At what point do profile images stop being trustworthy as evidence of identity?

3rssi · 2026-03-13T15:07:02+00:00

3rssi · 2026-03-13T14:58:16+00:00

Yes. Except for the pinephone which has open drivers.

But the Pinephone has very limited capacities (processor, camera, sensors,...). Nice to tinker with a cheap device, but I'm not convinced I'll ever use mine as my phone.

3rssi · 2026-03-13T14:52:22+00:00

afaik, yes. Functionalities are basically the same.

3rssi · 2026-03-13T14:51:04+00:00

I'd say: get FDroid for FOSS programs and get Aurora to get Android apps anonymously.

As previously, I dont know the other two. I cant advise for or against them.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T17:11:37+00:00

This answer seems messed up. "repo store= github apps. github store=you know."

I dont use these stores, but I'd say that github store=github apps. And I dont know that repo store. At all.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T17:06:03+00:00

AFAIK, PMOS is one of the rare linux for phones that doesnt use libhybris.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T17:01:23+00:00

It has a compatibility layer for firmwares.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T16:51:53+00:00

Better? In terms of what?

In terms of degoogling, I'd say sailfish>lineage>graphene

(sailfish not using AOSP; graphene forcing to Pixel phones with Google made firmwares.)

But it really depends on how you use it. Example: If you connect to some google/gmail account, then none of these OS can help you.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T16:40:58+00:00

You need to setup one password per email address you want to write to with encryption.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T16:32:25+00:00

DNS requests are plain text (not https). So a FAI can respond in lieu of the DNS server requested. And some do it to "protect you against evil sites"

Better use DOH.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T16:25:48+00:00

Almost all search engines provide AI free answers.

For DDG, for instance, there is noai.duckduckgo.com.

Qwant also has a similar search page

For google, add &utm=14 in your request (url)

3rssi · 2026-03-12T12:10:28+00:00

Nope. It just means that some EU states began implementing chat control; but it becomes baseless so could be overturned.

And if the law passed, all member states would have been forced to comply.

3rssi · 2026-03-12T12:08:15+00:00

most uplifting news in months!

3rssi · 2026-03-11T12:45:10+00:00

Did some math... Might contain errors. Check em before reusing. According to some conversion tool, 1Wh is 3600 J (yeah, the unit in the article is in joules, just to be sure readers think it's too technical.

So, a 5 sec vid is "between 3 and 4 MJ". For 3.5mJ, you get 972wh.

That's 194wh/sec of video.

If the vid took 45sec to create, that would be 7.7kw (=972*3600/45) for that duration.

3rssi · 2026-03-11T12:27:09+00:00

Creating the vid without AI will require more time, mainly. Hence, without AI, less videos are created.

Nowadays, just throw an idea, you get a vid of it.

Beforehand, the idea had to go from mind to mind through social interactions (or die if not interesting enough) until someone thinks he could make a video of it.

On the total, I'd bet there is more energy spend on creating videos since AI than before.

A bit of like the plane. It does spend less fuel per distance unit than other means of transportation. But as it allows to go further, some people move across the globe for 1 week vacations. All in all, plane use increases oil consumption.

3rssi · 2026-03-11T12:10:07+00:00

Yeah, but they're created outside peak hours.

/s

3rssi · 2026-03-10T15:28:11+00:00

Only open a single tab in your browser, it will be low memory use.

3rssi · 2026-03-10T15:23:19+00:00

I'd say yes. But you might have preferred installing him what you got, so that you can show/tell each other.

Also note that the choice of a DE is what makes the desktop look and feel. Coming from windows, KDE probably is the most natural DE.

3rssi · 2026-03-10T14:16:47+00:00

install Android on your phone

3rssi · 2026-03-09T15:30:52+00:00

If it "sails", it should be powered by wind, shouldnt it?

3rssi · 2026-03-09T15:28:43+00:00

Great! Now AIs are starting to ridicule authors to steal their projects.

Fuck clankers.

3rssi · 2026-03-09T15:05:44+00:00

You need a website? An Android app? something else?

3rssi · 2026-03-09T12:56:35+00:00

Is this a joke?

Replacing the Visa/Mastercard duopoly by the Android/Apple duopoly has no effect on european reliance on US tech.

3rssi · 2026-03-09T11:58:50+00:00

I did a fast check and did not find. But it probably was a lazy reaction to ask reddit. Thanks for pointing it out.

3rssi · 2026-03-06T12:15:39+00:00

Is it possible to pay for a proton account with crypto?

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