[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Interesting, thanks!

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Thanks for the warning; I'll leave DDG for Qwant!

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Oh, yeah, all Mozilla browsers can run NoScript (which I use, by the way! Wanna share whitelists? lol). Anyway, I couldn't get Keysharp to handle ^+a either, so I'm sticking with Waterfox because there is currently no Floorp for Android.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Huh, never heard of this before, haha. Thanks.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 76 points 2 weeks ago

It is so unbelievably ludicrous why these giants feel so compelled to keep gaining as much money as they can when they could already retire several lifetimes' worth. Greed is truly a mental illness.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 61 points 2 weeks ago

Project X

Sounds like a teenager's ambitious ideas lol.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 100 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why do people like you attack the victim? The company is the monster for burying this stuff in pages-long ToSs in the intentional effort to make these sorts of disclaimers hard to find and understand. Is it because the individual is an easier target to pick on because there's a name and face to this poor woman versus a faceless, evil corporation in the shadows of bits and bytes with no clear antagonist?

Yes, she obviously messed up but the greater blame is always on the data predator, no exceptions—because if they acted ethically (even if it was legal, it was unethical), then this shock wouldn't have happened in the first place.

There is no reason that physically prevents them from putting it in giant, bold-faced font at the top: YOUR DATA WILL BE COLLECTED AND MAY BE USED AGAINST YOU. I've seen some ToSs with formatting in them, so it's totally possible. They should all be required to do this by law. Same with Niantic collecting all the camera pics from Pokémon Go players to eventually train their own AI, and not even returning any cut of the profits. Was it with the millions of players' "consent?" Sure, in legalese, but come on... Your wording suggests that the company is completely in the right, which, pardon my language, comes off as abhorrent when these people are just trying to find help, stress relief, etc. and don't have time to read through dozens of pages when the companies deceptively paint everything else as attractively as possible.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 121 points 4 months ago

Good thing none of us have iPhones here, right, guys? Right?

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 100 points 4 months ago

It's just platform-milking, just like Meetup.com's latest antics; there isn't deep analysis needed to everything, haha. "Capitalism" is totally a legitimate answer despite being just one word.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 59 points 10 months ago

Items at some libraries:

  • Kill-a-Watt voltage meter
  • Radon detector
  • Telescope
  • Microscope with slides
  • Board games
  • Cooking appliances
  • T-Mobile-powered, infini-data hotspot devices that can fit in your pocket and provide Internet
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/summit@lemmy.world
  1. Search "summit"
  2. Filter for communities
  3. See that it gets sorted by your post-sorting method when you instead want Top of All Time, so sort for that manually
  4. Go here to !summit@lemmy.world
  5. Press the back button

Expected result: the search results should show what they were just showing a moment ago

Current result: the search results revert to whatever your account's default sorting method is

Way to make this a non-issue: add a separate sorting method when searching for communities versus other types of content

Thanks!

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This appears to be the first post about it in the Lemmiverse (for this instance), so... here we go!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/matrix@programming.dev

A frequent activity that my closest friend group likes to do is spectate on single-player games played by one person via screen-sharing (and we're mostly introverted so no Twitch for us lol; plus, that's Amazon's playground anyway). This is where Discord unfortunately reigns supreme: its screen-sharing is somehow absolutely fantastic and near-flawless.

I recently learned that Matrix has screen-sharing through this Discord age-verification article, which may be enough to finally make the push for my friends to consider Matrix; how is it in comparison? Does anyone here very frequently use it?

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I'm part of programming.dev and I feel like starting a /c/volumeeating (to mirror /r/volumeeating wouldn't really make sense there, haha.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/frugal@lemmy.world

I've had no ISP-provided Internet access since Feb. 2023 or so and, while it's been a pain at times, I still haven't caved into returning to the evil monopoly that is Spectrum, so far, and probably won't for as long as I can't land a remote job. ~~ArrowDL, while not perfect, has been pretty good at download management for the most part in conjunction with mobile data-hotspotting.~~ Update: I'm now using AB Download Manager to mitigate download cancellations at the throttled speed.

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When it comes to screenshooting ("screenshotting?"), I've never seen any tool even as remotely as capable as Summit; I think Thunder had some sort of system that builds it, but Summit appears to actually calculate the screen coordinates of content that displays on your device.

I never actually thought to press the button until now when I just tried it out of curiosity. Unbelievable!

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For example, can FileAppend() be set to create something like %COMPUTERNAME%test.txt? I have no idea of what the code for this would be like, if so.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/libreoffice@discuss.tchncs.de

Can anyone help me figure this out?

I thought it was totally absent, which is why I went to ToolsCustomize and looked for it, but once I found where it would normally be put, it was apparently already checked! Yet I don't see it... I have no idea of what to do.

And no, it's not in the drop-down arrow by the "U," which is only more customization of the underline.

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I thought in other word processors you could simply right-click them and find a "delete" button, but there seems to be no such thing in LO Writer. Does anyone have any leads? Much appreciated!

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That would be awesome, if so!

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The notifications are redirecting even Old Reddit users to WWW... not a good sign...

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[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 46 points 1 year ago

I'll be back.

... to check on your work. Keep it up, kiddo!

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