Thank you for the clarification. Does having it open source and the source code being auditable help mitigate that risk at all or is there something that can still put you at risk of having your information misused from pages loaded with the extension installed?

I think the question should be “Why is lemmy like the rest of the internet?”

Lemmy is no better or worse than any other social site on the web. You will find communities that are at either extreme end of trans acceptance and you’ll find middle-ground. If you are not in a walled-garden community, you are going to get the very vocal of both ends of the spectrum. That is the same as anywhere else on the internet.

The people that aren’t either enraged or extremely aligned with your post are likely not going to take the time to comment. You get the leftovers and often, those people are not people that represent the average Joe or Jane.

I think it’s good that you share your thoughts and experience but I wouldn’t spend too much time worrying about those that make it their duty to make light of it or discount it.

Can someone use their words to explain the distaste for the addon that the downvotes on this and crossposted communities seem to represent? Is there something bad about the extension?

I think perhaps you’re expecting deeper thoughts than are possible from those that use memes to express their toxic views because they’re fucking idiots.

This is not new. Over 20 years ago, Marines with chronic razor bumps would have to head to the medic to get a waiver for inspections. A couple of them had such a bad case, their waver would allow them to keep a very tightly trimmed beard for their entire time.

In answer to your question, if I’m understanding it correctly, you are still being tracked as long as you use the web. Meta has profiles for people that have never logged into facebook, used their site in a browser or used an app they control.

The profile might not have a name attached but Facebook provides a ton of websites with FB-related statistics, social widgets and more. Each of those services place FB code on the page that phones home with unique visitor information. That gets compiled into profiles that they can eventually tie to an identity when more information is compiled (as an example, your highschool friend from 15 years ago installs a Meta app like instagram and clicks ok on allowing it to dig through their contacts).

Apps and extensions like Privacy Badger, uBlockO and Ghostery help with the tracking code but I’ve no doubt that Meta spends a lot of time finding workarounds for the blocks.

The issue with that in his situation is 911 does not take kindly to “Hey, can you call my dad and tell him I ran out of gas?”

If it’s not a true emergency that they are expected to handle, emergency services frown on calling them.

His father’s argument is legitimate regarding needing a cellular carrier unless the poster would never unexpectedly need to contact family for help.

I found this on a Reddit thread, hopefully this gets you on the right track:

“I think checking for the GOG sp. z o.o signature is good enough but checking with AV can also be good. If the exe file has been tampered with, then the digital signature would be invalidated. If the bin files have been tampered with, then running the untampered exe will give the error: https://imgur.com/a/9e5lIZ7. They should be legit as long as it has the legit GOG digital signature. GOG has different signatures for older and newer games btw. You can use https://github.com/hippie68/gogcheck to check the games.”

The manufacturers make what’s needed to meet demand. If demand is smaller, they make less.

Reels can be blocked with FB Purity addon, if anyone wants the capability.

I’m sorry but due to lack of formatting and verbosity, it’s hard to tell. Was there a question? Is it just “how to stop wanting physical touch?”

I know it’s very popular for the doomsayers to propose but time will tell and I’m guessing we’ll have another election or two. Perhaps even three.

Four’s not out of the question.

I suspect you’re going to get mostly sarcasm and mockery tropes but there have always been countries that have allied themselves with American interests. When you say “when help when needed”, if you’re thinking of an actual war on home turf, invasion or something similar, that’s unlikely to ever happen due to our geographical position. If you mean financial help, we take loans from a lot of different countries. If you’re asking about assistance when we engage in war elsewhere, again, that would be all the allied nations.

Militarily speaking, the US is still one of the superpowers just because of the mind-boggling amount of money we spend on it. There’s not many countries that can compete with just the sheer number of US things that are designed to go boom.

Things like goodwill and assistance are currently in a downward transitional trend due to the current administration. It seems a lot of countries feel ostracized by the US due to Trump’s constant foolish and often hostile actions towards them but these types of things follow an ebb and flow, the next administration to reside in office will begin the process of patching things up and relationships will improve.

Is carrying a second phone logged into a junk account an option for you?

I can’t speak to the minutia but when I use Lemmy it just feels like a less popular Reddit to me. For me, that’s not a bad thing, just the vibe I get.

No but mine is 23 and I feel it’s too late to tell her.

I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.

The only thing I can find is that it’s carried over from system settings. He was running Ubu so system settings are likely your issue.

https://support.mozilla.org/da/questions/1348801

How much shorter depends on a lot, like moisture content, ground composition, stuff like that so I couldn’t say with any precision but I’ve seen PT wood rot to disintegration in less than a couple years. You could just kick the top of the piece and it just crumbled.

There’s options for you if you’re set on burying wood-type construction. Take a look at PVC or trex-style decking planks and see if you can design at least your uprights, corners and bottom boards in that material then if you want(for cost, probably) switch to wood when you’re a foot off the ground.

Regarding your stone, I understand the moss is a part of your wanted design and I think you can build it in a manner that you could use it. Like I said, just do your best to keep gaps to a minimum and pack as tightly as you can.

Can you share your schematic?

Burying wood 2x4(even GC-rated PT) will shorten it’s life by a whole lot. If at all possible, I’d alter your boxes to have something like stone, concrete or synthetic for the ground contact and use cheaper wood once you’ve made it above ground.

Regarding the flagstone, usually there’s a lot of prep that goes into laying stone, including digging down some inches, and using some substrates that are tamped/packed in before placing the stone. Then you’ll usually like a sand or similar in between the stone to key or lock it all into place.

That’s not to say you can’t do it the way you’re describing but be prepared for some challenges in maintaining afterward if they shift or sink.