the screen costs as much as a new phone.

I know they do that shit by design. Why would the back side of the phone need to be made of fucking glass? It's literally the only reason I ever buy new phones, the screen is the only thing that ever breaks, and they never survive long enough to be "too old" to use.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

None of those have worked for me on Android since a couple of months.

Firefox with uBlock Origin is the last bastion, and don't think that's not on their radar.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My suspicion is that the main purpose of Googles decision is to stop F-Droid and Aurora Store from working.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

"No" is what I would prefer to say but for some reason "that is extremely unlikely" hits the point home harder.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You can research a phone you like and check if it has an unlockable bootloader, root it, and install something like LineageOS on it. It's fairly straight-forward, not super technically demanding, but it does require some tinkering and time setting up.

xdaforums.com is where the rooting kids hang out, post guides for specific models, upload images et c, you can probably do it in an afternoon with GPT.

The issue is that some apps, notably banking and official type apps, usually don't work as they rely on google services for operation. I solve it by having a cheap secondary phone that I only use for that stuff.

Oh, I almost forgot: FUCK YOU GOOGLE

[–] tomiant@programming.dev -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He inherited that quagmire of illegal wars, it's not something you can just withdraw from at the drop of a hat. It was either drones or boots on the ground, not exactly a stellar choice to be left with, and he chose to minimize American lives lost. Most certainly not defending any of America's vile military engagements but the picture is a little bit more nuanced than that.

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago

Already sent all the redshirts to their deaths they are the only crew left on the ship at this point

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