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  1. Comment on NGI Mobifree grants awarded for fair mobile software in ~tech

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    I'm especially happy to see OpenAGPS on the list. It's a real struggle to use localization that uses only satellites.

    Congratulations to the first four project teams who have been selected for financial support within the NGI Mobifree pilot programme. The selected projects are Android translation layer, LambdaNative F-Droid integration, OpenAGPS and Termux. Through their work, they will be contributing to the NGI Mobifree pilot which aims to create a fair mobile software ecosystem that prioritises privacy and openness.

    I'm especially happy to see OpenAGPS on the list. It's a real struggle to use localization that uses only satellites.

  3. Comment on AI will use a lot of energy. That's good for the climate. in ~enviro

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    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions?ref=disconnect.blog e.g. „Google’s emissions have risen by nearly 50% since 2019, the base year for Google’s goal of...

    are interested in carbon neutrality

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/02/google-ai-emissions?ref=disconnect.blog

    e.g. „Google’s emissions have risen by nearly 50% since 2019, the base year for Google’s goal of reaching net zero, which requires the company removing as much CO2 as it emits.”

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  9. Comment on Living in times of technical feudalism in ~tech

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    What do you think of it compared to Twitter?

    Probably people will migrate to threads or bluesky.

    What do you think of it compared to Twitter?

  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    As a non-Bralizian - I second this! Also, Brazilians, you can use libre project like Fediverse as an alternative, such projects as Akkoma, Mastodon, Hubzilla, etc. that are connected together...

    As a non-Bralizian - I second this! Also, Brazilians, you can use libre project like Fediverse as an alternative, such projects as Akkoma, Mastodon, Hubzilla, etc. that are connected together (imagine Facebook and Twitter users interacting with each other, but in a non-greedycorporate environment). Check it out, e.g. kolektiva.social or blanketfort.blog or many others.
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    or Brazilian diasporabr.com.br/
    You can look up available instances here: fediverse.observer/list
    Almost all of them interoprate with each other, doesn't matter which one you choose, you will see content from all Fediverse, unless some instances aren't blocked by admins of yours.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Android launchers in ~tech

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    You can use widgets. I use two of them, one is a clock widget and second is a weather widget. Only those two plus three favorite apps (notes, calendar and tasks) and that's all. So minimal and...

    You can use widgets. I use two of them, one is a clock widget and second is a weather widget. Only those two plus three favorite apps (notes, calendar and tasks) and that's all. So minimal and useful, opening various apps using recently opened or search bar is super slick.

  16. Comment on The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War in ~humanities.history

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    It's just for the sake of knowledge. It's in 'history' category, just an interesting read. How is it different to somebody posting uninteresting news article without any commentary? Also, it got...

    It's just for the sake of knowledge. It's in 'history' category, just an interesting read. How is it different to somebody posting uninteresting news article without any commentary? Also, it got some upvotes, so looks like some people appreciated this article.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War in ~humanities.history

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    Cool, thanks for this lesson on Tildes' history! I love history, sometimes I find myself on Wikipedia just reading about some facts, battles, events, people etc., that's why I put this link to...

    Cool, thanks for this lesson on Tildes' history! I love history, sometimes I find myself on Wikipedia just reading about some facts, battles, events, people etc., that's why I put this link to humanities.history. That's why all these tags exist, to let others filter out uninteresting article/category of articles.

    One can post a news article about an event without commentary, how is it different to another one posting a history article (Wikipedia in this case) about an event without commentary? To be honest, many of links people post on Tildes I find very uninteresting, and most often they are news articles.

    Maybe it's just me, but I love the idea of clicking on a random Wikipedia article and if I find it interesting I want to share what I've read. And also, regarding history, I don't really have any opinion about events, facts, for me it's just interesting knowledge.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on “Disenshittify or die” a rant about the history of tech, how it is bad and how it might get better in ~tech

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    Mullvad VPN has an option to block ads, trackers and other evil creatures. Also, I think Blokada can block both app trackers and app ads.

    Mullvad VPN has an option to block ads, trackers and other evil creatures. Also, I think Blokada can block both app trackers and app ads.

  19. Comment on The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War in ~humanities.history

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    Well, I like reading Wikipedia from time to time, especially about historical events. Haha, I remember reading about some battle of Rome vs Carthagine and ended up reading half Sunday about...

    Well, I like reading Wikipedia from time to time, especially about historical events. Haha, I remember reading about some battle of Rome vs Carthagine and ended up reading half Sunday about Byzantine Empire xD
    I thought there are some people here that also like reading interesting stuff just for the sake of reading and curiosity.

    16 votes