renzev

joined 2 years ago
[–] renzev@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

It depends on the phase. Sometimes you get constructive interference and they add up instead.

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Didn't he already do that in his last term? I still remember the jokes people made back then, like "how can it be a terrorist organization if it's not receiving weapons shipments from the US government!?"

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I sadly can't recommend any communities for this, but what I do know is that search engines have been basically useless for finding software alternatives for a while. Search results are just full of for-profit bullshit trying to sell you their stupid app or low-effort list sites like alternativeto.net. If I need to find an offline alternative to some specific tool, as ironic as it is, I usually just ask an LLM. They work pretty well as a sort of reverse-search engine for finding software based on a description of the features.

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I personally like to listen to both sides of the story so that I can absorb 2x the disinformation

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like a very elegant way to fuck over screenreader users

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

During my quantum mechanics course in year one of uni the lecturer spent the entirety of first lecture essentially ranting about how all of these "interpretations" of quantum mechanics are a complete waste of time with zero practical application. So you're not alone on this one.

EDIT wait no lmao the course wasn't even on quantum mechanics it was on electromagnetism, the lecturer just had a personal gripe against all this quantum bullshit lol.

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

The silicone type of lint roller would probably feel like an unusually firm silicone dildo and the sticky tape type would probably feel slippery like postage stamp and taste with that sickly sweet chemical adhesive taste

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

IDK what you mean by "domain host" but the thing about cloudflare ('s most prominent service) is that it's essentially a voluntary MITM between you and your clients. They see ALL traffic going between your server and your clients. This is not normal. Normally traffic between server and client is encrypted with HTTPS. By using cloudflare's proxy your are adding a backdoor to that encryption. Your registrar cannot normally see this traffic. Your certificate authority cannot normally see this traffic without issuing a malicious cert. But cloudflare can. And, if they wanted to, they could even inject malware to deanonymize users, spy on journalists, steal data, etc. As a matter of fact, they already do, but instead of calling it "malware" they call it "analytics", so it's okay πŸ‘

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Cloudflare is harmful. Sure, maybe they're doing a Good Thingβ„’ today, but who stops them from turning around and selling all of the data they proxy to AI companies tomorrow? There is rarely a good reason to use cloudflare. If you care about blocking bots, there are self-hostable tools like Anubis. If you care about hiding your server's IP, you can use a VPN that allows port forwarding or rent a VPS. Do not use cloudflare. Cloudflare should not be used. By using cloudflare, you surrender your digital sovereignty for a mirage of convenience and safety.

(Yes, I understand the irony of posting this from a instance that uses cloudflare)

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes indeed. It seems so far that the best defence is to join utterly unhinged communities and participate in degeneracy so severe that no publicly traded company would want to scrape you. Something something become ungovernable.

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

which I sometimes need because sometimes I do feel real bad

I kinda get what you mean. Sense of belonging and communication with people who understand you is important, never sacrifice your community in favor of some ideological quirk! Sure, there are good reasons to avoid reddit and discord, but they're not good enough to cut yourself loose from people who make you feel like you belong!!

 
 

still better than ios lol

 
 
 
 
 
 

It's funny when armchair experts insist that the fediverse won't catch on because "federation is too hard to understand" when arguably the most widespread communication system on the internet follows the same model

 
 
 
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