countrypunk

joined 10 months ago
[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Windows kept shoving their stupid Edge browser down my throat. Tried every way to remove it and it kept popping back up like malware. Kept annoying me with "upgrade to Windows 11 popups." I've used windows 11 on other people's laptops and was flabbergasted that there were ads on paid software. In addition to that I heard 10 will stop getting security updates next year so I bit the bullet and switched to mint full time. It's worked well for me so far.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

A lot of people on Lemmy are also on matrix, which is an FOSS alternative to discord.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Won't somebody help the poor poor shareholders crying in their yachts?

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's insane that they have so much power to begin with

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yup. I've had the same issue with invidious. Hope it'll get fixed soon. Freetube works for now.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Interestingly enough I tried whatismyip on both my main and secondary profile and they both showed the same IP and location

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've only got about a month left that I have to use it. Would prefer to use a separate profile as opposed to a web browser so I wouldn't have to sign in all of the time + get flagged as a bot because of my VPN. I have tried webapp sandboxing but it hardly worked and broke most things.

 

As per my previous post regarding Instagram, it was suggested to me to add it to a separate profile on grapheneOS. I have a couple of questions about it:

1.) Does the VPN on my main profile apply to my secondary profile

2.) Do I even need a VPN on my second profile if the only thing on it is Instagram and most permissions are off

3.) Is there a way to transfer selected images/files to the secondary profile

Any other tips for limiting Instagram's tracking are welcome as well. EXCEPT for "Instagram bad get rid of it." I am already aware of that.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have an old-ish dumb TV. Just look around on something like Craigslist and you've got a good chance of finding one

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have heard mixed things about instander

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have gotten some people on signal but I will have to wait to try and get more on it. I've also heard that there's privacy issues with signal but even if the allegations are true it's a big step up from Instagram. I'm hoping to mainly use signal and my self-hosted matrix server in the future.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

None of my matrix friends are on Instagram and vice versa

 

I want to preface this by saying that yes, I know that Instagram is bad. I am planning to get rid of it in the future but as of now I have to keep it for communication with people who are only on that platform.

So I have grapheneOS, use protonvpn (free version), use mull as my browser, and do not have google play services enabled on my phone. I do have some apps downloaded through aurora store such as Instagram, whatsapp, mychart, and mint mobile, but the rest came from f-droid.

I have noticed multiple times that after having private conversations on matrix, I get Instagram content in my feed that is scarily accurate to the conversation I had on the other platform immediately after. I know that things discussed in Instagram direct messages and group chat will give suggested content based on those conversations, but I get stuff that that is very specific to what I have ONLY discussed on matrix and didn't look up via my browser.

So my question is how is Instagram doing this and what can I do to mitigate the spying it's doing on my other apps. Thanks.

 

Hey y'all,

I stumbled across this free extensive course on permaculture by Oregon state university on YouTube. Thought y'all might be interested.

 

This can be the way things are taught, who are the teachers, what a school day would look like, where classes are taught, what things what look like, etc.

 

I use Fish Emulsion Fertilizer a lot in my own garden. It's organic, and most importantly WORKS. You typically use it for plants bearing fruit (such as tomatoes, watermelon, squash) and not leafy vegetables (spinach, Swiss Chard, etc). It makes the fruits a lot tastier from my experience. I typically buy it from my local farmer's CO-OP, but it's not an uncommon find elsewhere.

Here's a helpful guide on using it: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/using-fish-emulsion.htm

 

This is a good introductory article for Solarpunk. If someone asks you "What is Solarpunk?" this is a good place to start.

 

I've been thinking about Solarpunk spiritualities/philosophies. Not gonna use the word religion here to avoid the negative connotations of that.

I've been practicing druidism way before I ever discovered solarpunk, and I feel like the two are very compatible with each other. Love of nature, do no harm to others, fluid and evolving, open to interpretation.

Any other ideas about already existing spiritual philosophies that are compatible with solarpunk?

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