I want to take a minute to be thankful for the privilege this platform grants us to follow unrestricted an uncensored @Snowden
If you are not 100% aware of the relevance and implications of this event, please consider listening to the following podcast series.
You will hopefully gain a new or renewed appreciation and sense of responsability for the defining time we are living in.
#podcasts #snowden #privacy
Infinity for Reddit also switched to subscriptions to keep up with #reddit #API updates, so it's dead on #fdroid
nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z just installed amethyst, is there no feed that combines posts and replies together? I like having just one combined and scrolling rhough...
#plebstr does what you want. Also faster and prettier than #amethyst but not as featureful.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plebstr.client
"fun" only if you won't he happening to live in #argentina in the next couple of ~~years~~ decades.
https://fountain.fm/clip/EMKUY87rwgQcktUM4fdv
#fountain clip from #GoodMorningLiberty on Javier Milei and a sweet audio clip from an interview. Go Javier! Libertad! Vas a ganar en Octubre!
#grownostr #argentina #liberty #libertad #politics
If #milei wins next month's #argentina presidential elections by the same margin as last month's primary election, he'll be elected president in the first round. Still a huge governability challenge ahead given #argentina decades of socialist populism.
nostr:npub1dd2s3yhcnz45huj02r004v0hh72axl4akrm08eav2sfrjw5pqhxq04lvc5 π oh, frameworks. I'm a super vanilla guy when it comes to web dev stuff. That's why I only do it as a hobby. That shit drives me nuts. Like, I'm not learning fuckin React. Even Tailwind I'm dragging my heels. Am I gonna just do my own CSS? Probably. Website lag. It's like fuckin Flash sites all over again
Jeff G from List.lol went into this topic on Nostr Talks and concluded that nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm was the most likely to build a #nostr web browser. Fascinating stuff.
#podcasts
https://www.curiousdk.com/p/nostr-talks-jeff-g-on-listrlol-and #details
#reddit #API finally killed Infinity for Reddit. #reddit is dead to me. #nostr couldn't have happened at a better time. #puravida
Funny that you ask, because I wanted to post about it already, anyway.
Many years ago, I was a happy owner of a smartphone with an actual physical keyboard. Was the best thing ever. Not a #Blackberry, btw.
Since then, it was apparently "cool" to not ever offer physical keyboards again, but do everything via touch, even if touch was still unreliable back then.
Nowadays, touch has become pretty sophisticated & reliable, but I still don't like how imprecise it is.
I tried a lot of #FLOSS keyboards from #F-Droid, but they are all pretty extremely shitty & I still cannot understand how people are using them. It's too hard to type on them & their predictions are laughable at best.
For example, their touch detection, especially when long pressing keys for symbols, is so off & difficult to tweak.
The worst thing about those keyboards is that they all SUCK ASS when it comes to the usage of different languages. I type in 3 to 5 different languages & if those #Keyboard's even understand the concept of a non-English language, you always have to explicitly switch to that language, rather than being able to type most languages on the same layout & have simultaneous predictions for several languages, all in one.
These are some of the reasons I got used to using a specific proprietary keyboard over too many years, which I block with my #Firewall, so it cannot call home, at all.
Its predictions are amazing & even allows writing some words you are not sure of, because the predictions will lead the way to the correct spelling etc. Unlike your usual #FOSS keyboard, where you are using some stone age thing.
However, even this keyboard isn't ideal, because it's still not great to type on & easy to mistype.
Predictions & #AutoCorrect actually make things worse when you use custom words, because it wants to correct a word that is already fine, but just unknown.
Obviously, it being extremely proprietary, made by a #TooBigToFail #BigTech corporation is also a huuge no-no.
Now, the best part & the moral of the story.
Recently, I found a #FLOSS keyboard app on #F-Droid which finally gives hope. Is it finally an #OpenSource keyboard on #Android, which does not suck ass?
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/
It is explicitly designed to be super fast & easy to type on & so far, I can only confirm that claim.
The only downside for many users is the learning curve. This post was partially written with this & partially with the old one, because I'm still pretty slow with this one & need to practice more.
The other problem is language support. It is designed & optimised for English, nothing more, nothing less.
However, so far it seems to be very great & once you type often enough, all this will get into your muscle memory & you will be able to type without any mistouches whatsoever & you will forget something like predictions exist, because it's so simple & easy to just manually type out all words.
It also may remind you of good old #CellPhone's, which you could wash in your washing machine & they would still work afterwards.
#FreeSoftware #Freedom #GPL #GitHub #TechSupport #Technology #FreeAlternative #Amethyst #ThumbKey #Smartphone #Phone #FuckGoogle #FuckMicrosoft #Degoogle #Privacy #Security #Spyware #Infringement #FuckUSA
Thank you for bringing Thumb-Key to my attention, now my frustration has turned to hope. May I ask if the "propietary keyboard" was Gboard?
I really tried to like Floris, Floris Beta and AnySoft Keyboard. I tried them all for months. They're all still lacking and buggy. Lately I just switched back to stock AOSP keyboard. It sucks too.
But typing this on Thumb-Key now and holy shit my mind is blown! This might be a winner if I commit to it long enough. Thanks nostr:npub1wprtv89px7z2ut04vvquscpmyfuzvcxttwy2csvla5lvwyj807qqz5aqle
#degoogle #fdroid
Typing this on my beloved #xiaomi Mi A2 Lite running #lineageos 20. #grapheneos will never support any of my #xiaomi or #samsung devices, arguably the most popular brands here in the global south.
I'd guess the #fairphone is built with off the shelf parts, so bootloader relocking is most likely out of the question and thus so is official #grapheneos support.
But I agree, a man can dream.
#typescript is dying. Long live #javascript
At what BTC/ARS rate?
Not exactly the same #fairphone experience but why not just choose a supported /e/OS device and just flash it. I'm rocking e.foundation #eOS on my secondhand #xiaomi Redmi Note 8 #ginkgo for a fraction of the price and liking it.
#grapheneos list of supported devices will never be as thorough as #eOS and outside US/EU a #pixel device is just harder to get.
The road to #degoogle is long, just start already.
