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  • Ditch US, Choose EU

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  • I assume you live in Germany (judging from the fact, that you use MediaMarkt).

    The main thing, I would reccomend you to do is instead of searching for stuff on Amazon directly, search for it on price comparison websites. I typically like to use geizhals.de, but idealo.de is also fine.

    You will probably be surprised to notice, but most things (especially more expensive things) are cheaper or at least price comparable on these websites. And the websites, that are indexed there, are typically trusted and won't dropship or scam. But just to make sure, I typically look up new websites, I haven't ordered from before up on trustpilot.com. But over time, you will probably build up a repotoire of places to look for specific stuff.

    If I really can't find find something suitable outside of amazon (which typically happens when I buy some general cheap stuff), I typically look it up either with an internet search to find a more niche shop or as a last resort on eBay, because a lot of the stuff from amazon third party sellers is often up on there as well and I think, they are still better than amazon.

    You don't have to go "cold turkey" from day one, but just keep it in mind every time you buy something, look if you can get it somewhere cheaper or for a comparable price and ask yourself "Is the moral cost for buying this on amazon higher than the extra monetary cost for ordering it somewhere else?". And if your answer is sometimes no, that's also fine, the point is to get out of the " amazon-mindset".

    Just to give you an example, you mentioned an ESP-32 module (which I also happened to shop for a few weeks ago) and I ordered it from reichelt.de for 3,50€ a piece (9,45€ with shipping cost). The same module isn't even sold on amazon, but the cheapest comparable no-name module is sold on amazon for 3,64€ (8,64€ including shipping. So I guess you would pay less than one euro extra for not ordering from there and then you can decide, if that's worth it for you. For me it was.

    Using this strategy, I haven't ordered a single thing from amazon in 2 years, so it's definetly possible and it isn't significanttly more expensive (even cheaper in a lot of cases). It also get's easier over time, as I mentioned. If you want my personal list of good websites, I like to order from, feel free to ask.

    And good luck, the world without amazon is a nice one ;)

  • Password managers are less secure than promised

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  • I understand, but wouldn't the same problem occur, if the server for the website you download your software from or the server for your package manager would be compromised? Even if you would buy your software physically on a CD, there would be a chance someone has messed with the content on a CD.

    So I don't really see this as a flaw unique to browsers. Am I wrong?

  • Password managers are less secure than promised

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  • This comment shows that you know less about computers, than you may think. You can definetly make end to end encryption work using a Website. JavaScript runs client side. So as long as you trust the encryption algorithm (which in elements case you definetly can, because it is OSS), the encryption is safe and your unencrypted data never leaves the device.

  • ChatGPT will now predict your age based on how you interact with it

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  • Just don't use AI and you'll be fine

  • Portugal Hits 80% Renewables, Power Bills Drop €703M

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  • There is nothing wrong with solar + batteries, because battery prices (like solar) have been falling massively in the last few years. So solar + enough battery capacity is still dramatically cheaper that fossil fuels. Just look at what South Australian has been doing in the last few years.

  • MAGA loves AI

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  • Yeah, he looks way older now, that's how I could immediately could tell

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Drops Bombshell: Trump ‘Fought the Hardest’ to Bury Epstein Files, Warns MAGA It Was No Hoax

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  • I don't really think she is trying to do the right thing. She was Trumps biggest ally for YEARS while he did some of the worst things, you could think of and she most likely knew about the Epstein stuff way before this and actively covered it up. She doesn't believe in anything except her own power.

    I think, the reason she is doing this is because she recognized that Trump is a sinking ship and she is trying to take advantage of that for her own gain. Maybey she wants to run for president in the future or at least be the loyal companion of one. If she were to continue defending Trump for everything his admin does, she would sink with him, so she tries to get out.

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    An open source repairable printer.

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  • How is it, that every time I read an insane take on Lemmy and I look at the username, it's lemmy.ml? Without exception.

  • What to do if i want to make games oneday, but im unsure where to start?

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  • I would suggest just downloading Godot and following a few tutorials. That's how I got started anyways (well, with Unity but Godot wasn't half as good back then as it is today).

    I would suggest watching the Godot Tutorials from Brackeys, because they are excellent: You could start with this one. If you want some more tutorials, maybey have a look at Gdquest (they also have a YouTube channel linked on their website, which is really good).

    And most important of all, just try to not take it too seriously. Have some fun! Your games won't be good for a while, and that's OK, because everyone starts out this way. But if you really enjoy the process and stick to it, I am certain that you will create amazing things! And if you find out, that you don't like it, that's totally OK too, then you can just keep looking for other hobbies, because there are so many cool things to do in the world.

  • Discord walks back age verification fears for most users

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  • They aren't walking back anything. They just repeated their claim, that "most people won't even have to give their IDs, because our AI will read all your messages and decide if you're 18"

  • 8-)

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  • Look at her neclas, now that's my definition of kool af!

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    ive learned alot past year :D

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  • Google Photos -> Immich! Trust me on this, nextcloud is great for a lot oft things, but definetly not photo backup.

  • A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions

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  • Please enlighten me how that would work? Because even if you only use open source, that would still mean, if it's a permissive licence, you would have to give proper attribution (which AI can't do) and if it's copyleft, all your code would have to be under the same licence as the code and also give proper attribution.

    Edit: I just looked your model up, apparently they ensure "ethically sourced training data" by only using pupicly available data and "respecting machine readable opt outs", which is not how copyright works.

  • Google confirms AirDrop is coming to all Android devices

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  • Use pairdrop.net, in my opinion, it's pretty easy to convince people to use that, because it works well, is intuitive and they don't need to install anything

  • Every shuffle of a deck of cards is most likely unique

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  • This looks a lot like AI slop to be honest

  • Cicada made of approximately 2,105 cicada shells

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  • This is like the shrimp Jesus but actually real, pretty cool

  • European sodas?

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  • Fritzkola is german

  • France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoom

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  • I haven't quite understood, what LiveKit has to do with video conferencing. Isn't that just some weird AI thingy?

  • Oh, how the mighty have fallen: TIME rolls out an AI-generated depiction of the American Revolution.

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  • But honestly, Requiem for a Dream was pretty bad in my opinion. It had no real depth, the characters didn't make much sense, it was just ooh, drugs bad basicly.