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This is why I use installable PWAs wherever possible. On my Android phone right now, the Outlook PWA uses 281kB. You still get notifications, but I haven't measured if data usage i…

Meredith Whittaker at Signal made [1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824...

Statement from Eddy Cue: "If this Court prohibits Google from sharing revenue for search distribution, Apple would have two unacceptable choices. It could still let users in the Un…

Convoluted, but turns out Threads has a pretty functional PWA. what worked for me on Android/Chrome: - Visit threads.net - Toggle "desktop site" - Log in - Install app - Enjoy!

De Beers is only ~25% of total annual carats of diamonds mined.

I'm too utilitarian to see the distinction, but I guess that feeling is valid in others.

If people move on to some other form of signaling that is less exploitative (of people and the environment), great!

I lol'd at this! Pretty accurate.

I run Vaultwarden on the free VPS from Google Cloud and it works great.

So...Job seekers should commit to an acceptance even if it makes bad financial/personal sense? It was true when they accepted the offer, time passes and things changed (e.g., got a…

Threema is another app I've liked. They have a decent transparency report which shows the limited user data they collect/possess. Link: https://threema.ch/en/transparencyreport

"[Luigi Zingales] concluded that 'at the current state of knowledge there is no theoretical reason to support the notion that all the growth of the financial sector in the last 40 …