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Auster

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♪ Longe vá, temor servil ♪

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Other me's:@Auster | @Auster1 | @Auster(I have other alts, but if a profile claims to be me, doubt it)

  • God of War Trilogy Remake - Announcement Teaser | PS5 Games

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  • Remake

    No footage

    Remembers GoW Fimbulvinter Ragnarök

    concern

  • I started a Forum (leaving Discord) - would love if you would check it out!

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  • Wouldn't there be standard forums with fediverse integration, like NodeBB?

  • What's your current situation with Google?

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  • There's also NewPipe and its fork, PipePipe. Less connected services, but maybe it'd be of your liking.

  • What's your current situation with Google?

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  • Grayjay maybe? Connects Youtube and other services, like Rumble, Nico Nico, Peertube, etc.

  • What's your current situation with Google?

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  • Still depend somewhat, but aside from Google Meets, which I can use without account if I'm not hosting, I reasonably only need to log into it in devices and VMs that are usually turned off. So the least bad option, I think.

  • My First De-googling - Next Steps

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  • One idea, though I don't know the tools for that, is to configure at system level blocks against Google's domains and DNS's.

  • So Deep

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  • Some random traveler:My milk is so far spoiled it has gone solid. But I can't let it go to waste!

    Achievement unlocked Discovered cheese

  • If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting?

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  • Linux initially, giving way for me to see that the best alternatives to me are generally the ones I control.

    And considering geopolitics, where I can see how dangerous a well-positioned spy/saboteur/paid actor can be, my next self host project is some ActivityPub social media, at least as an one-user instance since I don't want to act as a company yet, so I have control of where I'm posting from too.

  • Blåhaj @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Is this blåhaj?

  • So Deep

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  • What was the conclusion a commenter made again? Something about the common denominator between all societies is danger sticks and tasty doughs.

  • Just Switched from iOS to Android after a decade, help?

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  • Some times for praticality, others for testing certain elements, others because there are device-specific builds.

  • Just Switched from iOS to Android after a decade, help?

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  • From what I understand, that's still problematic for privacy. A bit more containerized, sure, but still having to make calls to Google.

  • Just Switched from iOS to Android after a decade, help?

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  • Problem of Nova is that even if it works, you can't be sure it is/isn't a Trojan Horse.

  • Just Switched from iOS to Android after a decade, help?

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  • For "sideloading", I don't have much of a preferred method, going mainly by what I can find that works.

    But aside from the aforementioned Itchio and F-Droid, I also use git-based services like Github, game stores and Patreon-like sites if/when they have Android contents, through Aurora Store if the program is on Google Play only and either I paid for ir already or it's free, and some times I even download the apps directly from the Play Store from another device, generating an APK from it with an appropriate tool and moving to my main phone, which uses a vanilla system.

    Also I back up everything I can, and test them in both my main phone while in airplane mode, and in a virtual machine running BlissOS 15 (Android ported to the x86 architecture).

  • Just Switched from iOS to Android after a decade, help?

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  • If you want to go for privacy, specifically through using a "vanilla" system (as close to the base Android as possible, at most with some FOSS apps), you'll lose some stuff, like most banking apps, since those usually require Google Services.

    Also though the main app source for Android is Google's Play Store, you can find some useful stuff on places like F-Droid (for utilities from my experience) and Itchio (for games in my experience). There's some more places but they're usually much smaller or not as easy to sort by Android.

    I have a bias that favours tinkering systems, so if you'd be curious about something different or if I use some jargon you don't know, please do point out.

  • I got banned from Fuck AI community, anything I can do?

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  • At worse, make your own "Fuck AI" community, or find some adjacent community in another instance. The fediverse's potential for redundancy is a godsent for when a community is problematic for whatever reason. No need to worry about enduring a given community because its name was already taken and is being run to the ground. =)

    But if you must follow the community where you are banned, I second the suggestion of contacting the moderation team.

  • Benefit of AI?

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  • If seen as a solution, it'll lead to disaster. If seen as a tool, then something good could come. But a tool being a tool, it's as good as the person using it. And there's the concern of it causing addiction similar to TikTok to be tackled if it is to be reliable, and not a dependence source.

  • [HELP] Windows game from GoG on vanilla Steam Deck

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  • Unfamiliar with Battle.net, but the problem sounds like a case of DRM and the solution sounds like the installer tries to normalize launchers and you are able to leverage it.

  • [HELP] Windows game from GoG on vanilla Steam Deck

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  • Adding to that, iirc the user needs to change the EXE on Steam after the install, else Steam will keep trying to open the installer.

  • Matrix needs a slow-friendly client.

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  • Does the same happen on browsers?

  • Dogs @lemmy.world
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    Play after training

  • GOG @lemmy.world
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    GOG's blog appears to use Wordpress, but no federation and/or comments available

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    After 3 decades, the MS-DOS game 'Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century' is back, updated and free!

    old.reddit.com /r/pcgaming/comments/1qq9a6c/after_3_decades_star_quest_1_in_the_27th_century/
  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Danger kitty has a question

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    Deshittification

  • wholesomememes @lemmy.world
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    divergence

  • Books @lemmy.world
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    Starting later this month, Amazon will let ebooks be offered DRM-free through direct download, even for those published before the change

    kdp.amazon.com /en_US/help/topic/GDDXGH9VR22ACM8U
  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Skeletal gasp!

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    A man and his dog, USA, 1920s

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    Specific languages helping at focusing?

  • Comics @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Dinosaur Comics! - October 10, 2025

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Made a graph of the "wider" fediverse - is this correct?

  • New Communities @lemmy.world
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    "Defeat the Backlog!" community

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Realization

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Looks like now Mbin, at least on mobile, mixes threads and microblog posts

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
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    Winsley's Guardian N64 port with additional contents funded on Kickstarter

    www.kickstarter.com /projects/tresibra/winsleys-guardian-a-life-fulfilled-new-n64-game
  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Henryk staring at Mischief, from Umami's "Interface" series

  • Reaction Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    "This is fine", Latin version

  • Android @lemdro.id
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    Good alternative for BlissOS?