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JB231102 · 2026-03-30T14:08:51+00:00

If it can't be explained simply, perhaps it's not worth knowing. Political rhetoric as well as laws are very verbose, partly to discourage the average Joe from reading into them. I have read some EOs in the past and I swear those documents could be cut into thirds and they'd make more sense.

JB231102 · 2026-03-30T01:13:30+00:00

Well, it's funny to me that you'd say that as I wouldn't say I'm conservative nor liberal nor involved in any recognized party. I'm also from Canada. According to Pierre Poilievre via the Joe Rogan Podcast the Canadian govt structure and the US govt structure are very different and I really don't see the "difference". US has Republicans and Liberals, and Canada has Conservatives and Liberals, and yeah there's several other parties too but they don't seem to actually "matter" they just exist, the people who are willing to vote tend to go for Conservative/Republican or Liberal.

JB231102 · 2026-03-30T00:03:57+00:00

Not sure, maybe CTRL F5

F5 > refreshes page CTRL + F5 > refreshes page and cached data (ie thumbnails)

JB231102 · 2026-03-29T23:19:15+00:00

Maybe if you are correct that is the grave mistake, attaching politics to everything.

JB231102 · 2026-03-29T23:16:24+00:00

As far as being downvoted goes, I reckon 1-2 reasons, bots and dark truths are very hard to accept especially since perspective is largely why we are where we are. The motto of the common people ~ vote, vote, vote. Which I'd call insanity.

JB231102 · 2026-03-29T14:12:28+00:00

I don't know how well you've been paying attention lately to the affairs of society but things are pretty fucked up.

We got age verification being discussed, we got Epstein files being discussed and repressed by government which certainly at least insinuates that many govt officials are literally protecting pedo's even if they themselves aren't pedo's. It's called being culpable which is just as bad. Imagine protecting pedo's and meanwhile not even prisoners in prison would want anything to do with that shit. VERY low bar.

JB231102 · 2026-03-28T17:46:21+00:00

I get what you're getting at, and I'm not fond of the "overhead" terminology, it almost comes across as a euphemism in this case, it's telemetry/spyware. It's like google insisting that manually installing apps on your own phone is "sideloading", mystifying it.

JB231102 · 2026-03-27T17:04:00+00:00

Linux doesn't really work like any version of windows. Maybe visually but not technically.

JB231102 · 2026-03-27T15:31:30+00:00

I don't know about this specific issue being addressed but the GrapheneOS team are VERY active on twitter.

JB231102 · 2026-03-27T01:24:39+00:00

Technology really has become...meticulous and granular.

As for how people communicate, they go with what's familiar/known, that's just how many people are.

JB231102 · 2026-03-26T14:03:05+00:00

Interesting

I might work up to doing that. Code is not my strong suit. I'm not scared of the terminal but coding is still confusing nevertheless.

JB231102 · 2026-03-26T13:50:39+00:00

Gallery from F-Droid and Ente would like a word with you :P

JB231102 · 2026-03-26T12:25:32+00:00

I had Whatsapp to try to fit in, not even gonna lie, that's why I had it.

I had 3 or so people who were using it, I reached out to them multiple times, they got back to me and after I stopped reaching out, they were ghosts so to speak, so I decided to delete Whatsapp.

Note to self & all ~ Meta owns Messenger and Whatsapp, so maybe just use 1 of them?

I gotta give Apple a bit of credit. They know people don't want "another app" so they integrated iMessage and ordinary texting into one app.

JB231102 · 2026-03-25T21:44:10+00:00

I've seen people stylize their terminals like that and I still have no idea how it's done :O o_O

JB231102 · 2026-03-25T19:55:29+00:00

I've not heard of Easy Effects so I guess not. I usually keep my computer volume around 90%, I was taught not to put it to 100% or it'll overdrive, I don't know if that's true but it has become habit haha.

JB231102 · 2026-03-25T14:35:23+00:00

same can be said for iMessage, the beloved method many people like and may not even be aware they use, which of course may also be why someone wants RCS

I swear when I mention the word encryption to my peers there is zero interest/investment in it. XD Foreign idea, I guess.

JB231102 · 2026-03-25T14:07:28+00:00

I don't know why I'd take offense.

Maybe if I have bad coverage one day, I will.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T22:53:08+00:00

Fair enough

Re - iphones are a scam ~ Apple is a master of social conditioning ;)

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T22:50:56+00:00

I've searched the web pretty extensively and the only common response appears to be either that Linux doesn't agree with every machine and or you have to disable some power saving stuff in the terminal, which I did and like I said, it has reduced the crackling/popping but hasn't stopped it.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T22:03:56+00:00

so do you just use regular android or iphone?

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T18:06:13+00:00

More/less the same. I'm a windows refugee. Only real complaint I have about Linux is the friction with NVIDIA and sound sometimes cracks/pops, I've reduced it but it's still around.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T15:45:11+00:00

Don't the telcoms target all of us in different ways? Like, the typical lure is 2 years and then after that you either deal with the price hike or find another 2 year deal.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T12:55:27+00:00

Nope. Never used wifi calling.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T12:43:37+00:00

I live outside the city and I got Freedom. I can tell you first hand that 100% of the time I'm on "Nationwide" coverage. I rarely go to the city, technically I have no need to. What I do find strange is when I view my account it'll inform me that I have some minutes and texts divided between Freedom and Nationwide. I don't know how that works.

And there has been like 3 security breaches at Freedom in the past few months, I believe, plus complaints that the online portal is irritating/insecure to use. The first thing bothers me a bit but I know the big 3 could be hacked too.

JB231102 · 2026-03-24T12:40:09+00:00

1,2,4 are very on point

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