confusedwiseman

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[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Wouldn’t that be known as a land contract?

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not bothering to dig it back up, but I thought I remember something like it was based on a policy when a verified user changes their logo. The verification was put back once reverified. Stupid, yes, but if policy it makes more sense.

I’m not big on defending Xitter, but IF this is uniformly handled, this is the least of our reasons to get torches and pitchforks after them.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

To stay away from the influence of google’s business practices and their influence on chromium.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

If that’s the case foxnews would like cut out most of the challenge. I’m not old enough to have adult children yet but I still have a hard time grasping news channels are entertainment venues.

News used to be actual news done by reporters. It had credibility and a degree of respect. This shift has been near impossible for my parents generation

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure if it would meet your requirements, but if specific enough to your phones current control capabilities; would a shortcut or automation app meet your needs. I seem to remember them being able to prompt for input. It might be a more COTS approach for you depending on your needs.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Must be. I had difficulties with it at one point, and I ended up living at the URL from some search results and was able to figure out what it wanted. I thought the missing slash might have been your issue.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Qwant is as close as you’re going to get unless you can set up searchxng to do what you are asking.

Now, you might be able to get better diversity in results if you use a vpn to move to more diverse or contrasting cities.

I often find news sources external to the US to be very interesting insights to what we see rammed down our throats.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Daily driver: Qwant

Niche searches: kagi

Not privacy friendly— Ai: perplexity.ai

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

This feels like a self correcting problem.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if this is part of the reason Chevy dropped Android Auto and Carplay. Can't lose out on data collection.

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh, got it. That’s a feature I never used.

 

I've moved almost completely to Proton Mail. I expect I'll end up keeping a Google or Outlook account, not for use as a primary account, but as a recovery account or to access other services.

I currently see a lot less value in the google account than outlook, but that's because my family does need access to full blown office. Libre office does 98% of what I need, but on occasion I do need office. An install of 2010 would probably meet that requirement as well. Firefox is set to delete cookies on exit, and I do not ever stay signed into these services.

Does anyone else keep free service email accounts around, and if so, what do you use them for? What's the pit-fall I'm not seeing if I try to restrict them and treat them with the Principle of Least Privileged model?

 

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