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FOSS is the way.

  • More Shorts??

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  • I am actually quite happy, that NewPipe dose not show Shorts this way. I hate the modern YouTube, that when you search for something you just get bombarded with Shorts, instead of what you are looking for. Yes, there is a filter to sort them out, but this filter resets every time you change the search query.

    I can understand that you want to have shorts without ads, everything is better without ads, but I hope NewPipe never adopts this.

    Maybe you can use Brave-Browser and login there together with its ad-blocker.

  • In september, Android is going to lock up. Newpipe is not going to keep working. What wil be your alternative then?

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  • You can use e/OS (pretty good de-Googled Android OS) and overall stop using Google services (look at Europe, they are also in the process of showing the middle finger to big tech). NewPipe itself said you can load the app via ADB onto your device (this can be daunting if you are not technical but tutorials will help you).

    Overall I can just recommend to see this as a point where you switch away from big tech, that collects data and pushes you into their way of living. There are FOSS alternatives for almost all Google, Microsoft and other "You will need this to function in our civilization" bull shit services. I study, live and work completely FOSS since 6 years (exemptions are of course present, like government applications or e-banking), and I never had any problems doing my tasks, finding a place or having fun with friends.

    Break yourself free, believe me, it is healing.

  • YouTube channel of three people that makes fun research/rabbit hole videos, they are in NYC and every person had their topic to do/film.

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  • Yes it is Answer in Progress, thank you so much, I was searching for months!

  • Hacked for Nuclear War: A small Bash game about a cyber attack inside a submarine

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  • B2 -> B4

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml

    Hacked for Nuclear War: A small Bash game about a cyber attack inside a submarine

    github.com /Quasolaris/Hacked-for-Nuclear-War
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml

    Exploring where Linux came from, the lost UNIX V4 tape tried out

    quasolaris.tech /blog/unix4/unix4firsttry.html

  • What is your favourite MP3 player from F-droid? Mine is Rhythm because of its beautiful animations.

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  • Mine is Phocid.

    Used VLC for a long time, because it was the only player that sorted my files the correct way (I buy from Bandcamp and fill in the metadata with a script, as for some reason Bandcamp puts all the information into the filename but not into the metadata...). The UI of VLC is not very good and it really got on my nerves that it saved the playback point on longer songs, so I had to manually replay the song to have it from the beginning.

    After trying many players I finally found Phocid, that had an advanced metadata extraction setting, and with it also indexed my songs right.

    Overall I find it a very nicely done player, does what it should and nothing more. The sound quality is good, the UI is clean and I find it lovely to see the programming behind it, in little things as as an example the already listened songs get a negative index in the array.

  • Music player

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  • I use Phocid, maybe a bit too minimalistic regarding you used Musicolet. It is only available on F-Droid though.

    • The metadata indexing (when the advanced metadata is activated) works wonders.
    • UI is straight forward and simple and until now I did not encounter any bugs (LineageOS and e/OS).
    • The folder structure is maintained and can be found under the "Folders" tab.
    • Sound quality is good, way better than VLC (what I used before).
    • Battery usage is, as far as I can tell, low

  • What phone should I buy for privacy?

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  • I bought a Fairphone 3 and put LineageOS on it a few years back and can recommend it. LineageOS is less secure than GrapheneOS as far as I can tell but the privacy aspect is there, as you have a completely degoogled phone. I have some friends that have the same setup on the newer Fairphones and they are also very happy and have a smoother experience than me, because it is a newer phone.

    Fairphone is an European country that has a move to open source (https://www.fairphone.com/en/open-source/).

    To the compatibility and functionality:

    • SMS and Calling is no problem, VoLTE works and as SMS app I recommend QUICK.
    • AppStore I recommend F-Droid and Aurora Store. With Aurora Store you can download and install all apps that are on the Google Store. Just check, that your Banking Apps and so on support non-Google-Android OSs as some people I know had to switch back because some banks and services only work with Google Services (and that is a shame in my opinion, a Bank should NEVER be dependent on other companies for transactions and authentication. I for my part switched bank because of such a thing.)
    • microG can be used to use apps that need Google services, I do not use it but friends use it and are happy

    In general you will find an replacement for every app you now use that is from a big company. Open Source came a long way and most alternatives are even better in my opinion.

  • Are you writing a book ?

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  • I'm still in the world and character building phase. Sketching landscapes, rooms and such, writing little short stories to form the characters (my idea is that they have a "memory", don't know if it works in the end).

    As for now I'm completely analog, I bought a nice notebook and do everything in it. But when time comes I think I will go with Obsidian as I already use it for my other notes/projects. I think it will be very powerful with the graph-view regarding relationships etc.

    Obsidian is not FOSS though, and there are alternatives. I just hadn't the time to look at them.

    Edit: Obsidian can be used for free when you do not use their sync features. I use it that way and just have it in a Git-Repo for accessing it on different devices. Obsidian notes are in Markdown so you also do not have some kind of vendor lock, it's just about the links between the notes.

  • Is "Sign up with proton" a planned feature?

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  • This feature is (in my opinion) very bad when you think a bit longer about it.

    • You add a dangerous single point of compromise to your accounts. When your Proton account is compromised, the attacker will have access to all other accounts that you have linked, without resetting the password as they can login with the credentials they just gained.

    • I agree with the others here, do NOT have everything in the same basket. I know it is very convenient to have everything in one place but one thing why Google is such a pain is the monopoly and the vendor lock (you can call it ecosystem but lets be real, it is a vendor that locks you into the products). This also comes back to my first point, single point of compromise.

    • Yes Proton is build for privacy, even is now switching to be a foundation with solid share holder rules etc. but we do not know where Proton will be in 10 years (it is like with governments, do not give them the tools to control you just because they are nice now, they can change). If Proton would change into a more data collection company/foundation they would have access to many more data points. All webpages/services you linked your proton account with, track pixels etc.

    Let's beat Google by being more respectful to users privacy and not by just copying them, let's be better!

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml

    The XZ-Backdoor shows again the problem of FOSS maintainers regarding support and donations

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml
    US

    www.reuters.com /world/us/bidens-nsa-nominee-defends-collecting-data-foreigners-americans-alike-2023-07-12/
  • Fight For Privacy @feddit.ch
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml
    US

    www.theverge.com /2022/8/10/23299502/facebook-chat-messenger-history-nebraska-teen-abortion-case
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml
    EU

    www.darkreading.com /endpoint/meta-rush-to-topple-twitter-sets-up-looming-privacy-debate
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml
    EU/UK

    www.theregister.com /2023/07/06/uk_data_protection_bill/
  • SwitchToLinux @lemmy.ml
    CodeAssembler @lemmy.ml

    A place to have no fear of asking dumb questions