[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 weeks ago

Source? And fyi, if you use Signal you are generating your own encryption keys. Your private keys are generated on your phone and stay on it. So what gives you the idea that

the US government has all the keys

?? Sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory

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Telegram without ads? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it's typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won't offer that option and it doesn't seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago

Sometimes I almost forget how fucked up JKR actually is

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Isn't anyone gonna comment that in the picture there's a flying end of a bed on the wall??

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago

Why not use VIM though?

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

I've been using metager for some while and really like it. They're also part of an initiative pushing for a free as in freedom search index, so that's nice

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

By saying that it cost around 5€ I meant that the material to build this cost me around 5€. I would happily set them up for free if one gave me the material for free, but the microcontroller and so on do cost some money.

The API and (of course) the source code are free (as in freedom, being AGPL licensed). And since I did my best to document it well and provide easy to follow instructions in the README, I do think I managed to make it free as in freedom.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/foss@beehaw.org

Inspired by this Mastodon account, I programmed an ESP8266 microcontroller to act as a traffic light, indicating the current electricity mix. Check it out on Codeberg! It uses an API from the Fraunhofer Institute and the parts cost around 5€. In my shared flat we use it as an indicator on when to run demanding devices, like the washing machine.

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Can't change display name (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

So somehow I can't change my display name. When I go to settings I can change the value, but when I click save and refresh, the old value is still there. I have this problem for a few weeks already, so I don't think I'm just too impatient. It seems to be similar for other settings like 2FA, but it'd especially annoying for the name, bc I now can't set my chosen name. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Do you know a workaround? Can I help fixing the problem?

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FOSS equation plotter? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

So currently I use Grapher for plotting equations. I've used it for years and it works great, but it doesn't seem to be open source. So I looked for a FOSS alternative, but didn't find one on F-Droid or the rest of the internet. Do you know of a FOSS alternative? What do you use? Do you prefer web applications (like Wolfram Alpha)?

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Does anyone actually use I2P (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

I first heard about I2P here on lemmy. The concept sounds really cool, but does anyone actually use it? And if so, what for? To me it sounds like it depends on many people using it and many applications integrating it, which just doesn't seem to be the case.

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So I'm not entirely sure if this is a coincidence, but I recently reported a post in the community of question, thinking it might be CSAM. Maybe my intentions might be of interest: The post looked as if it was portraying and sexualizing a person under age and that made me uncomfortable. Especially as in my opinion (and understanding) the community in question was not focussed on people looking like children. In my opinion, if a community exists that has that focus, it's gross, but I'm not sure yet what the consequences should be (I'm torn between not wanting to kink-shame and so on and not wanting to promote CSAM(ish) content). As I didn't perceive the community in question as promoting CSAM-like content though, I would have just expected that the specific post be removed and that's it. I'm not entirely sure what to think about the whole instance being defederated now. Also, it's kind of surprising for me that the report went to blåhaj admins and not lemmynsfw ones, but I guess that's ok. Maybe it should automaticly go to both?

Anyway, it's nice to see that reports are taken seriously (thank you!) and I'm sorry to sea that you're now receiving hate for it.

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Such a neat app!

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FOSS Yoga App? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Does anyone know of a FOSS app for yoga practice? This seems easy enough, but I couldn't find anything on F-Droid...

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My brother pushed some buttons in Windows lockscreen, which caused assistance settings to never go away again (I still don't know how I should've fixed it), that was the final annoyance with Windows and I switched to Linux on my laptop. On my PC I switched once I didn't need Windows for work (remote desktop) anymore.

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Blåhawhat? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Ok please don't be offended, I'm just innocently unknowing and only recently started identifying as something like enby transfem. But what is the meaning of the blåhajs? Why does a (admittably cute) plush Ikea shark have such relevance here? And can you maybe also enlighten me about common pitfalls I should avoid? (Like a wrong model, wrong spelling, wrong way of cuddling, ...) Or how strict are the blåhaj expectations there? Thanks <3

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago
  • Fedilab for Mastodon (an alternative to Tusky)
  • Jerboa for Lemmy
  • LibreTube for usable YouTube without an account
  • FluffyChat for Matrix (an alternative to Element)
  • FairEmail for mails
  • Molly for Signal (pretty much the same as the original app)
  • Forkgram for Telegram (also pretty much the same as the original open source version)
  • Aurora for PlayStore apps
  • F-Droid
  • Fennec for browsing (the opener version of Firefox)
  • Aegis for 2FA (an alternative to Google Authenticator)
  • KeePassDX for passwords (an alternative to Keepass2Android)
  • OpenKeychain for PGP Keys
  • Orbot for connecting to Tor and running a Snowflake proxy
  • RethinkDNS as DNS with blocklists, firewall and routing to Orbot via Proxy for all TCP connections
  • Tutanota as synchronized calendar
  • Osmand~ for navigation (an alternative to Google Maps)
  • Transportr for public transport (an alternative to DB Navigator in Germany)
  • In general the "Simple ..." apps on F-Droid are also nice
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