illegally annexed… Hong Kong

what

Like I can get not agreeing with it but illegally annexed how do you expect to be taken even a little seriously

I don’t see how the thinkpad fingerprint readers are any more or less secure than the four digit pins we can use instead

It depends. I really like the ability to flesh something out into a longer format - especially book adaptations. Not that there isn’t space for 2 hours and under films, but the rise of high production TV series that aren’t meant to go on forever IMO has been net positive.

Nice showerhead? Looks like a cheap crap one. What’s your standard - a bare pipe?

I don’t understand people who won’t embrace password managers. I don’t know my password. It’s as long as can be and different everywhere.

Though my work won’t let us use biometrics to sign into our work laptops for some reason. So as a workaround I have my own keyboard that I created a macro for such that if I hit a certain key combo it types my login for me. Secure? No. But if someone knew to even check that (extremely unlikely) and then actually stole my keyboard to do so then I have much bigger problems than whatever lame shit they think they’re gonna get on my work laptop. Also I take the keyboard home every day.

from nokia candybars and palm pilots to having a an always on camera, microphone, location and wifi sensor controlled by foreign advertising companies

We could build things with all that tech outside of those group’s control. That’s what brought you here to the Fediverse isn’t it?

For example I like Smart Home stuff. I’ve got dozens of devices I can control through my phone or automations etc around my house. My lights even. But I only like it because I control it thanks to FOSS stuff like Home Assistant. It’s local. Not reliant on external servers and works exactly how I like. If you bought cheap-o wifi gadgets that all rely on 20 different apps you’d have a really shitty experience and all your data harvested and your lights not turning on because whatever company shut down.

We can take control of phone tech in a similar way. Unfortunately I doubt we will as a whole but I think it may be possible for the more technically minded to carve out a small niche in the hellscape.

Most Android apps can be run under a mini-VM in the Linux systems I’ve tried - but some apps won’t function well that way (banking, NFC tickets, etc)

(non-Android) Linux phones aren’t really ready for daily driving even for relatively advanced users - but it looks like we’re gonna have to deal with it anyhow

Hell yeah

I’ve been a Lemmy admin for over 2 years and browse daily. I usually sort by top -> 6 hours but I’ve never seen this

Buddy I’ve literally never had to say this online but uh

Touch grass

There’s still “IRS Free File”, which is a different thing where you have to go through a middle man to get it while they try their damndest to “upgrade” you to the paid version. And presumably they got some kind of money from the US gov either way.

Direct File was a sane program that cut them out and let people file their taxes completely directly. The leeches lobbied against it.

Sigh. I used Direct File last year and it was great. Back to FreeTaxUSA I guess. The least shitty option I’m aware of.

Oh there’s still “IRS Free File”, which is a different thing where you have to go through a middle man to get it while they try their damndest to “upgrade” you to the paid version. And presumably they got some kind of money from the US gov either way.

Direct File was a sane program that cut them out and let people file their taxes completely directly. The leeches lobbied against it.

Yes, any further questions?

Lemmygrad isn’t full of natsocs though? They’d get banned on sight no warning. Where the hell is this coming from?

Maybe you don’t like them but this is just complete slander.

“Unclear who is right”

No it’s pretty clear, out with the colonizer government. How is this a question?