Yeah. “EU wants this, EU wants that” - bullshit, the EU has no will of its own. A set of politicians within the EU, on the other hand.

Training LLMs is not surveillance. As long as the platform doesn’t need to know who I am I’m good.

(Though I wish it wasn’t used by capitalists for anything, obviously)

The entire sky is a carpet of stars. There’s not an empty spot - there’s always a smaller, fainter star to see. It’s crazy.

Lol, no, “the movement” is frowned upon by some because they want to finish up their genocide in peace.

America will soon be the only country in the security council not to recognize Palestine. This is America’s genocide, not only Israel’s. So of course some folks in America will be a bit touchy about people criticizing it.

Some red paint on a building is pretty mild compared to, I don’t know, genocide? Whoever is more upset by this than by every single truck refused entry to or bomb dropped in Gaza needs to take a long hard look at themselves.

I grew up in a green-ish area of this map in Norway, and in Winger it gets pitch black. If theres even faint aurora in tje North we can see it behind the house.

For sure there is some light pollution - we don’t draw the curtains in the evening - but it’s pitch black by any standard observable by humans.

That’s the hardest part, I guess.

Launching their own nazi chatbot hardly counts as “failure to act”.

Yeah, it would be wonderful if that symbol could eventually be reclaimed. Seems a bit far off though. Would English speakers know what you refer to if you say hakenkreuz?

In my native tongue it’s called hakekors, and I speak some German, so I’m not in a position to assess how understandable it would be to folks who only speak English.

Yeah, the one playlist I missed I had shared with friends. Just haven’t bothered them about it yet :)

I generally listen more to albums than playlists though, so playlists don’t make all that much of a difference.

Emad Salem, an FBI informant and a key witness in the trial of Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, and Wali Khan Amin Shah, stated that the bomb itself was built under supervision from the FBI. During his time as an FBI informant, Salem recorded hours of telephone conversations with his FBI handlers. In tapes made after the bombing, Salem alleged that an unnamed FBI supervisor declined to move forward on a plan that would have used a “phony powder” to fool the conspirators into believing that they were working with genuine explosives.

Ah, America.

Oh yeah. Circulating random swastika-labelled push notifications talking about a sickness that “aflicks (?) all Jews” is a pretty big no-no in most, if not all, of the civilized world.

Beware of increasingly white supremacists.

NEW - Solar geoengineering researchers conspired to hide tests to dim the Sun to “avoid scaring” the public.

aha.

Anyway, nice to see the famous Substack network effects in full swing.

Yeah, except that I deleted my Spotify account before making the switch and lost all my playlists. :(

There was a sudden failure of the motherboard as far as I can tell, which was a bit disappointing. Suddenly there was just no response. I haven’t taken it to a repair shop yet to see if they can do anything about it.

It had been subject to some abuse up until that point, but I’m not sure exactly why it failed. My smartphones rarely lasted me very long, so I think the FP3 still lasted about twice as long as any other smartphone I have ever had (I had to change the charging port once after extreme rain).

So all in all I was pretty happy with the FP3, but I am expecting the FP5 to last me longer.

Truly decentralized music streaming? 🏴‍☠️

And curated playlists rather than AI slop.

No, I jumped from 3 to 5.

I’ve heard the FP4 might not have the best battery life, which was a strong argument for me to go for the 5 instead. Overall it seems to me people like every new generation better than the last.

What’s pulling you towards the FP4? Price? I’m sure it’s a perfectly capable device, and should remain so for a while - if my FP3 didn’t die I could have used it for a few years more for sure.

Bummed out that I had to upgrade to a FP5 recently - this looks great. Oh well, at least I can use external monitors with the USB C. :)

I switched to Qobuz and I like it much more than I liked Spotify. Only real complaint is having to use their web client in Linux.

I don’t stream, but I’m thinking of learning how to use torrents. More ethical than Apple or Amazon.

I had to fix some iCloud stuff for an ex, it was an absolute nightmare to deal with. I guess mileage varies. I couldn’t be happier with Nextcloud.

That said, I’m happy there are people who don’t want to sacrifice comfort on here. That’s a really good sign.