I agree with many recommendations

but as someone who has tried many VPN providers I can say Windscribe is really bad (for servers in the EU at least).
Slow, few servers, unreliable, and blocked on many websites

surprisingly I see it recommended all the time

container as in docker?

I know very little about this but I’ve used gluetun and it’s great

https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun

it supports a lot of VPN providers

France

But it seems to be an issue elsewhere also

This is ridiculous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRcPJF0Yrw

It absolutely is the same strategy tv manufacturers adopted that allows them to sell for so cheap

I tried an unmodified xiaomi phone and couldn’t believe how shit it was.
Ads everywhere. When you open the file manager you’d get a full page ad. That phone was a disease

No wonder they don’t want people installing ad-free Lineageos on their machines

what I often miss on a laptop or a tablet ?

A handle.

It’s also a great place to put batteries.

The Thinkpads understood that, but then forgot

you can hear the oaky afterbirth

I rarely enjoy Youtube comments. today they’re quite good though

How does that work? The lab puts you in contact with people they know share your DNA?

A non techy but privacy mindful friend bought a fairphone with /e/
She’s happy with it

I might do the same one day when I don’t want to tinker anymore

I use a fork called Bravenewpipe. It adds filters and Sponsorblock. It’s brilliant!
https://github.com/bravenewpipe/NewPipe

updates with Obtainium (Get Android app updates directly from the source) https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/

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Escape Velocity Nova

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I thought I saw a misunderstanding to the comment you were responding to, that’s all

the most common complaint that dialogue is cringe is patently false

yeah, there are times when the dialogue is pretty cringey

same goes for the other response by Scrubbles

if I’m still not clear forget it, really it’s unimportant, I shouldn’t have commented

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• frontpage by default is too old (sometimes 2+ days)
• better search
• maybe it’s just me but my tiny brain refuses to learn clicking on a title brings me to the comments and not the article. an option would be nice
• filters based on tags
• can mods post comments next to a title? this can be very helpful (e.g. “misleading?”)

an omelett, but the eggs haven’t been stirred

I find this incredibly funny, still laughing, yet I’m not sure why

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his payrise is equivalent to something like 3000 US workers minimum wage annual salaries

if my math is correct (which it probably isn’t)