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  1. Comment on Should I stop using Kagi because they do business with Yandex? in ~tech

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    The difference is that those American companies are promoting what they're promoting due to personal beliefs of their owners, whereas Yandex is promoting Russian propaganda because it operates...

    see Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, Twitter/X, My Pillow, etc. If an American business started peddling propaganda a la Yandex, then yes, you can absolutely some to boycott.

    The difference is that those American companies are promoting what they're promoting due to personal beliefs of their owners, whereas Yandex is promoting Russian propaganda because it operates under the Russian government so it has no other choice

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Help with Email & Changing Name Servers/Webhost? in ~comp

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    Are those ever separate record types? I know that there are SPF records, but I've never actually seen them, almost all mail providers just use TXT Edit: Wikipedia says that SPF records are...

    Aside from MX, you'll need to copy the SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records

    Are those ever separate record types? I know that there are SPF records, but I've never actually seen them, almost all mail providers just use TXT

    Edit: Wikipedia says that SPF records are discontinued due to the lack of support

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Should I stop using Kagi because they do business with Yandex? in ~tech

  4. Comment on Help with Email & Changing Name Servers/Webhost? in ~comp

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    I don't know about BlueHost specifically, but generally, when transferring a domain name to a different provider, it has the option to keep your existing DNS records. You should make sure that the...

    I don't know about BlueHost specifically, but generally, when transferring a domain name to a different provider, it has the option to keep your existing DNS records. You should make sure that the records are transferred, especially the ones that have the type MX or TXT, as those are usually the ones needed for email to work.

    If you do that, nothing should break and she would be able to use her email through Google Workspace the same way she does. Domains and DNS are weird though, so while it should be fine, there may be a bit of downtime while the name is being transferred. There isn't anything you can do about that, DNS is a pretty janky system so it can sometimes be unreliable. Though most likely there will be no downtime, and even if it happens, it's going to be a few hours max.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Should I stop using Kagi because they do business with Yandex? in ~tech

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    Kagi has always used Yandex as one of their search result sources IIRC.

    Kagi has always used Yandex as one of their search result sources IIRC.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Auto-mute mode in ALSA might be the reason you can't use your speakers with headphones plugged in in ~comp

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    The real issue is using PulseAudio instead of PipeWire. PipeWire is far better than it was a few years ago, and it generally just works.

    The real issue is using PulseAudio instead of PipeWire. PipeWire is far better than it was a few years ago, and it generally just works.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

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    Check out https://privacyguides.org, it's probably the best privacy-related resource online! The website's co-founder is also on Tildes @freddy

    Check out https://privacyguides.org, it's probably the best privacy-related resource online! The website's co-founder is also on Tildes @freddy

    10 votes

  8. Comment on Img_0416 in ~tech

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    Isn't the entirety of Tildes just "random links" though? Here's the summary from Kagi Summarizer:

    I'm not clicking a random link

    Isn't the entirety of Tildes just "random links" though?

    Here's the summary from Kagi Summarizer:

    The GitHub post titled "IMG_0416" discusses the "Send to YouTube" feature that Apple iPhones and iPod Touches had from 2009 to 2012, which allowed users to upload videos directly to YouTube. This feature significantly increased video uploads on YouTube, but was discontinued when Apple removed its app in 2012. The author reflects on the unique naming convention used for videos during this period (IMG_XXXX), which resulted in many videos being uploaded with obscure titles, often unintentionally.

    The post explores the surreal nature of these videos, which often capture unedited, candid moments from people's lives, leading to a unique social feed on YouTube. The author shares three specific videos, highlighting their content and the stories behind them. One video features a woman unboxing her book, another shows a woman playing a potash-themed card game, and the third depicts a humorous moment involving powdered sugar.

    The author also mentions a poignant discovery of a video where a woman films her partner reacting to her pregnancy announcement. The post concludes with a note about the potential for these families to reconnect with their past through these videos, emphasizing the authentic and relatable essence of everyday life captured in this unusual collection of uploads.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I use Telegram for all of my communication, and I want my chats to be safely backed up in case something happens to Telegram or to my account. Telegram Desktop includes chat export functionality,...

    I use Telegram for all of my communication, and I want my chats to be safely backed up in case something happens to Telegram or to my account.

    Telegram Desktop includes chat export functionality, but:

    • It requires you to press a button, you can't automate it in any way
    • You need to keep your computer running with Telegram open while the chat is exporting, which can take a long time if there's a lot of media to download
    • It doesn't export chats incrementally, so if you've already exported a chat a while ago and only want to export new messages without duplication, you need to manually select date ranges

    I wanted a solution that I could schedule to run on a server and have all my chats safely backed up. So I made one.

    https://github.com/flexagoon/ream

    I also made it fully compatible with TDesktop's export JSON. From the readme:

    It is a standalone re-implementation of Telegram Desktop's export functionality. The output from ream must be fully equivalent to the output from Telgram Desktop, and any difference in the resulting json (except for filenames) is treated as a bug.

    This was a pretty fun project as it required me to dig into Telegram Desktop's messy C++ codebase to figure out how it's export works, and learning more about the weird custom MTProto protocol that telegram uses for it's API

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Are Feeds - like RSS or Atom feeds - Really Worth It For A Personal Blog? in ~comp

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    For those that don't, see Kill the newsletter which converts newsletters to RSS feeds

    As a reader, I personally don't want to get email and would prefer RSS, but most websites that do email also do RSS.

    For those that don't, see Kill the newsletter which converts newsletters to RSS feeds

    8 votes

  12. Comment on Paper: Feminism in Programming Language Design in ~comp

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    AWK is absolutely a programming language. https://github.com/TheMozg/awk-raycaster

    can make a reasonable argument about why AWK and SQL are programming languages

    AWK is absolutely a programming language.

    https://github.com/TheMozg/awk-raycaster

    13 votes

  13. Comment on Why do people treat friendships and relationships as two different things? in ~life

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    Ok, yes, I understand what you're saying. But also, there are different kinds of friends. There are some friends who you can discuss your problems with. With some, they're just a good person to...

    Ok, yes, I understand what you're saying. But also, there are different kinds of friends. There are some friends who you can discuss your problems with. With some, they're just a good person to laugh and have fun. Every friendship you have is different, and there are different characteristics defining them. I see romance as just another type of that.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on Thoughts on the friendzone in ~life

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    Ok, so why would getting to know them one on one and then committing to a relationship be good, but getting to know them by being friends and then moving to a relationship be a sign of "low...

    Ok, so why would getting to know them one on one and then committing to a relationship be good, but getting to know them by being friends and then moving to a relationship be a sign of "low confidence"?

    2 votes

  15. Why do people treat friendships and relationships as two different things?

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    Inspired by this post and many thoughts I had about the topic previously. For some reason, a lot of people treat friendships and romantic relationships as two entirely separate things. People say...

    Inspired by this post and many thoughts I had about the topic previously.

    For some reason, a lot of people treat friendships and romantic relationships as two entirely separate things. People say stuff like "I could never date a friend" or "I want to date them but they just want to be friends". The top comment by @BeanBurrito on the post I linked mentions how men want to become friends with women simply because they have too little confidence to just ask them out.

    I've never understood this. To me, being a friend and dating are just two points on the same closeness spectrum. You go from acquaintances to friends, then best friends, then partners. You can obviously skip some of those steps sometimes, but those are still the same thing - being in a romantic relationship is the same as being very close friends, it's just an even closer form of it. Yes, there's usually an extra factor of exclusivity in a relationship - but they can be non exclusive, so it's not a defining trait.

    Asking someone out shortly after meeting them is such a wild concept to me. You probably wouldn't meet someone and immediately just go "hey, let's be best friends", so why would you ask them if they would be even more?

    I also don't really get why people care about being "friendzoned", for the same reason. Like ok, you won't be the "bestest closest friends" with someone, but you can still be good friends? If they agree, you can still have personal conversations, or cuddle, or do whatever else that you can do in a relationship. I get why people can be upset if a person they like shows absolutely no attention towards them, but why would you be upset at them just wanting to be friends?

    It it literally just about sex and physical attraction? But then also, things like "friends with benefits" exist. So clearly, you don't have to be in a relationship in order to do that. And if that's the only thing you actually need, why would you ask someone "let's date" instead of just directly saying what you want?

    I don't get it.

    35 votes

  16. Comment on Thoughts on the friendzone in ~life

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    Why would anyone ever ask out someone who they're not friends with? I honestly never understood that. Like, you barely even know the person, how can you be so sure that you want to commit to a...

    The whole thing is about men with low confidence hoping to dodge rejection by not asking women shortly after meeting them

    Why would anyone ever ask out someone who they're not friends with? I honestly never understood that. Like, you barely even know the person, how can you be so sure that you want to commit to a romantic relationship with them??? I think so many breakups and cheating cases happen because people start dating someone before getting to know them well.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Looking for slim wallet recommendations in ~life.style

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    +1 for Secrid. It's probably as slim as you could possibly go. They also sell models with a cash strap.

    +1 for Secrid. It's probably as slim as you could possibly go. They also sell models with a cash strap.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Is all language linear to a native speaker? in ~humanities.languages

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    Maybe that's the case, I don't really know any languages besides Russian and English so I'm not sure, what I said was based purely on the Wikipedia page I linked which only lists a few languages...

    It's actually surprisingly common for languages to have free word order like Russian

    Maybe that's the case, I don't really know any languages besides Russian and English so I'm not sure, what I said was based purely on the Wikipedia page I linked which only lists a few languages as having free word order

  19. Comment on Is all language linear to a native speaker? in ~humanities.languages

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    My first language is Russian, which according to Wikipedia, is one of the few languages that can have words in basically any order without changing the meaning or the validity of the sentence. And...

    My first language is Russian, which according to Wikipedia, is one of the few languages that can have words in basically any order without changing the meaning or the validity of the sentence. And yes, even though, this may sound complicated or confusing to someone who's learning the language, to a native speaker, even this somehow sounds like the sentence is always in the correct order. And when I'm speaking English, the order of the words sometimes differs from Russian, but it still feels in order - even though it would feel weird when translated literally to Russian.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed in ~tech

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    Primeagen actually interviewed Matt about this. I haven't watched the video yet though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F0PgMcKWM

    Primeagen actually interviewed Matt about this. I haven't watched the video yet though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F0PgMcKWM

    3 votes