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@ DeltaTangoLima @reddrefuge.com

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Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also love my camping and 4WDing.

Be a good motherfucker. Peace.

  • Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS?

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  • This sub obviously has a strong reaction against FB

    Yeah - I feel like my efforts kinda got missed, where I make it obvious how much I hate having to do this, but really have no choice for my stated purpose.

    But if you need to use it then put up what defended you can and go for it

    Yep - that's the idea. I'm realistic about what can and can't be achieved, but I've only been back on iOS for a few months, so was hoping someone here was aware of a way I could get close to achieving what I want, without having carry a second phone with an alternative OS (which would be just ridiculous for this one purpose).

  • Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS?

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  • I'm fully aware of the contradictory nature of what I'm trying to achieve but, in the real world, not everyone can go and run alternative Android builds. At least, not practically speaking.

  • Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS?

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  • They said nothing about their feelings towards abusive monopolistic OS platforms, so I assume they’re happy in their Apple prison.

    I spent over 10 years on Android, after ditching my iPhone 4S (at the time).

    The annoying reality is that I have no choice but to maintain a "mainstream" device for my work. Running alternative Android builds is not an option for me.

    I've willingly gone back to Apple after so long away for one simple reason: I trust Google a LOT less than I trust Apple. That's not to say I trust either of them wholeheartedly, though. I just have no choice but to use one of them, and Google is just as an abusive, monopolistic platform as Apple, probably worse.

    But, here's the thing. It wasn't until I moved back to iOS a few months back that I realised just how many hoops I'd been jumping through to make Android do the things I wanted.

    I no longer have to tweak any number of Tasker routines just to make sure my automations do what I want when something in my life changes. I no longer get frustrated at Google's voice assistant misunderstanding me. My experience when driving (which I do a lot of for work) is far smoother with CarPlay than it ever was with AA.

    Also, the rest of my family is in the iOS ecosystem, so there's en element of no longer being the odd one out, and now being able to benefit from shared features. Have you seen how simple it is to AirDrop a photo to another IOS device? In all my years of using Android phones, not one Android handset maker has gotten that simple thing right. Not one. Sure, you can play around with any number of BT transfer apps to try and transfer files to each other. But it's a lot of mucking about to do a very simple thing.

    What you call a prison, I call a system where I don't have to fuck around to make shit work. Everything Just Works.

    I've spent decades working in technology, and I've come to realise my time is a lot more valuable to me when I don't have to expend so much effort on things that should do what's written on the tin. This isn't a religious argument. Technology should be about fitness for purpose. iOS is more fit for my purpose than Android.

  • Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS?

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  • Really? That's not been my experience at all. In fact, the default for most Gen Z kids (I have two of them) is either iMessages on the iOS platform or Snapchat.

  • Netflix raises prices as password boost fades

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  • lol - I love that I canned all my paid subs that were fucking me up the arse like this, and then used the savings to setup a half-decent Plex server for my family. Fuck those greedy cunts.

  • New data reveals thousands of Australians who own 10 rentals or more

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  • It depends how hard you go on the 'c' at the start, IMO

  • Debit card surcharges to be scrapped by 2026, government promises

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  • Jesus I hope this isn't just an election promise that vaporises after next year

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Ah, no worries mate. Almost got excited for a minute there.

  • The last time you were wearing a hat, what type was it?

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  • This old thing - a Barmah Squashy hate, made from Kangaroo leather. I clearly don't regularly treat it with leather conditioner like they tell you to.

    This hat is my constant companion whenever I go camping. We're literally tomorrow leaving for a three week trip through the Outback, so it's about to get a lot of use.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Are you sure? I went looking after I upgraded and I still only have Assist; Scripts; Actions; and Open Page.

  • Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register

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  • Well, that’s probably because he’s hit the cap on base salary. After a certain point in Amazon, the majority of your income at Amazon is derived from shares.

    That said, after the signing shares are yours after the first 4-5 years, you’re down to the yearly grants they hand out, which come the year after they were granted, in quarterly amounts.

    Also, if your brother is high up, he probably got more shares this year than usual, as Amazon announced that only certain levels and below were getting salary increases. Higher up only got shares.

  • Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register

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  • God, that's bleak

  • Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register

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  • How are they retaining staff?

    They retain them for the 4-5 years it takes for signing cash and signing stock units to all run out, at which point many people start to get itchy feet.

  • Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register

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  • Yeah - they call it URA, for "unregretted attrition". Tell me that doesn't sound like a shitty way to manage your people.

  • Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register

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  • You know, at some point, you gotta assume they'll eventually hire and fire/lose all the usable talent they have access to, and shit like this will prevent them finding new talent. Until some exec "invents" WFH as a perk...

  • CARAVAN SANDWITCH - Launch trailer

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  • Cheers! I certainly hope it will be. We're traveling the Aussie outback - want my wife and daughter to have a whole bunch of life experiences on this trip.

  • CARAVAN SANDWITCH - Launch trailer

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  • Awesome. Literally about to leave for a three week caravan trip. This will make a nice addition to the playlist for those relaxing arvos around the campfire.

  • People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back?

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  • A lot less VCDs and MP3s downloaded from FTP servers and BBSes.

    Not sure if I’d bring it back, but I sure do miss the fun of playing Quake against my mates on public servers.

  • An artist says Nerf’s Destiny 2 hand cannon is a ripoff of their work

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  • Hoping someone more in the know can explain this to me. Could commissioning an art piece feasibly mean you've paid for that art to be yours? Are there types of contracts available when commissioning art pieces where, conceivably, the person commissioning the piece gets the rights to use it for other things?

    I'm not across the legal and ethical aspects of commissioning art pieces, and neither the article or the DA post gives any additional detail. Just wondering if the "Josh" who the artist named in their DeviantArt post be someone who was involved in the Nerf gun somehow...

  • What is the proudest you have ever been towards your significant other?

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  • No judgement here, and my wife has always said she never judges how anyone gives birth.

    Question was asked. I answered. That is all.

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    Looking for/to create a sectional garage door position sensor

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    How are you keeping on top of fleet updates?

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    NAS for Proxmox HA

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    OPNsense on Proxmox WAN speeds