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People who tell me the anti-trans anti-POC laws in my state are good actually because the majority support them. People who treat people as pawns in an electoral campaign.

So tired of people like that.

Update: Examples found within the thread! I don't even need to link to examples of this happening. They're right here!

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But that's another hand-waving deflection. When can we discuss the deeply problematic words and actions of our current president without establishment liberals popping out of wells to tell us he's not as bad as Republicans? He's still doing and supporting some unacceptably fucked up shit.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

It's true not all liberals support this, but I've certainly seen a fair number hand-waving Biden's vocal support of this genocidal state as if it's no big deal.

Edit: "Fascism is good, actually." -liberals

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

The conversational equivalent of flinging feces at a wall

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It actually took great care to pull out enough for the picture. I typically can't extract more than one (1) thin square of tissue at a time

I've heard of single-ply, but this is more like 0.25-ply

 

Capitalism and its consequences have been a disaster for the human anus

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Where can I get one of those?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

On a webcam soft-ly stroking

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago (6 children)

My "favorite" lecture from young people is the one in which they berate me for "stealing content" by not watching ads on YouTube.

I have a vivid memory of YouTube being a platform where normal people could share videos of their kids and pets or other fun random low quality but entertaining things

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

Dear people who tell LGBT+ people that we shouldn't care what some right-wing nutters think:

This is why we have to care. What they think does affect us, unfortunately.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

I feel like I understand the existence of this show more when I think about the children who have to see their friends and neighbors murdered by colonists. Even the host herself was injured in a bombing. They were striving to do what every children's show does: Help children navigate an often difficult and confusing reality.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My co-worker goes to google.com and types URLs into the search field, sometimes not even the correct URL (e.g., when she's trying to sign into her Zoom account, she'll search for "zoom.com")

I've tried gently persuading her to try typing it in the address bar, but then she will mistype it and tell me, "See, it's not working!" and I'd like to show her how to use bookmarks and try to make her life a lot easier, but she insists she knows what she's doing and isn't having it.

Sadly, she's also fallen prey to numerous obvious scams, including a pig butchering scam that drained her resources for years.

I'd really like to find a way to teach some basic tech literacy to older people. I've been able to help my parents recognize scams at least, but some people are aggressively unwilling to learn new things.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The term "work family" always seems like a huge red flag.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

Because most of us dislike violence, even when it's necessary and justified.

Meanwhile, the rich have no problem using violence against us to protect their hoarded wealth or if they can profit from it in the slightest.

 
 

This is very troubling, and I'm not even sure where to start. I recently received an email message from my ISP which alerted me to an incoming update. I didn't worry too much since this is obviously not the first update they've ever pushed through.

However, after this update, I noticed that my guest connections and some other things had changed / disappeared. I logged on to my router, and I immediately noticed my custom password had been reset to the default. No problem, I entered it.

At this point, I saw that all of my options were greyed out. I could change the password, which I did, but nothing else. I immediately called my ISP.

I was told that I would have to use their app now, so as much as I dislike using proprietary phone apps, I conceded and installed the app through the Play store.

However, the agent was not entirely honest with me. I still can't bifurcate my 2.4g and 5g connections, nor can I add or remove any guest connections. I immediately enabled "privacy mode" via the app, which purportedly prevents information from being collected by something called "HomePass," and I "Delete[d] Guard events" whatever the hell that means, but this seems really troubling. I can no longer access my modem/router settings via the normal interface, but have to use an Android app?

There is only one other ISP in my area. They have much worse/slower service, but should I switch, or is this just the "new normal"? Does what I'm describing even make sense? I'm not a tech expert, but I feel like I've self-taught myself how to navigate these settings, and learned from others in online forums, but now ... an Android app?

I'd appreciate any advice. I'd even be willing to purchase my own modem/router instead of using the one from my ISP, if that fixes this mess.

Edit: So I need my own router, at least. I did some research, and these are the ones I can get locally that are within my budget:

  • TP-Link Archer AC1900 Dual-Band Mu-Mimo Wi-Fi Router with Gigabit Port

  • Linksys AC1200 Dual Band WiFi 5 Router

  • TP-Link Archer AX1500 WiFi 6 Dual-Band Wireless Router | up to 1.5 Gbps Speeds

  • TP-Link Archer C54 | AC1200 MU-MIMO Dual-Band WiFi Router

  • NETGEAR - Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi Router, 1.9Gbps (R6900) I’VE BEEN WARNED AGAINST NETGEAR THOUGH IN OTHER FORUMS

  • TP-Link | AX1800 4 Stream Dual-Band WiFi 6 Wireless Router | up to 1.8 Gbps Speeds

  • TP-Link Archer AX3000 | 4 Stream Dual-Band WiFi 6 Wireless Router | up to 3 Gbps Speeds

  • Linksys E7350 AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Wireless Router

Am I right in thinking the TP-Link AX3000 is best?

Edit 2: At first, I bought the Netgear AC1900, which seemed like a great deal. Turns out it was unusable without creating a netgear account, so I returned it in exchange for the TP-Link Archer AX1500, and it appears to be working! I got everything set up pretty close to the way it was before, except even better.

Once I save money, I'll also invest in a different modem and return this one to my ISP.

This was a big wake-up call for me in terms of privacy. I never listened to people saying not to use your ISP's equipment because I always trusted my ISP (it's not one of the big name ones). Never trust a company. Lesson learned. I appreciate all the responses I got! This community is great!

 

I installed Bitwarden from F-Droid, but I happened to notice yesterday that Bitwarden was in my list of apps with updates available from Play Store, even though I installed it via F-Droid. Why would that be?

I know this is a better question for the Bitwarden forums, but I don't have enough street cred there to make a post.

 

I came across it when I was looking for an alternative to imgur back when imgur wasn't playing nice with uBlock Origin on mobile for a while.

I know imgbb is more privacy oriented, but in my experience imgchest is easier to navigate, especially on mobile.

I'm not promoting the site, just curious if anyone else has tried it since I rarely see images linked from there, and if not what's your favorite alternative to imgur?

I've been thinking about this because I'm trying to avoid uploading images directly to the server here.

 

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get in the car

 
 
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