Great list! And just to add a bit:

yt-dlp is indeed insanely powerful, and works for way more than just YouTube, for both audio(music) and video. Supported sites

LocalSend is supported on all platforms, and is perfect for situations where you traditionally use a USB to move files.

I find this question quite fascinating: Culturally, there are countries where this gets asked indeed as a form of greeting, not a genuine question.

In Slavic countries, I feel like if you get asked this question, it’s generally considered to be of genuine interest, and you’ll get a genuine reply. Nothing offensive or informal about saying “Things are bad.” or “I feel bad.”, or any variant of such.

This might be my perception however, and feel free to correct me. I myself think that if someone asks how I’m doing, I have no need or responsibility to “remain positive/pleasant”.

This is such a unique gaming experience given by Hideo Kojima, and this clearly shows how much people enjoy it. I’m here considering buying it for my PC too, as it’s just THAT good!

As I commented in a different thread: Despite the origin being in memes and generally unserious content, and this being a fringe group which few have heard of, the sentiment of potentially creating a place for those who are considered Russian enough to be excluded/segregated from Estonian society, but also do not want to be part of Russia, is understandable.

Nevertheless, a new state is probably never going to be a serious possibility, nor should it be. Estonians still have a way to go in regards to segregation of Russian-Estonians however… I know someone who is Estonian, but had to change their name to mitigate the amount of prejudice they were exposed to, as the name was Russian in origin.

What post are you referring to? And could you link us to the relevant discussion(s) that sparked this post in the first place?

A little bit meta, but I’m fascinated by the vote ratio of your post and comments. Makes me wonder if there’s anything personal going on here… And from what I can tell here on Lemmy, I perceive you as a level-headed person.

Right, honestly forgot about that. Not something I use personally, but hear a lot of buzz about. Anyhow, could a good thing be then to support companies like Fairphone, who sells their phones with e/OS/ already installed? I’ll try and recommend it to my friends, if that is the case.

Will other custom ROMs still allow for sideloading? Like PostmarketOS, e/OS/, LineageOS etc.?

I share your interest, and crossposted to !linux@sh.itjust.works and !linux@sopuli.xyz.

His Japan & family vlogs are also really chill - he has become much more chill and proper. If you remember him from when he got big on YouTube 10 - 15 years ago, he was a completely different person!

I’m sorry that you had to go through that, and I must emphasize that I do not wish to “let” anyone be exposed to this. However, I remain unconvinced that it’s “more common than I think”. The amount of sexual assault that women are exposed to is unfortunately far, far more common, and a bigger problem that should take precedence in being dealt with.

Don’t take my word for it; look it up. But here, I’ll save you some time by spending my own:

https://worldmetrics.org/false-rape-allegations-statistics/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/191137/reported-forcible-rape-cases-in-the-usa-since-1990/

https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/media/pdfs/sexualviolence-brief.pdf

Say out of 140 000 reports of rape in one year, 4% are false. That leaves us with 5600 false accusations. And according to the survey shown by CDC, there’s an estimated 1.4 million women raped in 12 months.

Here: https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/media/pdfs/sexualviolence-brief.pdf

Men have so much less reason to fear compared to women. This is not saying they have nothing to fear, but the measures taken by uber is an attempt to protect those who are MUCH more prone to sexual assault and harassment.

The fear of accusations is not covered in this survey, nevertheless, if men feel fearful of accusations, imagine what women feel when they fear actually being sexually assaulted.

It might be considered sexist, depending on who you ask.

The amount of males being falsely accused of sexual assault is much lower than the amount of females being exposed to sexual assault. Hence why there has been provided a measure for women at this scale, and not for men.

Unsure about the “need”, but with current systems, less people would be beneficial in a multitude of ways, indeed, as long as it’s a somewhat controlled reduction. The first thing to suffer is the business model based on infinite expansion, which if they follow other countries’ trend, they will start to cry about to the government pretty soon, demanding efforts into increased reproduction. (Like Japan making alcohol cheaper for youth, and China making condoms more expensive.)

Cool! I know there are a couple of communities for general language learning, so I’m fascinated to see one specific for my native language! I hope it will be successful!

We are breeding idiots.

A lot to unpack here, but the primary reason is that “everyone” survives, is led into adulthood, and encouraged to start a family. From an evolutionary standpoint, we don’t have any sort of filter who gets to live and breed, and no “survival of the fittest”. This is not only about childbirths, but also about who breeds (and raises) children.

Eugenics is not bad in of itself, but people consider it bad because they fear it will be forced upon them by racist/ableist powers. (Remember, a mother (and father) who chooses to abort if there is something bad unveiled through tests are also doing eugenics.)

Not saying we haven’t had this “problem” in the past, nor that we have to do something about it. It’s more a statement that we have a lot of idiots around…

It’s the exact same angle, but this helps. I’m now convinced this is not AI.

Thanks for proving me wrong! It’s hard not to be skeptical of videos these days…

Is it just me, or does it look AI generated? Here are the things that look off:

• The wind is blowing the flag, but not her hair (it remains perfectly still for the entire duration).
• The tree leaves in the background look like they are phasing/blending when they move with the wind?
• The woman holding the phone in the right of this video seems to be attempting to record, but is not pointing the camera in a reasonable direction?
• There is almost nothing going on in the video apart from the main character.
• They are standing in the woods with speakers at a rally?? Why not in the city? And even a park in the city should have some cityscape in the background?
• Did this happen recently? Green leafy trees are not in season in France yet, I believe? Didn’t see the timestamp; it’s from 13th of May 2025.
• Behind the woman that is trying to film, there is a flag in the beginning to the video that seems to walk away by itself? And towards the end of the video the woman behind the woman recording is walking away the same direction, and you can see her head (height disparity with whoever would potentially be carrying the aforementioned flag).

Anyone have other independent sources on this event?

Edit: Added things that looks weird.

Edit 2: Alright, this is not AI. It’s unfortunate one has to be so skeptical, but that’s the world we now find ourselves in…

Yeah, there’s no way to be completely sure or safe, for better or worse.

But even if it’s not your own child, it takes a village. So if you are able to, as a safe and healthy individual yourself, you should hang out with the kid and talk about this stuff, and also converse with the parent about the child. I think with all this, there’s not a particularly big need of technological intervention. Although some simple restrictions don’t hurt.

Edit: Actually, I just recalled there being family-friendly DNS! This could be a good and simple measure for adventurous browsing. It doesn’t do anything for the content already on social media however.

There are plenty of apps that both provide restrictions upon the device as well as insight into how the device is used. But ultimately, IMHO, nothing beats open and transparent communication with your kid. Make sure they feel safe with you, and that they can share anything with you and you’d still be on their side. This way, they won’t have any reason to hide things from you, in fear of undesirable consequences. With this, the parent also has to actively engage in these conversations, not expect the kid to bring up everything of possible concern.

There are also parental control built-in with several apps. And on iPhones and Androids there’s already one available where you can do things like limit screen time, prevent app installs, and prevent opening selected apps.

When applying any restriction upon a kid, make sure to talk with them about it so they understand why you are doing what you’re doing. It is not because you think they can’t handle the freedom, but because with the freedom comes a massive responsibility to prevent harm upon both yourself and others. This is often more effective than any tech monitoring and restriction, IMHO.

If you’re asking about how to prevent them from accessing certain sites, there are some options, but they are easily circumventable.

Ultimately though, the internet is an unsafe place, where even places considered safe and mundane can turn out harmful. Open communication is key.