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@ otter @lemmy.ca

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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

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  • I'd imagine it's the same as personal finance apps. A spreadsheet can be enough, and it is enough for a lot of people, but a custom app can make things easier:

    • reducing the friction of keeping track
    • built in visualizations
    • alerts
    • integrating the data with other tools

    etc.

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  • Something being FOSS doesn't necessarily mean it's safe / ethical, but a LOT of FOSS apps are designed with those principles in mind.

    However, being FOSS means that if an app claims that it is safe / ethical (ex. In this case, not storing data anywhere but on your device), you or an experienced peer can check the code to verify that fact.

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  • The way she looks over even before he speaks lmao

  • TIL about a bookmarklet that takes you directly to a YouTube video's thumbnail

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  • It actually worked for me, thank you for finding that!

    I also saw the error message where the thumbnail should be:

    But if you click on the time stamp down below, you get an image:

    Pasted the image below:

  • [September 2024] JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms

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  • Good note, I didn't notice that in the original post. I edited the title

  • TIL about a bookmarklet that takes you directly to a YouTube video's thumbnail

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  • Google AI nails it again

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  • I wonder if there is any pattern to those numbers

    edit: ah I didn't notice, thanks all :)

  • Lab Assistant Jobs

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  • Do you use anything to archive content for yourself or others? (research, videos, articles, and anything that could be lost to time or censorship)

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  • There was the attack on the Internet archive recently, are there any good options out there to help mirror some of the data or otherwise provide redundancy?

  • Do you use anything to archive content for yourself or others? (research, videos, articles, and anything that could be lost to time or censorship)

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  • One option that I've heard of in the past

    https://archivebox.io/

    ArchiveBox is a powerful, self-hosted internet archiving solution to collect, save, and view websites offline.

  • How to You Research Vet Products on the Post AI internet?

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  • Reading comments on Lemmy / Reddit mostly. I'm not looking for the top voted answer but rather the points that people mention and considering what's important to me. If possible I also check with friends that might have purchased something similar

    Overtime I'll use Reddit less and less, given that they're now actively telling businesses to take advantage of that effect. Old comments are still ok, but new comments are all suspect

    https://www.business.reddit.com/

    What a mess.

  • What news sources do you follow that offer different political perspectives from your own?

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  • I started using this recently and it seems to work pretty well. I'd love to know more about how they pick out the topics

  • xkcd #3006: Demons

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  • I want to get my kid a better bluetooth mouse / kb combo....

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  • How do you battle depression by your own?

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  • St. John's Wort

    if you take literally any other medicine, please do not take it. It interferes with basically every other drug out there

    Thanks for including that! The link below has some more information on common interactions.

    The list below includes some recognized interactions. However, other drugs may also interact with St. John's wort. Check with your doctor before using St. John's wort in combination with any other drugs, especially prescription medications.

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-st-johns-wort/art-20362212

  • The Tech Coup: A New Book Shows How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance

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  • Research and organized information on a topic, however obvious it might be, is an important step towards policy changes. We also see those changes from time to time, for example some recent EU decisions

  • My blog now has Lemmy comments

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  • My blog now has Lemmy comments

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  • I wonder what happens if a comment is deleted

  • Tinkerers Are Taking Old Redbox Kiosks Home and Reverse Engineering Them

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  • The article also linked to this Mastodon post where someone has been sharing their findings

    https://digipres.club/@foone/113313513964826090

    One potential concern is

    the fact that Redbox machines contain a file that has “a complete list of titles ever rented, and the email addresses of the people who rented them, and where and when.” She also found that the first six and last four digits of credit card information was logged. She said that the records on the particular unit that she was looking at contained 2,471 different transactions and had records on it dating back to 2015.