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James R Kirk @ Kirk @startrek.website
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  • Looking for a relatively cheap camera system

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  • Last I looked into this Frigate was the most robust path to take, they recommend cameras that are about $50-$100 each but in my playing around I connected a Yi camera ($10) with custom firmware.

    That said it was all a bit over my head and I had trouble connecting it to home assistant and gave up

    I would love a follow up post with whatever setup you go with!

  • Is there a phone I can buy that out the box is rooted, private, and does not install bloat apps?

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  • That’s what OnePlus, Nothing, and FairPhone are supposed to be about.

    It seems that you're implying they're not? Could you expand?

  • I don't even know if windows is good or not now.

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  • After installing an SSD and a couple of hours of clean-up, it was as fast as new. I guess with proper maintenance it can be good enough.

    The reason people say Windows is "crap" isn't the performance, it's the ads.

  • Sincere questions I find myself asking.

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  • You asked how can you live peacefully knowing that your words might be used against you. I don't believe you can, and I also don't believe you ever truly could. But I also don't believe that is a reason to self-censor.

  • Sincere questions I find myself asking.

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  • how can i live peacfully knowing that i can be suspected of anything just because i made a joke here or said something there?

    You've never been able to say things publicly (or, since the internet, publish something that the entire world can read) and expect to be shielded from the consequences. There is always a risk that comes with speaking freely, especially if powerful people perceive your words as a challenge to their power.

    The erosion of privacy protections is a reason to despair, but it is also a reason to speak more.

  • Adding PieFed/Lemmy to lists of privacy options could raise awareness of its existance

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  • "Teach the debate" right. The facts are the facts no matter what you feel about them. Please leave me alone.

  • Adding PieFed/Lemmy to lists of privacy options could raise awareness of its existance

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  • Yesterday I caught you spreading disinformation to promote a for-profit social media company. Today you're here with disinformation about Lemmy.

  • Adding PieFed/Lemmy to lists of privacy options could raise awareness of its existance

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  • Privacy is a spectrum. But when 99.99% of userdata is publicly available no responsible person could call that service "private".

  • Adding PieFed/Lemmy to lists of privacy options could raise awareness of its existance

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  • I'm going to be THAT guy and point out that while Piefed and Lemmy instances have much better incentive structures to be good to their users they are very much NOT private and on the default instance setup nearly all data collected is publicly available.

    EDIT: Many people in this comment section don't seem to be understanding that "Lemmy" is not one website like Reddit. Each instance is it's own thing entirely and there is ZERO guarantee than a given instance isn't using hidden trackers. This is NOT a defense of Reddit or a criticim of Lemmy software which is very good. But it is a fact and you should be wary of the motivations of anyone claiming that "Lemmy" is private or similar.

  • There's a good chance a new color Kindle is dropping soon

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  • Oh nice is this your site? I'll check it out. Just read the Boox review and it's intriguing!

  • Signal president Meredith Whittaker: ‘In technology, it’s way too easy for marketing to replace substance. That’s what’s happened with Telegram’

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  • Ha! That's on me for not reading until the end, thanks for that.

  • There's a good chance a new color Kindle is dropping soon

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  • Was not impressed with it's Kaleido 3 screen. It looks great at first glance but the sharpness/greyness just does not compare. A monochrome carta 1300 screen is the best for reading, imo.

  • Signal president Meredith Whittaker: ‘In technology, it’s way too easy for marketing to replace substance. That’s what’s happened with Telegram’

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  • That's a good quote, I know she didn't mean it this way, but it made me think of LLM chatbots. They have no substance beyond their power to convince. They're basically pure marketing machines.

  • On discourse and decentralisation

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  • On discourse and decentralisation

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  • Sonetimes i feel like its a lot of work to stick with linux

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  • I agree, atomic distos have allowed me to make the switch and are better and easier than windows and even macos.

  • On discourse and decentralisation

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  • On discourse and decentralisation

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  • On discourse and decentralisation

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