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EFF’s browser extension HTTPS Everywhere just got even better! We’ve partnered with DuckDuckGo to incorporate its Smarter Encryption rulesets into HTTPSE, giving users greater coverage for connecting to safer, encrypted versions of the websites they visit. eff.org/press/releases/eff-par

@deesapoetra Thanks. Debian’s stability is really appealing but I want to see how a user repository (e.g. AUR) would be like. And as someone who already experienced a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution, I am willing to explore what else is out there and give them a chance. Aside from that, I should do more research on openSUSE.

@hans_w How has your personal experience been with Manjaro?

I've been on my first GNU/Linux distro for almost 3 months now. I picked Linux Mint (and I am okay with my choice, but I do think about how Manjaro as a first distro would be like), but now I have the need to switch to a different distribution, especially something rolling release.
I do not care about choosing every package that my system will have; I am fine with a little bit of software not being used on my system (This makes the incoming list preferred over Arch Linux). I care about an user distributed package manager (?) being there, such as AUR. I care about installs supporting a Window Manager such as i3. I care about my system not breaking due to an update on the OS (I have heard that this kind of stuff happens on Arch Linux, and that for this reason Manjaro filters the Arch Linux updates and gives a more stable experience (I also heard that they just delay the updates and call it stability).). So with these in mind, I have these distros and Arch Linux installers to choose from:
1- Manjaro
2- ArcoLinux
3- Garuda Linux
4- Endeavour OS
5- Anarchy Linux
I would highly appreciate any suggestion / discussion!

Here is a good summary video about the telemetry being sent to Google and/or Apple as a privacy-conscious consumer: open.lbry.com/@censiCLICK:3/wh

@khird Makes a lot of sense, thanks. I believe I will use it as a basic "like" functionality just as a token of appreciation to a toot, especially since there is an implemented bookmarking feature.

I have noticed that toots are being boosted a lot more than being favourited on Mastodon. I've seen toots with 19 boosts but 0 favourites. Why is that? This contradicts the majority of other social media platforms where people usually like or react but rarely share or repost.

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@olamundo Yup, I don't live in the US (or other countries that use MDY) so I use DD/MM/YYYY too. But since there aren't 14 months, only 1 Pi Day exist and that's in the MM/DD/YYYY format. So as far as it applies to a format, I believe the Pi Day still applies worldwide and it is worth celebrating. Thanks for the welcome!

@olamundo I did not know about the existence of that and I am happy to see that it exists, thanks!

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The board voted unanimously to post the following statement on the FSF website: While our primary mission is freedom for software users, we want to be clear, the FSF board unanimously condemns misogyny, racism,and other bigotry as well as defamation, intimidation, and unfair attacks on free thought and speech.

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one more time for the people in the back.

until end users have un-gated full control over their software, commit access = domination over end users.

3rd party dependencies = giving strangers domination over end users.

Feeling good about the 256 days streak of learning German on Duolingo!

@freemo I think I got it, I meant that by server you could also mean the other instance that is being interacted with. Thanks for the info.

@freemo Which server side? And what would happen after the server-side cache is cleared?

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