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sodalite , 15 days ago to Privacy in Don't see many mentions to Waterfox?

I've been using Waterfox as my Firefox backup because for some reason my Firefox always crashes within 15 minutes of use, and it's always when I'm doing impirtant shit like banking or paying a bill. Which is what I typically use the 'legit' browsers for, and why I just use LibreWolf for daily browsing/fuckery. Using Waterfox feels like it calls less attention when on a government website as opposed to Librewolf.

Didn't know it was bought by an ad company once upon a time, but this is also why I spread out my browsing. I also use Ghostery, and I have Brave (for checking how things show up in a Chromium environment when programming) but I don't like Brave and rarely use it... Point is, gotta have multiple browsers either way.

sodalite , 2 months ago to Technology in How do I block all meme communities on lemmy?

omg you the real mvp

sodalite , 2 months ago to Technology in How do I block all meme communities on lemmy?

not memes for me but anime. there's no way to block whole instances i don't wanna see. if i don't wanna see ani.social on my feed at all i have to block every community on the instance, which is just not possible.

memes though is gonna be hard for you because a lot of people use meme formats to communicate in any topic. the science side of lemmy memes about science stuff. the programmers meme about computer stuff. but that's not all they do, there's more than just memes, there's actual discussion too. to completely get rid of memes and never see them on a lemmy feed again is gonna be an impossible task.

sodalite , 2 months ago to Privacy in Improve Your Privacy Setup

Agreed on stopping subscriptions. Don't use Spotify.

sodalite , 3 months ago to Fediverse in How to save culture from the algorithms, with Filterworld author Kyle Chayka

Yeah that's very true about RSS readers and FOSS options and the masses not being able to find them very well despite wanting it. Agreed it's a good quotable conversation to have published. I am just frustrated that we so seldom see talk about what we can do about it, what comes next?

sodalite , 3 months ago to Fediverse in How to save culture from the algorithms, with Filterworld author Kyle Chayka

While I appreciate this article and those like it, too many of these types of articles don't focus enough on the solution. I expected an article titled "how to save" to offer more solutions to what can be done, but that's mostly left to a single paragraph about being more intentional and thoughtful and "sitting with your own feelings."

If something isn't done to actually change the consumerist culture and insidious marketing models and data collection practices, we'll have another article like this in another few years, like we have had every few years. We were talking about filter bubbles when I was in high school over ten years ago. It's only gotten worse.

sodalite , 3 months ago to 196 in What the rule is this?

social engineering

sodalite OP , 3 months ago to Technology in Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools

Plume looks perfect, thanks so much.

sodalite OP , 3 months ago to Technology in Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools

If it doesn't apply to the .org side, that would be great. But even I'm not sure I'd want to stick with them as a company.

sodalite OP , 3 months ago to Technology in Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools

What are some beginner-friendly, free Wordpress alternatives?

sodalite OP , 3 months ago to Technology in Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools

It looks like Tumblr at least has a way to opt-out of sharing with third-party services that use AI, but since this has been there it's unclear if it'll change with this new announcement.
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sodalite , 4 months ago to Technology in AI Launches Nukes In ‘Worrying’ War Simulation: ‘I Just Want to Have Peace in the World’

Damn, it's just like that show, The 100