WhyJiffie

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I agree that it's weird, but I think sharing pronouns in an introduction is different from sharing ethnicity, place of living, and favorite color.
The latter 3 does not matter in a conversation, but the pronouns are always part of conversations: when you're speaking about Greg, you don't repeatedly say their name ("yeah, Greg has came into office half an hour ago, and Greg has been to the fridge, and Greg has prepared Greg's desktop, Greg is playing on the PlayStation since then. You can find Greg in the game room") because that's weird, you instead refer to it in a shorter form after the first time: with pronouns ("yeah, Greg has came into office an hour ago, and he has been to the fridge, and he has prepared his desktop, he is playing on the PlayStation since then. You can find him in the game room")

So my point is that it shouldn't hurt to also include your pronouns, when it's not obvious, because they will be used, and it will probably bother you. And we all (should) know that unhappy people won't be efficient, not just in work but neither in life. Are you a he? You don't want to be called a she either, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Libredirect if you are interested in private frontends to youtube, twitter and such

Violentmonkey if you want to automate websites

Singlefile

Firefox multi-account containers (yes this is an addon), and temporary containers

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Being able to change volume and songs without picking up my phone from pocket is also very convenient.

Wired headsets can do that too

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mostly use bluetooth, but the jack of my phone is not sitting there unused. I have wired headphones too, and I frequently use my phone as a microphone (because it is one) by connecting it to my computer by a jack cable.

Also, the next headphone of mine will probably be wired. Always keeping it charged is not really a problem, but the privacy aspect of Bluetooth has started to disturb me.
With a wired connection, you exactly know and control who connects to your devices, and at the same time you don't announce to the world that you are here.

Also, as I understand you can't use USB-C for audio and charging or data transfer at the same time, or even all 3 at the same time. Is that right?
That is critical functionality for me. Audio is not just entertainment, it could be an online meeting or other things too, and at one point I'll have to change my phone, or transfer files from it. However I don't have a USB-C phone so I can't test it, so I would appreciate if someone could confirm if this is actually the case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This is not the first post where I feel it but I love it so much that we have a lot of people on Lemmy that can talk about things not related to computers!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think any piped instance (but piped.video for sure) has an instance list at the bottom of the page, you could find good ones there too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Tell this to those that were bullied for being themselves. Not just in high school, but as adults. You'll find plenty in the comment section.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Firefox PWAs (via plugin)

What do you mean? Is there a plugin for that?

Firefox Web-Apps over Electron apps

I don't think Firefox's browser engine supports anything like that currently.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I only open reddit when something there comes up in a search result, and even then only through Libreddit.

Honestly I'm still suprised that Lemmy communities are this active, but I'm very happy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It has, I think.

A little different, but I hope you'll see my point.
My family members use netflix on our smart TV. The netflix that says in it's privacy policy that they'll scan your network to know what devices you have.
I have never agreed to that outrageously unacceptable privacy policy, still, my devices are scanned by that garbage service, and by that they have insight on what devices I have, when am I around (at home), the network services that those devices run (any android app can run a network service in the background), and probably the OS along with it's version that your device runs. These information can be quite telling about your personality, your life situation and other private matters.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It's their partner. Maybe OP just wants to get rid of microsoft in their home network and the household, which is not an absurd thing I think.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

These are not conclusions based on the other half, these are distinct facts. Also, if not for this, why would a chromium fork named "ungoogled chromium" exist?

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