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TikTok exists to give you large floods of endorphins via either an algorithm trained to your interests or by giving you big numbers. And this is not exclusive to TikTok, this is just how modern "social" media works, it's the sole reason why bluesky succeeded more than mastodon

Modern social media is mostly a hive mind of people affirming each other driven by algorithms. Fediverse on the other hand, always boils down to a old fashioned usenet style network made just so people can talk with each other. You can't really get addicted to fedi

I wasn't really alive during the wild west internet (im 19). I got into the net during the transition from forums to modern social media and reddit was my first social. I tried getting into facebook and instagram because everyone else was there but I just didn't like it much.

I don't know why but "the algorithm" is really boring for me. I only tried algorithm driven feeds on reddit (after u/spez) and on tumblr but the recommendations were always extremely "fake". Other sorting methods like "new" or "by most active" just feel more like as if there was someone on the other side of the keyboard

Gaming 2024 in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

Anon browses ancient memes in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

4chan doesn't have profile pictures. That's the image anon posted

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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah that sucks. Mine has 128 GB internal and I added a 128 GB SD to store my music and (temporarily) store my movies which are normally stored in a HDD

I like the freedom of streaming anywhere without buffering while not worrying about mobile data quotas

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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I do have a jellyfin server but I just store my FLACs on my phone. They weigh a total of 15 GBs anyways which is pretty much nothing

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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't use deezer but I rip flacs from there

All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

I love big phones though. Smaller ones feel too claustrophobic to me

Also, from a usabity point of view, bigger screens are better for watching videos in landscape, editing text and it's easier to use the gestures and the keyboard (I don't even have fat fingers). I think only downside is ring and pinky fingers hurting after a while because of the weight

Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean if you are a pretentious asshole worried about stinky users stealing your precious content...

Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Dmitry is a legend. Just look at the stuff on his website.

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Free encrypted read-only cloud storage with cancelled google drive and rclone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi. I am currently using google drive mounted with rsync (encrypted) to stream files over my VPS since my VPS provider charges a lot for extra storage compared to google. I have offline backups of the said data at home

I currently have a 100GB google drive plan and it's working suprisingly great. Also it's cheap in my country due to regional pricing

Now, as I learned, Google keeps your files for 2 years after you cancel your extra storage subscription. It also doesn't allow you to upload anything which locks up Gmail but that doesn't matter if it's an alt account. So, can I just create an alt account, buy a 1 month subscription, upload everything, cancel it, then read it using rclone? Does Google restrict api access (for rclone) on drives with expired subscriptions?

Yeah I know I'm stretching this a bit too far but I just wanna know

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I'm making an "enshittification survival guide" and I need help (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world

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Hi there. My guide is currently hosted at survival.aesistril.com. I wrote some stuff but it's really hard to write every guide by myself.

My goal is to create a easy to follow guides for the average joe and compile every other guide into one web page. I want to be able to link this whenever a relative or a friend asks me how to get rid of x

Name and URL suggestions (under .aesistril.com subdomain) are welcome. I am currently using open source hardware icon because it looks cool

I am using the CGA color palette and I would appreciate if you don't use any other colors. Not a strict restriction though

Source code is here on GitHub. Pull requests, markdown guides, docx, txt, every type of contribution or constructive criticism is appreciated

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TIL (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[Discussion] Threads and Tumblr are working on implementing Activitypub. How do you think this will affect fediverse (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Maybe this could be a positive thing for newbies since now mastodon instances can federate with Tumblr and Threads to become more viable

Or could it bring destruction? Just like what happened with XMPP and OpenID

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My little brother loves the dualboot setup I installed for him. He says "It's like iOS" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My brother is 12 and just like other people of his age he can't use a computer properly because he is only familiar with mobile devices and dumbed-down computers

I recently dual-booted Fedora KDE and Windows 10 on his laptop. Showed him Discovery and told him, "This is the app store. Everything you'll ever need is here, and if you can't find something just tell me and I'll add it there". I also set up bottles telling him "Your non-steam games are here". He installed Steam and other apps himself

I guess he is a better Linux user than Linus Sebastian since he installed Steam without breaking his OS...

The tech support questions and stuff like "Can you install this for me?" or "Is this a virus?" dropped to zero. He only asks me things like "What was the name of PowerPoint for Linux" once in a while

After a week I have hardly ever seen my brother use Windows. He says Fedora is "like iOS" and he absolutely loved it

I use Arch and he keeps telling me "Why are you doing that nerdy terminal stuff just use Fedora". He also keeps explaining to me why Fedora better than my "nerd OS"