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ben_dover ,

another strong “yes” from me. my wired headset has much better speech quality than bluetooth ones. i didn’t upgrade my phone since the new Pixels dropped the headphone jack, instead i fixed the screen and battery and keep it another couple of years

ben_dover ,

yes it looks like a con that’s common on twitter - “omg if my boyfriend would get me this for Christmas, i’d marry him” and then a link to an overpriced item on etsy or similar, that you can get off aliexpress or even amazon for cheap.

same here, found the exact same product on aliexpress for half the price

ben_dover ,

NextDNS works wonders on my phone, system-wide

ben_dover ,

NextDNS allows you to configure a lot of different blocklist, including the adguard one. other than that it works just the same. but i agree, for ease of use adguard dns might be just enough

ben_dover ,

pi hole is nice, glad you’re happy with it :)

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ben_dover ,

the server can store metadata though. who you’re texting, when, how often, etc. - and store that indefinitely. or even store the encrypted message, and when a flaw in the encryption is discovered 10 years later, they’re all readable. their servers could be breached and that info could be siphoned by criminals selling it to the highest bidder.

signals blog had an interesting post about what they’re doing to prevent these issues

ben_dover ,

Zachary did quite alright, considering the shoes he had to fill

ben_dover ,

… and they’ve removed all images from the site too 🙈

ben_dover ,

if you actually use the metric system, millimeter would become that “singular name” you memorize for a certain length. but you could also tell from the name alone what’s it about roughly, squajibbles on the other hand…

ben_dover ,

i’ve brought it up with different engineers, everyone said it’s basically impossible, it is just too strong

ben_dover ,

i’ve found Usenet to be cumbersome at times, Debrid it is for me

ben_dover ,

somehow i’ve been expecting the link to bring me back to this post, a bit disappointed now

Apple TV vs Firestick for pirated movies and series?

(Repost ish, from Technology), So I just bought a new telly and to my surprise, not, the OS is rather bad and has very limited amount of apps. Therefore I’ll invest further in either Apple TV or the Firestick. Anyone got any recommendations, tips or hot takes on this in terms of pirated content? Which is more accessible and I...

ben_dover , (edited )

Chromecast with googletv 4k + stremio + torrentio plugin + debrid subscription

hands down the best experience if you don’t want to meddle with plex and just watch things netflix-style.

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