Who the fuck is migrating off of Opera GX? People actually use that shit?
I’m not sure that signal is that “private”
This setup is telling me you’re spending too much time on computers. Consider a hobby where you make something with your hands, using tools that aren’t electrified.
Also, fuck Proton.
I’d rather use KeePassXC tbh. Local, cloud-free by default password manager.
I honestly wish I could quit Excel - it’s literally the last vestige of Microsoft in my non- professional life, but I find LibreOffice Calc a bit too needlessly different to be able to fully switch across.
For me, I would personally make the adjustment:
chatgpt —> NOTHING
I’d rather go my whole life with people ridiculing me for not using genAI then hand over my status as a person to any form of genAI.
yeah, imo search engines have gone completely to shit. and sometimes AI is literally the only way to find certain things without wasting a lot of time. but i do try to use it as little as possible
I’d rather waste time than water
Im fine with local only, but theres so many people that just vomit out exactly what claude says.
Do you feel that way about the other algorithms you do use? Nearly all code we do use was compiled and the compiler makes it’s own decisions on how to convert abstract code into assembly or binary. Do you have anything against machines making decisions on that conversion?
Compilers ain’t a problem for me. Compilers aren’t enabling people to claim writing they never wrote as their own so they can sell “books”. Compliers aren’t generating false information on purpose in order to trick me because it was built to be a gaslighting yes man¹. Compilers aren’t deleting anything from certain files to whole directories¹ off my system unless I tell them to.
I don’t have to worry about a compiler trying to steal all my data¹ in order to please braindead C-suites trying to replace all humans with clankers. So I have zero issues with a good genAI free compiler.
¹ unless they have been compromised/my system has been infected
I mean it does allow people to claim code they didn’t necessarily write is there’s. It seems that your issues aren’t to do with LLMs fundamentally but specific use cases some individuals have chosen. Like you don’t fundamentally have an issue with the algorithm itself.
What the hell are you talking about. Compilers do not insert code that wasn’t put there. Now if your saying well you wrote C and the machine is running assembler then you are a moron.
If I’m a moron then so is Linus Torvalds since I literally stole the analogy from him. Generally speaking though these are all just algorithms and the issues people have aren’t about this particular algorithm but the ways in which some people or companies are using the algorithm. It’s a bit like saying you hate the internet because some people use the internet to do very harmful things.
I will concede on the algorithm. Can’t get too mad at advanced maths, but I can get mad at the lazy people using it for nefarious purposes or just because they’re lazy.
I mean may as well say you’re mad at the internet because people use it for nefarious purposes as well. This is usually what I find about all these debates around AI and LLMs or NNs. It’s more so people being legitimately upset at actions taken by some individuals or companies more so than any hatred for the technology itself but they conflate the two effortlessly. Like we’re aware of how strange it sounds in different cases when that’s done but for some reason with AI most don’t see this issue in their argument.
But that is not the same. I can compile the same code with the same compiler and get the exact same code. This is not true of AI.
Analogies don’t have to be one to one. I originally got this analogy from Linus Torvalds
Not everyone use llm’s for programming.
I have a feeling you didn’t understand the question I was asking. Ilms are just one type of algorithm and data structure. There’s other algorithms nearly all programers use to compile symbolic code Into assembly or machine code (binary), they’re called compilers. Anyone who isn’t writing assembly or machine code directly is likely using a compiler.
Your question is confusing to me, I know what compilers are but I’m not sure how that is super related to llm’s. I was just saying that people use llm’s for reasons aside from generating code.
ooh wait nevermind, I realise what you meant now. Your comparing compilers to llm’s since they both are algorithms that turn an input into an output. Is this what you meant?
I got the comparison from Linus Torvalds talk but yes and depending on the compiler and it’s use the output might not be so deterministic. More accurate to the point I’m actually making is is that these are all algorithms and the issues people have with AI isn’t anything about the algorithms or the technology itself but the ways in which some people and companies are using it. May as well say you hate the internet because some people and some companies are using it to do very harmful things.
The guy is an idiot and is comparing compilers to llms.
If I’m an idiot then so is Linus Torvalds the creator or the Linux kernel.
Interestingly i could never invest the time into nextcloud but I can advocate for trying open models in CLI form for anyone looking for good agentic options
I’m using pi + tensorx + glm 5.2 with some pretty good results. EU hosted and competitive prices
My only major change would be to remove Mullvad.
One of the founders has made major donations to far-right groups in Sweden. People have argues that it’s his money to donate, but if paying for Mullvad puts money into the pockets of a major donor to the far-right, I’d rather support an alternative provider.
I have had a very similar user experience with IVPN, and I have heard people suggest AirVPN as a similar alternative.
Why not Proton as well? The CEO is not any better.
They haven’t donated to political parties, have they? That would have been big news I’m pretty sure I would have seen.
Not aware of donations, but Proton’s CEO was glazing Trump around the start of his second term.
Yes, claiming that the GOP was “for the little guy” And would do antitrust on big tech.
Some people are gullible as fuck, man. Anyway I would trust Mullvad over proton as far as privacy and security goes - it’s just too bad I don’t want my money going there.
Do you consider a post supporting a Trump policy to be as bad as being the largest donor to a far-right party?
I don’t see a difference honestly, plus you know there is underhand contributions going on.
I’m not aware of any underhand contributions. What might you be referring to?
I strongly believe it’s perfectly reasonable to compliment a generally evil person/people when they do a good thing, but hey, my opinions are boring.
Tbf, when it comes to email services at least, your only real alternative for Proton is Mailbox.org if you use IMAP/SMTP. When it comes to Mullvad, there’s plenty of VPNs as an alternative. Plus, apparently Mullvad has lost talent in light of the controversy so their VPN might degrade in quality anyway, so there’s also that
Migadu is great for email
I have been using Tuta myself and pretty happy with it.
What about Tuta?
Tuta also syncs terribly. Often when I open the app, the latest email are from weeks ago. And you can’t swipe down to refresh. I paid for a year, and quickly gave up within a month.
Tuta does not support the use of third-party email clients or the protocols IMAP/POP3/SMTP as we cannot guarantee end-to-end encryption of your data.
So recently I’ve tried finding an alternative but when researching deeper into them I just found worse shit than mullvad. Like AirVPN having their servers seized.
For what it’s worth, I think mullvad is still the best option and worse case scenario you’re donating less than $5 to nazis which is like 2 hamburgers.
That’s two more hamburgers than any Nazi deserves, especially on a recurring payment plan.
I also don’t know if failing to disclose the seizure of a server (that contained no readable user data) is worse than supporting the far right. It also feels like if that’s enough to end your search for an alternative, you weren’t searching very hard.
As someone else started it’s worth noting that Mullvad themselves did not donate to anything. I understand people’s argument that money to Mullvad goes to the founder and thus goes to the people they donate to and that was people’s argument for Proton as well. So do what you will as it’s everyone’s personal preference.
That’s why lists like these, while useful for those who are just looking into privacy, deGoogle, etc. to first learn of projects and services, are almost always lacking nuance without text or all the major alternatives where then people can choose based on their beliefs. 🙂
Note: I understand this is one person’s list and not a general list but just stating my thoughts on the matter as a whole.
Oh, they upgraded the standard to 5 devices. I think it was just 2 in the past, which made it far more expensive than Mullvad.
Edit: One large thing missing from Mullvad is the proxy-based browser extension for Firefox. It let’s you select different exit server either for everything in browser, per domain, or randomize server selection per domain.
Immich is a better alternative to Google Photo
isn’t immich for photos not images?
Immich is for phones only apparently.
I have my home video also, in Immich.
The web client is full featured.
No?
tried it, but i couldnt figure out how to add my existing photos in the way i had organised them: /year/event/photo.jpeg and nextcloud made it pretty easy
Both Google Photo and Immich, treat all images individually. And assume that any grouping is done a Tag/ album level. Regardless of file name or hierarchy.
If you what to show your “event” in the UI, you would need to run a onetime script and amend album with the name of parent folder.
I recently made the jump. It’s crazy how much effort goes into optimising Nextcloud it still remains the most demanding thing on your server and your sanity.
Hot take. Nextcloud is hot garbage. If you want file sync use Seafile. So so so so much faster and more resource efficient. For the rest of next cloud functionality just use a tool specific to that.
Nextcloud is still tied to the old php/fpm model. There are better approaches now days. Hell even owncloud is rewriting away from the php/fpm approach.
The problem is not php-fpm, the problem is when people who perform as SysAdmin dont know how to tweak it properly.
I deploy Nextcloud instances for production environments. :/
This is exactly what I did. I replaced it with a Immich, a webdav client, and an xmpp server (prosody). I only needed online storage for phone photo access/backup and syncing my keepass DB and contacts. I set these apps up once and now I don’t need to touch them.
Nextcloud is great but too often it’s compared to Google Drive instead of Google Workspace (as seen here). If all you need is cloud storage, use Owncloud (Nextcloud upstream) or any of a thousand similar tools (I use Cloudreve). If you need a full office suite, use Nextcloud.
I am just about to start experimenting with opencloud.eu. It is another developer revolt fork of Opencloud (this time their infinite scale project) so it is supposed to be a lightweight single binary that uses a real filesystem and no database at all. Lacks all the add ons of nextcloud, buy I am tired of maintaining it.
Anyone try it?
I much prefer Kagi over DuckDuckGo
An aggregator like SearXNG or degoog is the way to these days imo. Any individual search engine will have its own share of problems, whether that’s privacy or AI nonsense or just bad results.
unfortunately every foss maps app I’ve tried has been subpar. all the ones based on open street maps can’t even go to proper addresses, it takes you to the street and you just have to look around for it. at least here in the us. so far magic earth has been better but it still doesn’t work with Public transit so I have to have a separate maps app in my private space anyways.
also, not to get nitpicky (I promise) but hasn’t /e/os criticized people for wanting privacy and security and said it’s for criminals? which I found very ironic of them given their own operating system
Not really. Their CEO has said that privacy and keeping data away from big tech is their priority and security, while important, is not the tip of the spear for them.
He phrased it poorly (“we’re not developing a phone so a paedophile can evade justice”) but people immediately misrepresented it as “The only people who care about security are paedos and crims”. Graphene went hard on them with a big FUD campaign that got a lot of people upset. All he meant was that people with very extreme threat models would be better looking elsewhere.
Very much a storm in a teacup.
Yes they have. It’s also very late to security updates and is mostly just Lineage plus their own cloud services.
So what’s that App Lounge all about? I can find the GitLab and it’s related projects but nowhere how to install it, the APK file is on the releases (with 9 stars that’s not a great sale already) but they all have null pointers to files missing and can’t be downloaded
it’s the default on /e/OS. i have no clue if you can download it otherwise. but Aurora Store, F-Droid, Droidify and Obtanium are all good too. (assuming obtanium is good bc ive heard the name alot of times)
Heard about Obtanium too but I’m good with my current pick, still thanks for the info
It’s part of /e/os. Basically it attempts to roll the functions of FDroid and Aurora store into one. I dont think it’s made for distribution outside their OS. For anyone on other platforms, Fdroid and Aurora will fill the same roles just fine.
It’s part of the /e/os suite. It’s tied somehow to the eos version you have running. And if I’m not wrong, your apps from applounge won’t update after a certain point in time (or official android patch ?), until you upgrade the /e/os version.
All in all, it’s not meant to be a standalone store, from my understanding
Thanks for the information
CoMaps is great and all but man. Living in an urban environment without traffic details is brutal.
I’m not sure Lemmy belongs in this list. Isn’t all the content posted here fully visible to anyone, anywhere?
Yeah social media on a privacy list is a odd. I think the point is a lemmy instance (probably) won’t log your IP and report you to the feds for any cool flock activities you have going on (but don’t quote me on that).
What is Cash+iDeal? Definitely don’t see anything on f droid and words are generic enough to not provide any results on search.
Cash is just the physical cash and iDEAL is a payment system in Netherlands.
