akilou

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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But at that point what are you even gaining? If you're looking for privacy you're just trading Google tracking you for "third party service provider" tracking you

Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 week ago

Sounds like you just have different shit to deal with

Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Does it have traffic data?

We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago

Right and how much time do we save by having computers? Fixing the problems is just the cost of doing business

What is your preferred way of downloading youtube videos? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I used to use yt-dl(whatever) but Seal is just so much more convenient

G.M. Sold Millions of Cars That Were More Polluting Than Allowed, E.P.A. Says| The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of S.U.V.s and pickups that emitted excess CO₂ in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 week ago

A settlement. That'll really put the emissions back in the ground

Remember that? in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But it sounds like she definitely does know more about the second thing though

Introducing Docs in Proton Drive: end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editing, that puts your privacy first in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well something is excluding the other

Introducing Docs in Proton Drive: end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editing, that puts your privacy first in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Duuuude. This is awesome. But I still can't edit calendar events on mobile if there's another participant added. There are many simple things that need attention.

Let me play among the stars... in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Depressed gay people can come from a stable household

Alex Jones knows his archaeology! [I know it's Twitter, but it must count!] in c/insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

More like Venus than Mars

Do you ever have a tomato plant that dies for seemingly no reason? in c/gardening@lemmy.world
[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I water almost every day. How do I know if it's too much?

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Do you ever have a tomato plant that dies for seemingly no reason? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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Most of my tomato plants are doing really well. But the one in the cage highlighted in red started failing a few weeks ago. I fertilized with some Miracle grow I had lying around and it didn't improve. Then I got some Tomato Tone. That did nothing. The plant kept getting worse and worse and now it's just a husk. I'm afraid blue is following next and I'm concerned about purple. Here's another angle for some more context. .

Any thoughts?

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This new Find My Device Network.... (sh.itjust.works)
 

What percentage of Android phones are actually running it? I get that it's brand new and over time more and more phones will report the location of trackers, but are there any metrics on current "market saturation" (for lack of a better word)?

I just got my Pebblebee clips yesterday that I pre-ordered a few months ago. I wanted to test them out so I sent one in my kid's backpack to daycare today (which is a legit use case I had in mind when buying these, particularly when we leave him with a babysitter).

When I try to check on the location, it says "last seen at 7:45" which is when I dropped him off, implying that my phone was the last to ping the tracker. So that means none of the teachers' phones, nor any of the other parents' phones have pinged the tracker. It's not a big daycare but he's one of the first to arrive. There should have been at least 2 dozen other phones near his backpack since then. This brings me back to my question about how many phones would you expect to report the location of a tracker.

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New OS for Pixel 3 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/android@lemmy.world
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I have an ancient Pixel 3 that still works. I'd like to install a new, third-party OS. Which would you recommend?

I can see that there are many: Lineage, Calyx, /e/, Graphene, .... How do I make the decision? Can all of them work on a phone as old as my Pixel 3?

Edit: holy shit, I just installed Lineage OS on my lunch break! I've installed "alternative" OSes before on computers but never on a phone. I just followed the instructions (which were a little confusing as there were nested steps) and it's up and running!

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Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Anyone else find this annoying? (sh.itjust.works)
 

That the labels for the apps get truncated so you can only read "Proton" plus the first letter of the app. I'm only able to distinguish based on the icons which isn't great because Pass and Drive are similar colors, and Pass and VPN, and Drive and Calendar are similar shapes.

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