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Comment on ente.io as a Google Photos alternative? in ~tech
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Comment on ente.io as a Google Photos alternative? in ~tech
vord LinkI'm going to copy/paste an older post of mine, because I'm still on the hunt. Any suggestions are welcome. There's a plethora of online photo libraries out there, but from the ones I've test...I'm going to copy/paste an older post of mine, because I'm still on the hunt. Any suggestions are welcome.
There's a plethora of online photo libraries out there, but from the ones I've test drove, they're lacking in the ability to quickly do super basic editing.
I don't really care about advanced editing, but I want a web-based open source photo library with:
- A basic authentication to prevent abuse, though I guess I could throw behind a proxy
- A mobile CSS
- Seamless backup of edited photos
- Tagging
- Metadata editor
- Ability to rotate and crop
- Easily prune the library
- Easily share individual photos/folders/albums with or without metadata
- Doesn't even need file upload capabilities, because the photo dumping is done via other tools.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
vord Link ParentAnd I'm sure that has nothing to do with most browsers being owned by massive tech giants that lose more money now that more laws are passing that require honoring it. There is no legitimate...It also turns out most browsers are phasing it out
And I'm sure that has nothing to do with most browsers being owned by massive tech giants that lose more money now that more laws are passing that require honoring it.
There is no legitimate reason to remove support other than 'it puts advertisers at legal risk for not respecting it. The fingerprinting problem would be solved by having it in a proper settings wizard.
Of course, telemetry and tracking will always be opt-out until we put the axe in the back of online advertising.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
vord LinkTurn off mouse acceleration. It inhibits your ability to develop the muscle memory to quickly move the mouse cursor precisely. Make sure you have the Do Not Track signal being sent out by your...Turn off mouse acceleration. It inhibits your ability to develop the muscle memory to quickly move the mouse cursor precisely.
Make sure you have the Do Not Track signal being sent out by your browser. Especially if you live somewhere with laws requiring honoring of it.
Dark mode. All the time, every thing with a backlight. Because the less you stare at bright lights the better.
Semi-related: Disable any notification for all apps that aren't used for urgent communication. Push notifications are the popup of the 21st century. I have a related blog post percolating: Make things harder to use.
If your hybrid or electric car has a "comfort" mode, make sure it's set to that. The efficiency differences between that and Eco are minimal, and your passengers will thank you by not having your car lurch to a stop.
Unless you're printing out for something life-changing or a photograph, use draft mode.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
vord LinkMy OpenWRT setup was just fine back when I had fiber. These days I need a cron job to bounce the DNS service every day, probably due to all the extra DNS shennanigans with cloud providers. And the...My OpenWRT setup was just fine back when I had fiber.
These days I need a cron job to bounce the DNS service every day, probably due to all the extra DNS shennanigans with cloud providers. And the secondary is showing signs of hardware wonk.
I'm back on a cycle of trying to consolidate devices again, so my next router will probably be an old desktop with a wifi and a 4-port ethernet card running OPNSense or a Linux server doing the same and a second OpenWRT router or raspberry pi serving as an AP.
All of that to say: If you're not using OpenWRT for ideological reasons, and don't need any network setup more complex than some port forwards, you might as well use what's there or something mentioned in other comments.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
vord (edited )Link ParentConsidering that every employer I've applied to in the last 5 years has a mandatory LinkedIn URL field,I'm gonna say yes. It's also what's not there. If every current employee has a public active...but is the fact that I don't post enough on LinkedIn going to result in me not getting a job?
Considering that every employer I've applied to in the last 5 years has a mandatory LinkedIn URL field,I'm gonna say yes.
It's also what's not there. If every current employee has a public active Instagram account, and you don't.... would they see that as a warning sign?
Also, regarding Uber
If I'm an Uber driver, I'm probably not picking someone up that has one star not because I don't approve of their lifestyle or because I want them to be more moral, I'm not picking them up because I don't want them to puke in my car, start an argument with me, then slash my tires.
If you refuse too many riders, they will offer rides to other drivers first. So you you have to choose: Is that risk worth continually lowering your income for the week?
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord (edited )Link ParentThat's moral relativism in a nutshell. Murder is not automatically evil to everyone. All actions and reactions are all based on a fuzzy line that shifts around based on circumstances. An awful lot...That's moral relativism in a nutshell. Murder is not automatically evil to everyone. All actions and reactions are all based on a fuzzy line that shifts around based on circumstances.
An awful lot of people revere veterans even though murder is basically their job.
I'm mostly against the death penalty, but that's mostly because of the above combined with systemic injustice. So is my wife. But my wife is also quite happy thay her rapist killed himself. Is that glorifying suicide?
Would it be wrong for her to tell her mother, whom is now suicidal, "Yea, you probably should kill yourself because you're a worthless drain on society, and now that your mother is dead nobody loves you because you abandoned me to go do heroin instead?" Most think it would be wrong, even if that's her true feelings.
Not all death is tragic or wrong. Charlie's here was, at a minimum, not tragic. Did Charlie break any laws that would bring him to proper justice for the damage he has wrought? Not in the good old USA. So, when somebody does return a good dose of his own medicine.....I'd vote not guilty on that jury.
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Comment on What can I do with my old Pixel 3 phone in 2025? in ~tech
vord LinkI just keep using it as a phone and texting device. Turns out if you don't do more than that, the security risk is basically 0.I just keep using it as a phone and texting device.
Turns out if you don't do more than that, the security risk is basically 0.
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Comment on LocalThunk: ‘I have some unfortunate news: The promised 2025 Balatro 1.1 update isn’t going to come out in 2025’ in ~games
vord Link ParentI have a love/hate with plasma. It's great early on, but that scaling really hurts later.I have a love/hate with plasma. It's great early on, but that scaling really hurts later.
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Comment on LocalThunk: ‘I have some unfortunate news: The promised 2025 Balatro 1.1 update isn’t going to come out in 2025’ in ~games
vord Link ParentOh gold stake is Completionist++ I think. I'm nowhere near that one. Most of my decks are no more than red stake. I just did Completionist, which is getting all the collection items.Oh gold stake is Completionist++ I think. I'm nowhere near that one. Most of my decks are no more than red stake.
I just did Completionist, which is getting all the collection items.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord Link ParentI very much broadly am. It really should be a method of last resort. I like to think that the majority of people would prefer for compromise to be reached before breaking point occurs. But we...I very much broadly am. It really should be a method of last resort. I like to think that the majority of people would prefer for compromise to be reached before breaking point occurs.
But we always end up there for one reason or another. Hence why we end up with critical members of society (teachers, nurses, public transit, waste collection) striking in order to get even a modicum of improvement to their lives, and also get white liberals complain about how those people should be banned from striking.
However, I'm also a bit of an eye-for-an-eye type, so when someone advocating for eye poking gets his eye poked, I'd buy ice cream for the person responsible.
I guess some of that is just personal history: I was bullied for years till one older future-antifascist beat the everliving snot out of the bullies one by one.
Some people, particularily the ones that choose violence early, only respond to a bigger fish taking a bite of their leg.
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Comment on LocalThunk: ‘I have some unfortunate news: The promised 2025 Balatro 1.1 update isn’t going to come out in 2025’ in ~games
vord LinkJust got my Completionist achievement yesterday, so this will at least give me some more time to work on that last challenge.Just got my Completionist achievement yesterday, so this will at least give me some more time to work on that last challenge.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord Link ParentGiven the MOVE bombing, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.Given the MOVE bombing, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.
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Comment on Throwback Thursday: Let's talk old flash and memes! in ~talk
vord LinkThis list would not be complete without Powerthirst and CollegeHumor's sequel Powerthirst 2.This list would not be complete without Powerthirst and CollegeHumor's sequel Powerthirst 2.
When God gives you lemons
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Comment on Blizzard shuts down Project Epoch, another WoW private server in ~games
vord Link ParentI had been curious about playerbots. Do they really do much besides provide some more NPC filler?I had been curious about playerbots. Do they really do much besides provide some more NPC filler?
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Comment on Blizzard shuts down Project Epoch, another WoW private server in ~games
vord Link ParentAlso, if you have a physical retail copy of WoW from the early days, it is fair use to run that. The private server software itself is likely not illegal, as it is a seperate software sourcing the...Also, if you have a physical retail copy of WoW from the early days, it is fair use to run that.
The private server software itself is likely not illegal, as it is a seperate software sourcing the scraped data from different sources (which is probably not illegal given they have yet to get a shutdown).
It's more the sharing the use of the private server which is the problem, as you're now providing a competing service, and not just emulating a core compnent to play your retail copy.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord Link ParentYea. Monsters do tend to reward their supporters while being happy to imprison or murder anybody who is not. If they had 0 supporters, they'd be removed from power pretty quickly.Yea. Monsters do tend to reward their supporters while being happy to imprison or murder anybody who is not.
If they had 0 supporters, they'd be removed from power pretty quickly.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord (edited )Link ParentThis Mastodon thread consolidates a lot of justifications in one spot. Agree or disagree about whether he deserved it or not, he was not 'just a podcaster.' He was a white nationalist that created...This Mastodon thread consolidates a lot of justifications in one spot. Agree or disagree about whether he deserved it or not, he was not 'just a podcaster.' He was a white nationalist that created a well-funded far-right organization which was one of the key players in getting Trump elected in 2016. A choice quote from Zeteo
"The far-right youth organization Kirk co-founded, Turning Point USA, played a huge role in rallying support for Trump on college campuses, gaining its initial prominence during Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Kirk was known for his many controversial statements. In 2021, he called for militias to go to the border and prevent the 'diminishing and decreasing [of] white demographics in America.'”
He was funded by Foster Friess, Bradley Foundation, Donors Trust, Koch Network, Heritage Foundation, Salem Media, Stuart Epperson and Edward G. Atsinger III, Julie Fancelli, Council for National Policy, Gianforte...... You know, the same ones that funded Jan 6.
No great loss.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord (edited )Link ParentYes. Yes I am. To be more accurate: The entire Republican party is like a multi-headed hydra of hate, top to bottom. Trump is merely the current result of 50+ years of a machine bent on...- Exemplary
Yes. Yes I am.
To be more accurate: The entire Republican party is like a multi-headed hydra of hate, top to bottom. Trump is merely the current result of 50+ years of a machine bent on dismantling democracy in favor of a theocratic single-party state. Contrary to what many claim, this is only the beginning. Nothing Trump has done is against the Republican party platform, merely being done in hamfisted and blatantly obbious ways.
The 2016 Republican primary debate was eye-opening. All the candidates were declaring just how much they wanted to bomb Iran. After 8 years of stonewalling against even a modicum of progress under Obama. And another 8 years beating the drum for foreverwar. The one that kills more civilians than combatants.
My estranged father, thoroughly brainwashed by the Republican propaganda networks, uttered this gem a few months ago:
Palastinians are cockroaches whom deserve to be wiped off the earth.
This is vile, repugnant, and a solid representation of the average politics of Repiblicans. Demonize an other, then call for their extermination.
They're building concentration camps and deploying the military against the population at large. And selling T-shirts to celebrate.
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Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society
vord Link ParentYet. I have yet to see a single bit of military kit smaller than a tank that didn't trickle down into normal police gear.Oppression is not usually dispensed via drones.
Yet. I have yet to see a single bit of military kit smaller than a tank that didn't trickle down into normal police gear.
Looks like I'll have to take this for a test drive. Thanks!