Tenderizer78

They missed at least one.

Welp, looks like I won’t be allowed into America. Oh no. How unfortunate.

Remove YouTube Suggestions (assuming you still use the YouTube client directly).

Also, Tampermonkey, to install single-site scripts that you can customize and with more limited permissions.

The idea I’m thinking of is some kind of fliphone combined with a separate device for everything else. I haven’t looked too much into it so I can’t guarantee it’s a good idea, and after like 2 minutes of searching I couldn’t find a flipphone that supported hotspotting.

I just got GrapheneOS, and while it’s good I really hate the jumpscare that is the Google logo every time I reboot (since it’s exclusive to Google Pixels).

When using the web installer, I recommend scrolling down to the bottom and clicking the download button before starting.

Spent like 30 minutes with my phone just sitting there in the bootloader waiting for it to download.

I’d sooner fly on the Hindenburg than Boeing.

Nationalize the drug industry.

I can’t believe Javascript on PDF’s is enabled on default on Firefox. NOBODY wants that.

I meant more on the security front than UI, but Librewolf does mention “security” 5 times on their page so I guess they are probably more secure than base FireFox.

Specifically the CEO of Proton thinks the Republicans were more responsive to his concerns about privacy, if I remember correctly.

I changed to Proton, but I don’t want to spend money on Proton Drive because if I do and my payment lapses then I’ll be unable to receive emails. FFS, why are they giving paying customers a less reliable service. Considered getting the lifetime Proton Pass offer but since I’ll never use it it’s too much to spend just on priority customer service and ensuring my account won’t get deleted if I end up in a coma.

Anyone know of a desktop equivalent to IronFox?

I don’t. I just hope for the best and try to install as few things as possible.

I’m focussing on disaster recovery now, more than prevention. Prevention seems like it’s almost impossible in this age.

EDIT: I mistakenly answered based on security, not privacy.

We are not currently on track for the world to end. Things are bad, but not that bad.

Yes, it is a lot. But again not apocalyptic. And it’s noteworthy how the article tries to frame it hyperbolically as “22% of US household consumption”.

This article is dubious. When it comes to training it uses a lot of sensationalist and unsupported estimates. Notice the following quote:

OpenAI and President Donald Trump announced the Stargate initiative, which aims to spend $500 billion—more than the Apollo space program—to build as many as 10 data centers (each of which could require five gigawatts, more than the total power demand from the state of New Hampshire).

I am DEEPLY sceptical of those figures. Like, what data center uses FIVE BLOODY GIGAWATTS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FIVE GIGAWATTS IS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT’D COST.

The use of metaphor is also concerning, comparing it to San Francisco or New Hampshire or household electricity consumption.

America produced 4,000TWH of electricity a year. This report says “22% of household consumption in 2028”, which if I commit the faux pass of mixing data it gets me 7% of US power consumption. A lot, but not apocalyptic and merely a projection for future power consumption. It’s also less than the 50GW to 10 data centers alone in the line I quoted above.

It’s right in that the core problem is that we don’t know and so I can’t fault it for assuming the worst, but even then there are limits.

As for the usage, the document you linked puts generating an image using stable diffusion at 400W seconds, or as much as my computer consumes at idle for 8 seconds. I’m gonna stop reading this article because I’m tired and this isn’t worth it.

I’m not pro-AI. I don’t like how it makes it so easy to fill the internet with slop. I don’t like how it discourages the people who use it from any and all critical thought. I’ve used AI twice, to reword by assignment questions in college because no amount of googling made the phrasing make sense. All I want is for the fearmongering about AI power consumption to stop, not just because it’s inaccurate, but also because it encourages investment into gas-fired power generation to “prepare for the AI boom”.

Social media, including Lemmy, doesn’t warrant that.

In what way won’t it help? Be specific.

Was gonna say this, although not the part about their “country of origin” (Russian does not automatically mean gullible).

Nope, but it’s pretty obvious if Ukraine was one of the only two countries to vote against.

And another guy, who’s actually read it, pointed out that it equates tearing down soviet monuments with Nazism.

Or, as the other (better informed) guy said. This resolution equates tearing down soviet monuments to be Nazism.

That by extension means it equates Ukraine (the country partially occupied and fraudulently annexed by Russia) with Nazism. Countries which respect Ukraine’s sovereignty (and have enough skepticism of Russia to read more than the title) wouldn’t want to vote against (because of the title) but also wouldn’t want to vote in favor.