[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 months ago

Source? And fyi, if you use Signal you are generating your own encryption keys. Your private keys are generated on your phone and stay on it. So what gives you the idea that

the US government has all the keys

?? Sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

I know! But I don't really have a choice currently; which app would you suggest for tickers / info channels? Mastodon would be an option, but it's not quite the same. Abd I'd first have to convince everyone to use it :/

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I use telegram mainly for info channels and tickers. To my knowledge that's not possible in Signal, because you can't restrict participants to be read-only (right?)

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Telegram without ads? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it's typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won't offer that option and it doesn't seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago

FlorisBoard (at least the beta) is getting there (swiped on FlorisBoard), though it's not quite there yet

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago

Why not use VIM though?

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I've been using metager for some while and really like it. They're also part of an initiative pushing for a free as in freedom search index, so that's nice

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

In my understanding a problem often is that electricity isn't used when renewable electricity sources can provide it. One solution to this is storing it, another (complementary) one is to adjust the usage to times when there is a lot of renewable energy available. This especially makes sense for big consumers (like factories), but a lot of washing machines also sum up to a lot of electricity demand. So we have to adjust to mainly use electricity when it's available via renewable sources, and this thing can hopefully help with that.

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

By saying that it cost around 5€ I meant that the material to build this cost me around 5€. I would happily set them up for free if one gave me the material for free, but the microcontroller and so on do cost some money.

The API and (of course) the source code are free (as in freedom, being AGPL licensed). And since I did my best to document it well and provide easy to follow instructions in the README, I do think I managed to make it free as in freedom.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/foss@beehaw.org

Inspired by this Mastodon account, I programmed an ESP8266 microcontroller to act as a traffic light, indicating the current electricity mix. Check it out on Codeberg! It uses an API from the Fraunhofer Institute and the parts cost around 5€. In my shared flat we use it as an indicator on when to run demanding devices, like the washing machine.

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Just use librewolf or any other installation method

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FOSS equation plotter? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

So currently I use Grapher for plotting equations. I've used it for years and it works great, but it doesn't seem to be open source. So I looked for a FOSS alternative, but didn't find one on F-Droid or the rest of the internet. Do you know of a FOSS alternative? What do you use? Do you prefer web applications (like Wolfram Alpha)?

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Does anyone actually use I2P (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

I first heard about I2P here on lemmy. The concept sounds really cool, but does anyone actually use it? And if so, what for? To me it sounds like it depends on many people using it and many applications integrating it, which just doesn't seem to be the case.

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FOSS Yoga App? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Does anyone know of a FOSS app for yoga practice? This seems easy enough, but I couldn't find anything on F-Droid...

[-] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a good time to switch to resonate. There's (sadly) not that many artists there yet, but the pricing model is really cool (and doesn't exploit tne artists as much). And I guess the only way a platform like this will get more artists, is if it gets more listeners :)

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