Ephera

joined 4 years ago
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I don't know what we're counting here. Generally, if FOSS apps have notifications which one might perceive as annoying, they'll have a checkbox in the in-app settings, so I don't need to *block* them.
There is one scenario, where I've blocked notifications, which is when an app wants to run in the background, then it has to put up a permanent notification. I hadn't counted that, since that's an Android requirement.

Aside from that, IMHO it's pretty clear-cut whether notifications are either necessary or subjective or not a good idea, so apps with user interests in mind can get that right quite well.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I only use FOSS apps, so never had to block any apps from sending notifications.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

Well, lots of webpages apply CSS, either disabling the history coloring entirely or at least choosing different colors. It does still happen with blue and purple, but it's not nearly as obvious anymore that these specific two colors refer to that.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Random tip: Kala Namak is a condiment which tastes a lot like egg yolk. If you sprinkle it onto some cooked white beans, that's kind of like scrambled eggs (well, it is different, but also good and might satiate a craving).

Basically, Kala Namak is salt+sulphur. Egg yolk also contains sulphur, and well, sulphur is one of the minerals we should be eating anyways.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I do sometimes wonder, how much video games influenced my socialization. I also do the thing where I barely say anything and just expect others to be saying things to me, like I'm a silent protagonist.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 week ago (10 children)

My impression is that it is certainly a lot worse in the US than here in Germany. I imagine the abundance of guns means that being a cop is fucking dangerous, which means they will get uneasy in conflicts quite logically, but also that it's not exactly a job you go for, if you have aspirations in life. I mean, why would anyone voluntarily become a cop in the US, if not to abuse your power?

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah, particularly bad SPAs. All these things can be solved correctly, but implementing an SPA means you suddenly have to solve these problems, which just don't exist with traditional document-like webpages.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a local store, where you can bring your glass jars and they fill you up with all kinds of dry foods. Since I've started buying there, I'll look in normal stores specifically for products that come in decent-looking jars. 🙃

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I think, this is the first time I'm reading the French country names for most of these. They are great. 🙃