GadgeteerZA

u/GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org
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I think it is more that in some countries, the culture is not to really talk much about religions, politics, etc. The theory being there is no real right or wrong that can be proven, and it really ends up being one's own opinion (arguments that can't be won). I tend to rather look at the outcomes of any behaviour, and rather than label it as being a priest or an Atheism who has abused a child, I'd condemn the behaviour itself. As the Christian religion says (applying to Christians too) let him (or her) who is blameless cast the first stone. Humans are humans, and someone's politics or religion makes them no better than anyone else, despite them thinking so ;-)

I've clocked well over 100 hours on Snowrunner in Steam Games, and now started Red Dead Redemption 2. I mainly play simulators, and many of the fames are actually Windows games, but Steam with Proton seems to be handling them just fine.

What the big subreddits don't realise is, on Fediverse many of their subreddits have not yet been recreated. If they don't do it, someone else will and then they come in as just contributors. So may be in their interests to actually establish a presence, and gauge how much take-up they get.

on Best backup for Linux? · c/foss · 2 pts · 3y

I've tried alternatives but I've stuck with LuckyBackup even though there have not been any updates for a while:

  1. It's rsync based - which is updated
  2. It has masses of GUI options including various include/exclude options, pre- and post-commands, etc.
  3. It's simple - I can browse inside the backed files and see what is going on, or just restore back one or two files.
  4. It updates cron itself.

Yes it is an "assumption" with Chinese companies, but the broken part is where US companies have been caught selling private information not only to 3rd parties but also to the US government. This TikTok evidence still needed to see cross-examination in court as the person stating it, was an ex-employee. We can't say it has not happened, but I prefer to judge after something is actual court evidence.

on Whatsapp vs Telegram · c/privacy · 1 pts · 3y

Which is why I've lost online contact with a handful of my family. I don't get the mentality of only using one messenger. It's not like SMS, you can have 10 messengers installed.

on Whatsapp vs Telegram · c/privacy · 2 pts · 3y

My choice is easy: Certainly not WhatsApp as their T&C state they pass metadata up to Facebook. Telegram I'm pretty happy with, as I like their silent send / scheduled send, and also massive groups (like my community has a group on it). I'm happy with their being banned more than once, that they're not actually selling user data.

But I also use Signal, Briar, Threema, Nostr, XMPP with OMEMO, etc depending on who I'm connected with.