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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • utopia_dig@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlIt's Open Source!
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    1 year ago

    I really like the idea of open source software and use it as much as possible.

    But another “problem” is that you don’t know if the compiled program you use is actually based on the open source code or if the developer merged it with some shady code no one knows about. Sure, you can compile by yourself. But who does that 😉?



  • utopia_dig@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat screams "poorly educated"?
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    1 year ago

    Not trusting in science.

    Edit: Since there are many comments, I would like to clarify my statement. I meant that you should rather trust scientists, that the earth is round / that there is a human-made climate change, etc. and not listen to some random internet guy, that claims these things are false although he has made no scientific tests or he has no scientific background. I know that there are paradigm shifts in science and sometimes old ideas are proven to be wrong. But those shifts happen through other scientific experiments/thoughts. As long as > 99 % of all scientists think that something is true, you should rather trust them then any conspiracy theorist…





  • I did the same some years ago. Just deleted WhatsApp and told everyone I was either available via Signal/Threema or via SMS/Mail. Most of my friends installed Signal alongside WhatsApp over the following weeks.

    And this “worked” in a country with over 90 % WhatsApp users ;-).


  • utopia_dig@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlcurrent lemmy status
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    1 year ago

    Well, since I am one of the people who chose the “official” server on Lemmy as well as on Mastodon, I will tell you why I did it: The “official” server will most likely be the one, that has the least chance to be abandoned/closed at some time in contrast to a small server maintained by some student as a side-project (no offense :-) ). I don’t want to loose everything and start at zero, so I chose the most “reliable” server.