theDutchBrother

joined 1 year ago
[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should"

 

I cleared up a space on the C drive and installed Linux on that partition. Can Windows see files in my Linux partition?

When i installed Linux, i didn't encrypt it but it is password protected. Thanks

 

I got a used Pixel 3a on eBay 2 years ago. I've left it in the humid restroom and even accidentally dipped it in water to where the speakers got wet and blared. It dried off and the loudspeaker sounds normal again and everything still works.

Since then, I've also bought a used pixel 4 that developed a flickering screen and a used pixel 6 that overheated, Sim reader malfunctioned, won't turn on anymore, and was declared unfixable at quikFix.

To be fair I also have a new pixel that I love the heck out of. But my go-to for using at home with wired headphones is the soldier, Pixel 3a.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

AnySoftKeyboard is nice also

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yes Tech-Bore sums it up nicely

 

I started out watching some YouTube channels that claim to be dedicated to keeping me private and secure with recent news but found that some of them have a history of advertising NordVPN. Those channels sometimes sounded like they were defending Apple then telling people if they don't like the content then to just scram. Also, they would talk about custom roms for Android, then eventually when the channel got more viewers, the host makes a video advertising Google and why he now uses stock Google Android and saying that it's advanced. These channels, I sometimes find, either have bots or loyal followers on YouTube and Reddit that are ready to gaslight someone for questioning them. They don't hang out on other platforms like Odysee which is strange.

What is a good podcast about privacy and security?

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To this day I don't know what or why Google Chrome was using up all the processing power on my laptop while it was installed. As soon as I deleted Chrome, my 12gb laptop ran fine again.

It probably wasn't keylogging but it was probably not updating itself 24/7 either.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Some people just don't want anything to do with Google and I respect that. In that case I'd go with a Pinephone tho.

Otherwise, a used Pixel with GrapheneOS isn't giving much to Google in my opinion.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bezos needs to put himself in one of Elon's cylinders to go see outer space.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

NP. Yeah I only routed Tor browser around the VPN in the past to not slow it down too much but I hardly use Tor anymore so VPN routes everything now.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You can route traffic through VPN on the phone, then just use split tunneling to exclude apps that should have regular network access without VPN. But you have to switch off "Block connections without VPN" in settings.

 

I'm looking to never have to use Google Maps. Is OsmAnd+ the best?

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope these hardworking employees get a raise and better working conditions.

I quit as a delivery driver when they began trying to persuade me to skip my lunch.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I consider Brax one of the major internet privacy info outlets(don't hate me). I listen to his live streams but I don't buy or use his stuff.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I feel like I'm on Infinity but was transported to a better version of Reddit.

[–] theDutchBrother@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Musk is good friends with Joe Rogan btw

 

I get workout euphoria from the group fitness classes at the boxing gym.

How do you get that feeling from a workout?

 

Before you go work for a place that calls people to ask them to donate blood, please know that about 6 months in, you will be hounded by the supervisor for more appointments. You will have no control over if the donors answer at all, what kind of mood they are in, or if they even want to donate ever again.

You will be at fault and they will always point something out that you did wrong(didn't resemble a robot in) such as taking an extra 3 seconds before sending the next call.

The people at the top are making bank while the call center agents are abused and don't even make a living wage. They get told they are saving lives and then hounded for more appointments.

Reddit is flooded with blood donation schills and bots that gaslight you for saying anything bad about their industry. In reality, most people are angry that you won't stop calling and some will curse and threaten.

I am not saying that you should not donate blood. I am a blood donor myself (inactive).

If you want to give them a reason why you won't schedule, besides the fact that they give you a pin for donating loads of gallons of your life and health, you can also mention that you don't like the way the call center agents and donors save lives so that upper management and up can make major bank.

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