paddythegeek

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[–] paddythegeek 23 points 5 days ago

I fucking hate Adobe.

[–] paddythegeek 10 points 1 week ago

“If they’re raising money to join the U.S., then they should move.”

Exactly right. Pack up your shit and gtfo.

[–] paddythegeek 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)

These fucking headlines.

Hey LA Times, how about

“Air Force conducts routine unarmed test launch of ballistic missile”

or something similar that doesn’t make me panic and think “wtf have these circus clowns done now?” Plenty of “shit-your-pants” scary headlines happening just now, no need to make up new ones just for the clicks.

[–] paddythegeek 48 points 1 week ago

Good on him!

Just to clarify, he was arrested for disrupting the meeting after he walked onto the stage, a knowing act of civil disobedience on his part. The headline leaves out enough detail to imply that he was arrested for what he said.

[–] paddythegeek 2 points 1 week ago

This. That the Times has the balls to call this out now is really something.

[–] paddythegeek 2 points 3 weeks ago

Glad it wasn’t just me!

[–] paddythegeek 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have a news or other source on the deletion, or any context for it?

[–] paddythegeek 8 points 4 weeks ago

Nice!

FYI there is also the https://madeinca.ca/ site which lists Canadian made and produced products in a variety of categories.

The ability to leverage both barcode scanning and some solid reference sites for products would be an excellent combo! Maybe a crossover episode is in the works…

[–] paddythegeek 6 points 1 month ago

I was looking at Proton for mail and calendar right around the time the Andy thing kicked off. I hadn’t yet pulled the trigger on Proton due to their fairly high pricing. I ultimately decided on Tuta for mail and calendar, and I have no issues using their native/desktop apps. I am still forwarding everything from my Gmail account as I slowly work through changing my email on key services. So far so good.

The one issue I had with Tuta is no ability to import mail unless you are at the highest priced tier. I’m on the middle one so no import. What I did instead was just download a copy of my Gmail to an MBOX file, and I have that on my desktop and access it with Thunderbird (read only) as needed. This was fine for me as I don’t have much mail of significance.

Switching was a small action, but one that made me feel immediately better, like I did something concrete in opposition to the rapidly enshittifying tech universe.

[–] paddythegeek 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the recommendation. What domain do you use for your email address, if you don’t mind my asking? Sounds like there are country codes available, but I’m not sure how relevant they would be to the address.

[–] paddythegeek 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What legal jurisdiction do they operate in? I see German and English versions of their site but nothing in About Us on jurisdiction.

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