MisterFrog

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Quite the opposite of being shadowbanned in fact. Unless an instance is doing something custom, you can peruse an instance's modlog: https://lemmy.ml/modlog

Using lemmy.ml as example not because I'm painting the entire instance with the same brush, just came to mind because I had a comment removed for being "reactionary".

Can't recall what I said, perhaps there is a time limit on how far back the mod log is accessible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Cashback/rewards schemes on cards ought to be illegal anyway. The money ultimately comes from higher prices.

Cards like Amex are just not accepted in most small businesses in Australia already (but this is by choice, not law)

There's no free lunch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think we know he'll do the opposite. Him being a Russian asset is practically accepted fact at this point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yaaaaaaaaas queeeeen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

He's much more down to earth than the democratic establishment, or even Harris.

At least, this is the vibes I'm getting.

I don't blame him, despite not knowing that much about him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

"no he's like really old. He reads a newspaper"

I think this is a fair dig haha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The state. It's literally how this works in other countries. (Victoria, Australia, anyway)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wait, this ISN'T how it works where you live?

Where I live (in Victoria, Australia), the bond is held in trust by the residential tenancies bond authority. At the end of the lease the landlord can try make a claim, but you can take them to VCAT (a small claims tribunal) to argue against it, and until either all parties agree, or the court orders it, the bond doesn't get paid out to anyone.

Our laws are far from good, and still favour owners too much, but damn. Just trusting them to pay you out of their own pocket?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Probably covering his arse when they do a teacher purge.

Stay safe out there OP (assuming you're in the US)

And great job on the art :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I'm gonna posit something even worse. It's trained on conversations in a company Slack

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Unfortunately I am primarily an android user, as I always have my phone with me.

I shall give it a go for desktop at some point though

 

Apparently 30 roses is $200 AUD ($126 USD).

Florists making a killing today.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I really want a Facebook (the old Facebook timeline) replacement, but end-to-end encrypted, and decentralised so there's longevity.

Edit for clarity: I'm looking for a way to share things online, end-to-end encrypted to a wide-audience that knows you but doesn't necessarily know each other.

This is why messaging apps don't fulfil this requirement, and chat rooms (like Matrix) also don't fit.


I love Lemmy, I like the idea of Mastodon (twitter-like sites just aren't my thing. ActivityPub rocks. However, none of them are encrypted.

PixelFed is neato, but I don't plan sharing my personal photos with the whole of the internet, which seems to be the only choice with ActivityPub.

Signal and other encrypted messaging apps are great, but are for direct messaging. Where are the encrypted social media apps?

Matrix is cool and all, but it's aimed at groups. Like discord / MS teams replacement.

Someone told me about Futo Circles, which seems to tick all the boxes and built on top of Matrix, but it's currently abandoned.

Are there any other alternatives? My wallet is open, I would very much like to use such an app. I am no programmer, so sadly cannot take on the mantle of continuing the Futo Circles project.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I'm aware of how to set up chat backups on Android, but this only makes local backups that you have to manually upload or copy.

I'm trying to find a solution where I can set and forget backups to the cloud.

My requirements are:

  1. It doesn't require me exposing the rest of my file system/cloud storage to a third party app without scoping (filesync works, but doesn't meet this criteria).
  2. It can upload directly to a cloud service

So far, no dice :/

Is there some workaround?

P.S. my potential solution is move Signal to my Shelter Work profile, where I do have filesync installed, but then I won't have contacts access, which is a slight pain (and because I don't want to create contacts in my work profile).

 

Most recent example: I was asked to participate/lead our team's Movember campaign at my company.

How I politely declined: oh sorry, I'm a bit too busy with my personal life and work projects this year.

My unpopular opinion I couldn't say: it doesn't align with my values.

Movember raises money and promotes awareness of Men's health. Nothing wrong with the organisation themselves, but frankly I think the paltry couple of thousand of dollars our (pretty large) company manages to raise each year is a waste of time.

If we taxed corporations a fraction of a percent more on corporate profits we would bring is orders of magnitude more money than individuals asking others, out of the kindness of the hearts, for money.

Health research shouldn't have to beg for money, the government should just fund it with tax dollars. Taxes that you don't get to choose to pay. Other than by voting.

I hate fun runs, and do subtly judge those who participate in them, especially because (I think) they skew towards wealthier people, and it's their way of making themselves feel good for raising money for cancer or whatever, and then turn around and vote for tax cuts, and use accountants to make their tax liability as low as possible - something poorer people can't afford.

I used to give money to charity when I was younger. But I honestly think it's silly now, and it ought not have to exist.

(Mods, this is politics adjacent, but I feel is general enough to be compliant, since I'd say most people view charity organisations mostly favourably)

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21049862

The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").

 

The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").

 

How many times do you think about the Roman Empire per day?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17405393

Its just easier

 

Its just easier

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?

Edit 2: I bought my Pixel 6 phone outright, directly from Google's Australian store. I have no creditors.

Were the courts not enough control for creditors? Since when are they allowed to lock you out of your purchased property without a court order?

I don't even live in the US, so what the actual fuck?

Edit 1: You can check it's installed (~~stock~~ Pixel 6 android 14) Settings > Apps > All Apps > three dot menu, Show system > search "DeviceLockController".

I highly recommend getting NetGuard, you can enable pro features via their website if you have the APK for as low as 0.10€, but donate more, because it's amazing. You can also purchase via Google Play store.

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