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sheinar

@ sheinar @beehaw.org

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  • Am I okay to use VPN in uk now or is it illegal?

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  • Yes, it is still OK to use those services. The law is aimed at the messaging/social media businesses, not individuals, and is vague enough that they won't have to do anything around their E2EE until there is viable technology available to square the circle of allowing for the checking of illegal abuse content while not functionally destroying E2EE. So potentially never.

  • Is there a good open source Facebook Android app?

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  • This is what I use. Not amazing, but given it's possible to use Messenger through it as well if needed, it's better than nothing.

  • Does anyone know when the Beeper apps will be ready?

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  • I'd been on the waitlist for more than a year, but finally on. I downloaded the app a little while ago to keep tabs on my progress through the waitlist and they definitely have been speeding up the process of getting people onboarded to be fair.

  • Does anyone know when the Beeper apps will be ready?

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  • Does anyone know when the Beeper apps will be ready?

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  • Any open source wrapper for Facebook Messenger?

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  • SlimSocial is the only one that I've found that still works, though might require some messing with the settings to get Messenger working through it.

    Matrix bridges are an option for those willing to put the effort in and self-host. I might get round to doing this at some point.

    It's not open-source, but I've settled on Beeper for the time being as the simplest option to get all my messages in one place.

  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ruled illegal

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2023/jun/29/plan-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda-is-unlawful-uk-appeal-court-rules

  • Breezy Weather - A Fork of the Outdated but Excellent Geometric Weather

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  • This looks really nice. Was using Prognoza for a while, but ended up back with the BBC Weather app here in the UK as I couldn't find a good open source app that showed allergy/pollen information.

    This does seem to show allergens for some areas, though not all. Possibly a bug given the provider (AccuWeather) does provide it for each area on their website. If that's fixed I'd probably be able to use it exclusively.

  • What's currently the best Lemmy app for Android?

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  • I've currently settled with Liftoff. I got very used to Jerboa and was perfectly happy with it, but the last few updates broke it to the point of unusability for me.

    Liftoff isn't perfect, though its pretty good. My biggest gripe is that as far as I can tell there's no button to go straight to the top of the feed, which is really annoying when you've been scrolling for ages and have to scroll all the way back up. Hopefully that will be added soon.

  • you now wake up everyday to the theme song of the last show you watched. how blessed/fucked are you?

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  • Jerboa v0.0.36-alpha

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  • I seem to be unable to change my feed view or sort type either using the drop down at the top or the menu, and changing it in the settings seem to just revert back to all/active as soon as I press save. (Have checked using an account on an 0.18.0 instance.)

  • Defederating was the right call. The_Donald is being hosted on sh.itjust.works.

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  • Nor does it take into account that people's views can change, and an outright ban simply for being part of the community only isolates them from the less batshit communities that may help them actually move away from it.

  • Anyone nostalgic for Game Boy Camera?

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  • This is genuinely very cool and has made me nostalgic enough to consider trying to get hold of one for my Game Boy! I only wish I had some photography talent, as it's quite a feat to take good photos with something so technically rubbish.

  • UPDATED: There are now multiple iOS / Android apps in development for kbin & lemmy!

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  • Any to do list app recommendations

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  • I've been using Tasks.org which syncs with my Nextcloud perfectly. Had tried quite a few before settling on this as the best option.

    Edit: Realised that it's DAVx5 that I've got installed which syncs it to my Nextcloud, so you'll need that too.

  • How do you obtain your music?

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  • I use Jellyfin, and this was my first home server. Think if I managed it it has to be relatively easy for most people comfortable enough with computers. Probably slightly more involved than Plex though I imagine!

  • Music @beehaw.org
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    How do you obtain your music?

  • What do you use to track your reading?

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  • I was using Storygraph for a little while once I decided I no longer wanted to use Goodreads due to being owned by Amazon.

    Then I tried Openreads for a short time, before realising I missed some of the social elements of the first two.

    Finally settled on a local BookWyrm instance, Rambling Readers, which I'm happy with. It sometimes requires a bit of manual editing of books, but the more people use BookWyrm and contribute, the less often that should be necessary.

  • I am a grownup. Here is my birthday icecream.

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  • Don't want to derail this as definitely wrong thread - but can personally recommend Aberystwyth (where I went) and Bangor which both supposedly have good accountancy courses and are both good student towns (high concentration of students to locals during term time). Cardiff and Swansea are ranked a bit higher though, and are also good choices if he wants the busyness of a major city.

  • FOSS Android Keyboards

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  • AnySoftKeyboard Canary (the beta) was updated in March 2023. While I'm hopeful for some of the FOSS keyboards mentioned by others, for the time being I find AnySoftKeyboard to still be the most complete FOSS alternative to proprietary boards.

  • If you build it, they will come... (welcome thread)

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  • Hello from North Wales. Glad to find a good UK-specific community!