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Post by Aachen »

rob_c wrote: post #377
Aachen wrote: post #356

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My (grand)parents like their FOSS launcher, gallery, and chat client just fine. I've had zero questions about how Signal works, but a bunch about how to deal with the OS' pre-installed garbage spawning notifications about this or that update. They can't tell the difference between an advertisement pushed by some commercial app they want and a smartwatch firmware update notification From my POV, it's the commercial so…

tell me, did they install and set this up themselves or you?

The person above said "run", not "install". I don't build my own car either. But in this case it's more of a marketing/discoverability problem than a knowledge gap on setting it up because it's nearly as simple as using them

Idk if it's just me but I do hate these suggestive questions. If you've got something to state, spit it out

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by hunterpayne »

al_borland wrote: post #232
hunterpayne wrote: post #189

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No, you got it right. Anti-Americanism is one of the few canards that the UK government can use as a boogieman to force through their most questionable policies. One of the most shocking things about Europe when I have visited is what your average European (or Brit, since I guess they don't call themselves European anymore) thinks the US is like (even ignoring politics, just basic standard of living stuff). They've n…

What are they being told, and how can it take hold, when there are so many movies, YouTube videos, tv shows, news outlets, etc that show what it’s like in the US?

You are assuming that media is accurately portraying what it is like in the US.

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Post by port11 »

zaphar wrote: post #388
port11 wrote: post #379

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Okay, secure E2EE backups we've more or less perfected for a while. There's good F/LOSS solutions for that. And if you're willing to pay a bit, thinks like Backblaze come to mind. In other areas it's true that open-source stuff is less polished, but not backups. I mean, a few months back Apple had a regression where they were un-deleting people's photos, that's pretty nasty.

You haven't actually listed one yet. I can't think of one myself that Grandma could use safely.

Duplicati was easy enough to convince the family. And for our home server, I set up Restic. I agree that this later one is tricky to set up properly and grandma would definitely struggle.

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Post by couscouspie »

nrhrjrjrjtntbt wrote: post #361
AdamN wrote: post #317

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Yeah there was this great cartoon many years back where a guy is on his computer and the FBI is looking over his shoulder at his screen. A character named 'Facebook' is pushing him aside and says "Let me show you how to do it". When you look at the cartoon for a minute or so you see in the shadow in the back of the room this robot labeled 'Google' and he's just quietly observing.

Is this from Edward Snowden times

wdym? We are in Edward Snowden times. The timeline where Edward Snowden gave up on an awesome life to inform us, the global public, of the greatest scandal of all times and nothing happened, to be precise.

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Post by couscouspie »

Fischgericht wrote: post #428
JKCalhoun wrote: post #394

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I've had files in Apple's iCloud for 14 years now (had to look that up) and they're still there. I have no reason to believe that they won't still be there after I am dead. Apple is a big company with a big reputation to protect. I can't say the same for the smaller services. I don't have any grandmothers still alive but would certainly suggest iCloud for all family members. (But, FWIW, I copy down everything from iC…

I don't know in which part of this planet you are living in, but: 14 years ago you might have lived a free society where your ideas and thoughts could not cause you to get arrested, deported or killed. Yeah, back then Apples iCloud might have been the best suggestion. If you are trying to extrapolate from the past - which is a good thing in general - do not go back ONLY 14 years from now, but try a bigger time span,…

Taking control of your own data is shitloads of work, I and understand people do not have time it, and have other priorities.

That's not a physical law, but just the result of the current technological landscape.

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Post by Atlas667 »

nottorp wrote: post #454
Atlas667 wrote: post #282

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They ARE the authoritarian regime. This myth that capitalist perpetuate that the rich are not the government is the best lie out there. The rich are the government. They are the national interests, countries' industries' is their property.

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. Can we have an “AI” post a reminder of this every time someone mentions secret world governments?

Well its not a secret world government. A lot of it is done out in the open.

Do you really think you control the government? That it is democratic?

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Post by andruby »

0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #445
andruby wrote: post #336

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* 2007-2010 3 years at McKinsey * 2009-2017 8 years in US Navy, including deployment to Afghanistan Not that much McKinsey imo Mitt Romney had a lot more years at BCG (22 years), including being VP + co-founder of Bain Capital.

Failing to elect Romney was arguably a big mistake. Imagine what the GOP would look like today in that world.

I do agree with that. He seems so reasonable and intelligent, especially in today's world.

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Post by Wolfenstein98k »

dontlaugh wrote: post #290
Wolfenstein98k wrote: post #287

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It’s merely a perspective you’re not used to seeing. It doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

Yeah, I didn't say it was wrong.

But it's not new to me, I've seen hundreds of comments just like it.

It just stood out to me because it doesn't appeal to any facts, or anything you would expect in this commentariat - just a bunch of pretty low resolution, low-brow opinions.

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Post by Wolfenstein98k »

vasco wrote: post #299
Wolfenstein98k wrote: post #287

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So in your mind megacorps and their owner billionnaires have how much of a say in government? If you had to rate their influence in government policy from zero to a hundred what would that be?

As I clearly stated in the comment you read, it's not "in my mind" and it's not my opinion.

It was an intentionally bananas statement. As I clearly stated.

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Post by odo1242 »

827a wrote: post #158
odo1242 wrote: post #154

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ADP means that you own the encryption key to the data and Apple can’t access it, so Apple being able to turn ADP off by itself would invalidate the whole point of the system.

In theory, sure, but that theory surviving practice (e.g. a G20 government bearing against it) is meaningful. E.g. they could push an OS update to automatically turn off ADP for impacted users, but they aren't.

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