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Fun fact, while revisiting an old story I published, I realised that, after doing a lot of research previously into the years of a specific thing, that I could not use a name of a place because it was changed in 1954... The story took place in 1955. I am so stupid.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

Man. I go back to admiring them from afar.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

These aren't weird they're just beautiful and I need them

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

I feel like I get this. I don't know how to explain it, I just get this.

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Hello all! I've been making the switch from American to European tech, and was wondering your thoughts on Vivaldi browser and Qwant search engine.

Vivaldi is based on Chromium and iirc not fully open source, but is still suggested in European tech spaces, and has a pretty good privacy policy.

Qwant is not open source, though claims to not to sell personal data or store searches.

What are your thoughts and perhaps suggestions for alternatives?

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 13 points 7 hours ago

Having exit nodes for their VPN is not the same as collaborating with the government. There is no evidence that the Israeli government has access to any of their information, their servers are hosted in Switzerland.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

It's wonderful that you put in that work, great job!

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Looking for some good website recommendations (I'm good with short stories, not novels yet), preferably one that is privacy respecting.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 4 points 8 hours ago

I hear about a book that sounds interesting (searching or talking to friends for recommendations), and put that next on my list. My next is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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After not writing for weeks, I began writing again after gaining new motivation at midnight. Sadly, I could only get a thousand words down before I finally had to succumb to sleep. I've heard a lot about people always getting motivation at night and writing best at night, which I have found true for myself. Night is so different, so still and quiet, that even being alone during the day is not as tranquil as it is at night. It's the prime time to focus. Does anyone else experience this?

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago

A great thing about the Proton "ecosystem" is that it is not like Google where you need an account to access docs (or VPN on mobile!), though I agree that centralisation isn't the best thing for tech nerds like us. That's why I prefer to just use ProtonMail and VPN, and leave the other stuff like drives and password managers to other open-source projects.

(Also, having an ecosystem may be good for those who refuse to put in as much effort as us, or those who simply do not understand as much as we do. I personally don't support centralisation, but there's a reason that non-tech nerds often do.)

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago

I just reload the tab, ublock lite on Vivaldi.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago

Copy a link, paste into an mp4 converter (I use cnvmp3.com), watch from files

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago

I don't like the usage of Chromium in general, but it is open-source, so I don't think the usage of it is necessarily a dealbreaker, considering it's not the same as using Chrome. As far as I am aware, Vivaldi is not fully open-source, but generally has a good reputation.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago

https://protos.com/protonmail-hands-info-to-government-but-says-its-not-google/

TL;DR: Proton complied with Spanish authorities and gave up all the information they had on a man (the recovery email.)

With this in mind, I would personally say Proton is safe. The fact that all they were capable of providing was the recovery email should show that Proton is trustworthy with their privacy.

This is only one case, if anyone has any others, please do share them.

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