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ominouslemon , to technology in For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic

Yep. In-vitro studies are often unreliable. I remember a company that made natural extracts from plants claiming that their extracts killed coronavirus: they had put some coronavirus cells in a vat in contact with the their extract and it killed them.

ominouslemon OP , to technology in The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter

Still, lots of people care about the NYT and Fox News. And I mean LOTS of them

ominouslemon OP , to technology in The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter

My bad! The article on my RSS reader was not paywalled

ominouslemon OP , to technology in The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter

That was the idea. Now it’s pretty much a ghost town, though. It never had a real breakthrough

ominouslemon , to technology in Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.

You know, I used to be very skeptical about this whole thing, like you are. But this is not the first report of this type I see, and I’m not so sure about it being a coincidence anymore

ominouslemon , to technology in Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.

one of the test participants, who talked repeatedly about Volvo, did report that they were bombarded by advertising for the brand. This person did not even own a car, nor had they searched the Internet to buy a Volvo or any other kind of car.

ominouslemon , to world in Google alert failed to warn people of Turkey earthquake

My thoughts exactly. The official announcement does not say anything.

ominouslemon , to nostupidquestions in Why is the Connect Lemmy app trying to track me? (Answered: It isn't)

As a browser? Firefox. The answer is always just Firefox. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s the best in terms of privacy and ethics. It’s not shady like Brave is, it’s not Chromium-based like any other browser, and Mozilla is actively engaged in making the web a better place.

I’ve had the chance to discuss numerous times with people about other browsers, and I honestly don’t get why they always look elsewhere, when Firefox exists.

P.s.: sorry about the tirade, I obviously don’t have anything against you. It’s just that Firefox has existed for 21 years and it has been consistently user-focused and privacy-centric and I really don’t understand why people don’t just use it - maybe because it’s not as new and thus does not look as attractive as other browsers

ominouslemon , to world in Catholic abbot told to cover cross at Western Wall - The abbot was told that the cross worn at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City was "really big and inappropriate for this place."

IDK if that’s really news. I went to the Wall with my (christian) family like 15 years ago and my mother, who was wearing a tiny cross necklace, was asked to hide it

ominouslemon , to technology in Brave's aggressive marketing

I reeeeeaally don’t want to go into that, but no: masks have been proven to be effective, if worn correctly, even non-n95 ones. It’s not a mystery that, if something is in the way of your spit, you’re not going to infect as many people. As for the whole outbreak origin debate, scientists went back and forth between the “wet market” theory and the “lab escape” theory. The last research I’ve seen was pretty confident in the “wet market” theory. No Fauci involved there.

ominouslemon , to technology in Brave's aggressive marketing

There are controversies around Brave itself and also its CEO, Brendan Eich (also inventor of JavaScript and also former Mozilla CEO).

  • Brave was altering search results by adding crypto redirects to links. Source.
  • Eich was forced to resign from Mozilla CEO because he made donations against gay marriage. Also, he basically is a covid conspiracy theorist. Source

You might not care about a company’s CEO behavior, as long as they do a good job. I usually do not. In this case, I can’t help but feel that the whole project is kinda shady.

ominouslemon , to technology in Brave's aggressive marketing

They just don’t know any better. And when you tell them about Brave’s history, they just don’t listen

ominouslemon , to android in Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

with LineageOS from day 1

Same here! I had been living with degoogled ROMs since 2013-ish and I bought the OP5T with the specific intention of using Lineage from day 1.

Nowadays I struggle to find a potential successor: I need a headphone jack (so no Fairphone, unfortunately) and that makes it waaay more difficult. Sony Xperias are probably my best shot

ominouslemon , (edited ) to android in Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

I’m currently using a Oneplus 5T. Released in 2017. Slapped LineageOS on it, and that bad boy is still my daily driver and one of my most prized possessions. I dread the day when it will break, but it’s not yet showing any signs of weakness

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