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Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•The Productivity Paradox: Why Technology Makes the Economy More Efficient But Most People No RicherEnglish
105·4 days agoLet me guess:
It’s because all the money goes to billionaires.
Edit: Pretty much what it says. It’s more detailed than that but yeah. Labourers get less, more value is attributed to capital (buildings, land) and collected by the rich.
If only I could see imgur posts
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•I am super nervous, so close to jumping to GrapheneOS.
0·7 days agoMade the jump last week.
The only thing I miss is Android Pay, but it’s not a big deal. Cards are fine, you’ll just need to remember your wallet.
I did find I had a problem with my work 2FA app, but that’s their problem to solve, not mine. Maybe they’ll give me a 2FA USB key.
A few pieces of advice:
- Don’t forget to back up any apps with local data that support it. You won’t get your app data back from the play store. Many FOSS apps have built-in backup optioms to files etc.
- Back up your phone logs and SMS if that’s valuable to you, and ideally make sure the backup works on another device.
- Install GCam to keep the same level of camera quality and features as the original app provides. I recommend BigKaKa’s versions for good compatibility with Pixels, though they can get a little cluttered.
- Do install both the Play Store and Play Services if you want to use any Google app like YouTube or Maps (even some non-Google ones will need it). Then use a more private app store like Aurora and remove all permissions from the Play Store to strike a good middle-ground.
- The Fossify apps are great alternatives to the imo not very good stock apps preinstalled on LineageOS.
Sometimes the conspiracy theorists pop out of their echo chamber and make a statement that seems reasonable and widely accepted to them but can only be believed if you first believe 17 layers of propaganda, leaps of logic and generally brainrot. Usually all fed to them by bigots and billionaires.
Then are then surprised by normal people clowning on them and instead of reflecting, they just tell themselves they know something the normies don’t and that makes them special.
I mean, they’re right. It’s a very well explained problem and claims question.
I guess here the “funny” is that the researcher did not consider this when writing questions, but it’s not particularly surprising.
I don’t trust anything this government does. They always find a way to pick the worst choice for everyone but themselves and their rich backers.
Even if they never abuse these powers (unlikely, given their track record), what’s to stop the next government from abusing them?
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cableEnglish
4·15 days agoOur Pixel ⚒️🎵
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•One billion identity records exposed in unsecured ID verification database | Biometric Update
0·24 days agoThe source for this article is another article, which tbh is a better article:
https://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/
That article does not itself have a source link, but it does show some redacted sample data and a breakdown of what countries are affected.

Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?”
0·24 days agoIs this actually targeted at the UK?
It’s a super American ad. Everyone sounds American, we don’t really have drive thru’s like this etc.
In terms of message it’s spot on for both the UK and US though. Especially prescient given the Flock stuff going on in the US right now.
EDIT: From the article, it sounds like this has been used in a few places, but the UK is the only one that has banned it. The reasoning behind the ban is laughable.
It looks like there’s a longer version available on the site, but it’s broken for me.
Wait, this is real? I thought this was a joke…
Like “Back in my day, bananas were bright purple, but that breed died out.”
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Synology RAM - a shitpost of its own kind
0·26 days ago16GB
Best I can do is $50. Take it or leave it.
Edit: Oh, it’s DDR4. $30.
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizensEnglish
1·1 month agoGiven that only 22 noncitizens over the course of like 10 years (can’t remember the exact statistic) tried to vote, the way to get the best accuracy would be to just hard code the answer to “yes, they can vote”. Then you get over 99.99% accuracy.
Armand1@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Torrenting is not allowed on WindscribeEnglish
0·11 months agoI use Mullvad for their privacy. Not sure if they would fit your needs.


Well the economic incentive from Signals point of view is that it allows them to steal users. Its a lot easier to switch if you don’t have to drag 100% of people off a platform. Look up adversarial interoperability if you’re interested. It’s how Facebook got big in the first place.
As for Meta, the only thing they would gain is less scrutiny from regulators as Gatekeepers.