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@km@babb.no network effect is a serious pain the rear. I am happy that I don't need Github, but I get why leaving it entirely is more complicated than just up and leaving a social network.
@pepdmin
According to what I read you can use it via their own app, or it will appear as an option in your banking app.
I haven't seen a way to use it without an app - yet ?
If it becomes a de facto *you find it everywhere* thing, somebody's bound to be coming up with something (yes, I'm a die-hard optimist)
@pepdmin
I never thought I would say this, but Trump did more for Europe than Schuman 😆 .
Thanks to him most europeans finally realized that the US (or anybody else for that matter) couldn't be trusted, and that we had to rely only on ourselves.
And Europe is never as good as when it gets a good kick in the ass, so initiatives have been flourishing all over:
- getting rid of windows (turn to linux),
- getting rid of Office (create their own fork of onlyoffice, see https://office.eu/ ),
- switching to ODF
- the defense projects
- get rid of Visa/Mastercard
This last one is worth elaborating on, as it received very little press coverage.
Twenty-four (24) trillions dollars go from EU=>US every years via Visa/Mastercard. So getting rid of that means a real hit to the US economy.
It is real or will be between now and 1Q2027 depending where you live in the EU.
In a nutshell, a system had already been set up, but countries were dragging their feet - well no longer.
It is called WERO and is active in FR, DE and BE already (although you may know it by another name like Payconic in Belgium).
As of September it will start in LU and AU and until next year will be behind Bizum in SP, MB-Way in PT, Bancomat in IT, etc (and gradually replace the branding as well).
Read all about it :
https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup-with-visa-and-mastercard-has-begun/
and of course
https://wero-wallet.eu/pay-online
( and of course what we're all waiting for is a system to replace android/iOS, but it will come... )
What about...moving this instance to a...
@francois Thank you and I am also in the same boat as you with Google/Android. I absolutely hate that even though Trump showed the world that it is a really bad idea to make yourself too dependent on external actors - ESPECIALLY Google - is a bad idea. I sincerly hope that this too shall pass in a few years but for now... this dependency is shite.
@francois thanks! The first two things (the bug report and feature request) are already being considered. the first one is being fixed now, the second one is a part of a branch that will be merged later today.
The translate button would require a lot of stuff to be implemented, and would probably bloat the entire project. We'll see if we can find a proper way to implement it without making it too heavy.
@stefano
bug report : web interface : when you are following somebody and click on the following by mistake, a pop-up comes to ask if you want to proceed. If you click cancel, it still unfollows
feature request: somewhere in my profile, it would be nice to be able to turn markdown ON by default. Similarly audience (just checked, language is already there)
feature request: (very long shot and I don't use it myself but a friend of mine does) some instance have a "translate" button. helpful if you follow somebody like me who's generally confused about what language he speaks 🥲
@pepdmin Google and LinkedIn.
You inspired me to get rid of LinkedIn 🎉
LinkedIn = klubben för inbördes beundran
In my Swedish opinion 🤭
@pepdmin
Good for you.
Terminated my linkedin a while ago, and never regretted it.
I've never been into facebook or other twitter, so I have nothing of the kind to get rid of.
The only thing I'd like to part with is google. I have "cleaned" my phone as much as I can, but I have to have android.
Here (Luxembourg) we use one single identification system for everything: bank(s), taxeS, social security, e-health system, etc.
Currently it only runs on android and iOS. We used to have tokens, but they've been retired. I have an alternative solution (the chip in the ID card), but that only works with the card reader on the PC.
So pretty much stuck.
Luckily the system had a bad crash a while ago and the country was paralized for almost 2 days, so the goiv realized a SPOF was not the best solution and they are working on an alternative.
In the meantime...
Hi littleOne friends!
A couple of notes:
- Blog generation support needs to be enabled per user on this instance. If you're interested, let me know and I'll turn it on for you.
- Friends who have a blog now have a badge on their profile page, making the link immediately clear.
- It is now possible to send a DM to a user directly from the webui profile page.
Have a great day!
Getting rid of unneccesary bloat
Or, as we say in German: alte Zöpfe abschneiden (cutting off old braids)
Yesterday I finally put my money where my mouth is and deleted both my #LinkedIn- and #Instagram-accounts.
After years of being annoyed and or getting trapped in yet another cycle of doomscrolling I finally set both accounts for deletion. And boy did that feel good. Like "alte Zöpfe abschneiden" good.
What gave me the final push was a customer of my day job - mind you, I am only an employee of the webhosting company, not the owner or CEO - reaching out to me via a "friend" request in LinkedIn. I didn't even have anything to do with them, didn't connect via prior mails, chats or calls.
And while I do get their frustration it felt like a serious breach of privacy to be contacted that way.
Anywho - I am already looking forward to getting rid of more unneccesary and/or evil bloat and cutting myself off of big tech even more.
What are your "braids" that you still need to get rid of?
nice but
Time.. is H1
and
Greek.. is H2
maybe the difference between the two should be bigger.
this is h1
this is h2
this is h3
this is h4
Time for another test
Greek AND markdown (getting more and more daring here)
Το Markdown είναι καλό και εντάξει, αλλά λειτουργεί και στα ελληνικά;
Το Markdown είναι καλό και εντάξει, αλλά λειτουργεί και στα ελληνικά;
Conclusion
I won't know until I post, will I ? 😆
Thought I'd upload the view from my morning coffee break to the #littlefedi community. Have a good day