Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)S

steel_for_humans

@ steel_for_humans @piefed.social

Posts
6
Comments
50
Joined
3 wk. ago

  • Manufacturers want you to say goodbye to small phones once and for all

    Jump

  • I had an iPhone 5 for a few years, it was the perfect size for me. When Apple enlarged their smartphones with iPhone 6 I jumped back to Android because I had more options there. I went back to iPhone 11 Pro because it was again on the smaller side. After years of rejecting >=6'' phones I finally gave in with Pixel 8 and Pixel 10...

  • Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

    Jump

  • Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

    Jump

  • My only issue is with banking apps and our national ID app which is very useful. I know some work, but I haven't seen all that I have listed, so I would have to be the guinea pig :) I actually have an older Pixel phone with a shattered screen, I was planning to have it repaired, so I guess that's where I can test GrapheneOS safely.

  • [App] I made a Circle to Search alternative that works on any Android (with multiple search engines)

    Jump

  • Great idea! However, something bothers me. From F-Droid:

    This app relies on catbox.moe to upload images and Google, Bing, Yandex, TinyEye, Perplexcity and ChatGPT for search.

    I am not familiar with that service, so I went to the website and looked at FAQ:

    How long does Catbox keep files for?Forever. If you don't want your file to stick around until the heat death of the universe, use Litterbox.

    Are you (F)(L)OSS? no.

    Not sure what it is exactly but having my uploaded files stored in some obscure database until the heat death of the universe does not fill me with trust.

    I have a Pixel phone and used the screen scanning tech (forgot how it's called, but it's the same feature, I believe) for OCR to copy the WiFi password from a photo of the sticker that's on the router and of course it immediately sent that password to Google and run the search, ugh. I don't want to send my WiFi password to some website I never even heard about, either.

    Can you explain how it works?

  • WhatsApp is now testing its subscription service, here's what you get and how much it costs

    Jump

  • Signal and Telegram both offer comparable functionality without mandatory recurring fees

    Telegram introduced a subscription named Telegram Premium a few years ago. You get similar functionality there -- setting colors to your profile or groups that you're part of, custom emojis (including animated ones), custom stickers, an indicator that you're on Premium, custom profile statuses, increased limits for sending files, etc. There's a lot more, I just listed some off the top of my head. They've been pushing people into Premium. Telegram is perfectly usable without that, of course. My favorite Premium feature is that you can require unknown senders to pay a fee to be able to send you a message :D Meanwhile, non-Premium users can get spammed normally.

  • Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

    Jump

  • People learn and change. Always better late than never.

  • DeGoogle Yourself @lemmy.ml
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social

    Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

    www.forbes.com /sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/20/google-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-as-new-update-goes-live/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social

    Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

    www.forbes.com /sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/20/google-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-as-new-update-goes-live/

  • Bitwarden 100% price increase

    Jump

  • I migrated from the US servers to the EU servers and while looking through my settings I noticed that my renewal was $19.80 instead of $12 last year. At first I thought that the EU servers are much more expensive and was upset that support didn't tell me before migration, but it turns out that's just the new price.

  • Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

    Jump

  • Thanks!

  • Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

    Jump

  • May I ask which Hetzner VPS did you choose? I wonder if the Cost-Optimized ones are sufficient. I would be using it with max 2 users, same as you.

  • Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

    Jump

  • If I go with the VPS option I'd like to host Immich instead. But it seems to be hungry for memory, especially with the ML features enabled.

  • Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

    Jump

  • I really don't understand this "Nextcloud does too much" rhetoric, the standard bare metal installation is basically just Files, Photos, Calendar and Contacts

    That's just my impression based on their website, it looks like a business suite, but I'm probably looking at it wrong. Thank you, the part about the database is important.

  • Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

    Jump

  • A bonus question regarding the 3-2-1 backup strategy. If my VPS is in Germany, but I spin up a Storage Box in Finland, that falls within the boundaries of "off-site backup", even if both are managed by Hetzner. What do you think? It's just easiest to setup, I guess. Otherwise I need another cloud provider (perhaps some S3 object storage).

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social

    Trying to decide between Hetzner Storage Share (managed Nextcloud) and Hetzner Cloud (VPS)

  • Where to buy cheap HDDs in EU?

    Jump

  • I was looking at this self-hosting guide and scratching my head in confusion. They say $80 nets you a 4TB HDD. Meanwhile, in my country that costs more like $220+. Yes, for an HDD, not SSD (that would be more like way over $500). I see the guide has been updated this year, so either the US lives in another world or nobody has updated the pricing.

  • Piefed.social will be offline for maintenance this weekend, for an hour or so

    Jump

  • I bought a Storage Box from them this month. I need to backup somewhere and I've seen them recommended many times. I need a reputable provider in the EU. If somebody has better propositions, let me know.

    If I may ask, I saw a Donate link on PieFed, I actually plan to use it if I stay (my account is just a couple weeks old), I guess there's not enough donations to cover the costs?

  • Is there some privacy concern on using Firefox Sync to sync history across devices? I mean can I trust it?

    Jump

  • When apps just get it...

    Jump

  • Voyager is free.

  • Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter launches on September 17 worldwide | RPG Site

    Jump

  • Are they planning to remake the 3rd, though? Last time I checked they were pondering skipping to Crossbell. I hope not because I'm stuck on 3rd, dungeon crawlers are not my thing. I played for a couple chapters and just can't force myself. I'm at the point where you need to split the party into two teams.

  • Claude: papers please?

    Jump

  • I meant that I can buy one of those Radeons dedicated to AI work, like the ASRock Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator 32GB GDDR6. If I need to.

    Currently my Ryzen iGPU is all I need, because all I need is to see the graphical desktop environment on my screen ;) It does the job well.

    I use Claude Code as well and I am slightly concerned with that ID verification news, even more so because of the technology partner that they chose.

  • Claude: papers please?

    Jump

  • Say I have a GPU with 32GB VRAM and I am on Linux, what local LLM would be good for coding?

    Currently I just have an iGPU ;) but that's always an option, albeit a very expensive one.

  • Android @lemmy.world
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social

    Can somebody recommend an app to remove the EXIF metadata from photos?

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social

    I'm questioning the privacy focused choices that I made

  • Linux Questions @lemmy.zip
    steel_for_humans @piefed.social
    SOLVED

    My PC is making a high pitched noise (like coil whine) only under Linux