OpenStreetMaps is not an app, just a map. Magic Earth (and Comaps, for that matter) uses OpenStreetMaps.

Personally I never liked Magic Earth. It jumps into navigation mode too easily and I just find the interface to always do something else than I want it to. Personal preference I guess.

In the sense of multiple users in Android settings? That works, it can be enabled in settings -> system -> multiple users. I haven’t tested it though, as I don’t have any need for that.

I use Microsoft Authenticator and Microsoft Outlook for work, and both work flawlessly with /e/OS. Thankfully I have not had any reason to test Teams, but I’m pretty sure that would work as well.

I believe /e/OS supports a broader range of devices, and it’s also pretty great in my experience. The focus is on getting rid of google (replacing all services with MicroG and nextcloud integration) and blocking trackers while providing a smooth user experience, so it’s security features are not as over the top as Graphene. It’s still a huge freaking improvement over stock Android though, and I find it to be a joy to use.

On devices supported by the online installer it can be up an running in like 30 minutes, no technical skills required. :)

Reads like a fascism roadmap honestly.

As long as it’s based on software rather than hardware I think it’s safe to assume it will be lost.

You can reinstall some things (such as the default camera app) from apks you find online, and apps such as Google Maps can be downloaded from the app store (which contains all apps from the play store). But by default it strips away everything that is installed on the phone by default and replaces it with a degoogled ecosystem, and I don’t think it differentiates between different devices.

Pixel 6 is supported through community ports (6, 6 pro, 6a), but unfortunately it is not supported (yet?) by the online installer tool. So it’s for people who are a bit more willing to get their hands dirty.

The greatest strength of Italy to me is how unruly it is. No matter who the government is, I trust the people of Italy to do their own thing and to largely carry on as usual.

Not that fascism in Italy wasn’t awful, but totalitarianism was a relatively unsuccessful project compared to some other places. And of course ended with Mussolini dangling.

If you own a Fairphone (3-5), Pixel (4, 5, 7 or 8) Nothing phone (1) or OnePlus (7 or 8), it’s super easy to install /e/OS using this online installer. Most android apps work well out of the box, but all Google stuff has been stripped away and replaced with MicroG where necessary.

I’m never returning to Google anything.

The whole article reeks of bullshit, with the only source being a “former member of Israel’s Eurovision delegation”. But the difference is that Italy and Germany allegedly threatens to leave the song contest in protest, whereas the other countries listed are merely expected to vote to keep Israel in the contest.

Not necessarily the government - this is from the public broadcasters, who should ideally be somewhat independent. Also this article asks us to trust some person from the former Israeli Eurovision delegation as a source.

That said, Italy’s current government is a dark cloud over the country. But at least in Italy it feels like an exception. In Germany it’s just the same broad coalition as always, and despite being the first country who should really know better they do not seem to be doing any better than the neo-fascists in Italy.

It’s really fucking striking.

For most jobs it’s hard to do a hiring process without in-person interviews, or at the very least video calls. So I’m not really sure how one could realistically get rid of biases. But I completely agree that whenever there are too many applications to interview everyone individually, the initial screening of applicants should be completely anonymized and rely only only technologies where biases can at least be understood.

For the final step I’m afraid we’ll have to try to train people to be less prone to biased decision-making. Which I agree is not a very promising path.

It’s not men against women, it’s people against billionaires.

It’s not the fact that these people are men that I take issue with, it’s that they are hypocrites capitalising feminist sentiments without making any actual effort towards real change.

Edit: Since I wrote my response the comment I responded to was changed into something even dumber. I’ll let it speak for itself.

Rome has some incredibly impressive sights, but I find it’s a difficult city to visit. Finding good food as a tourist is a challenge (though not impossible - I had my best ever restaurant experience there), and distances are crazy without fantastic public transportation. But it has some lovely neighbourhoods, and for me the size of the city walls left a lasting impact. It’s hard to wrap one’s head around the history.

For me though, the best thing about Rome is how fast one can get to Naples by train. Now that is a city!

At least where I’m from, it’s pretty well know that the education system is better suited to girls than boys, probably because it needs a reform

I didn’t say it doesn’t, clearly there’s a problem when half the population is systematically favoured.

To paraphrase: women can get pregnant and can’t work and it’s the man’s fault

Where the fuck did I say that it’s the man’s fault? It’s a societal problem, doesn’t mean it’s anybody’s fault. At least not an entire gender in general. Capitalism as a system, yeah, probably.

What I observe in society are a huge increase in the amount of advertising aimed at women with a feminist message because women are being programmed to flock to such messages

I’m the first to criticize corporate feminism (just like greenwashing and pride washing), but I suspect feminist messaging appeals to women because they are sick of the patriarchy, not because they are programmed by marketing agencies. The fuck are you on about.

That said, I think you’re right that the messaging of companies trying to appear feminist in their communications while nevertheless usually being run almost exclusively by men is a huge part of the source material that produces the bias here. I’m not sure we disagree much in substance, but I suspect we come from different starting points in how we see gender dynamics in society.

At least where I’m from it’s pretty well known that girls outperform boys in school, possibly because their brains develop slightly earlier in some ways useful to perform in a class room.

This could give women a head start and very well lead to them on average performing better in work life, until they are forced to choose between careers and families while they partners continue to advance their careers at full speed not worrying about being pregnant.

But that’s a different discussion. We should avoid biases in hiring because biases suck and make for an unjust society. And we should stop pretending language models make intelligent considerations about anything.

What’s fascinating here is that LLMs trained on the texts we produce create the opposite bias of what we observe in society, where men tend to get preferential treatment. My guess is that this is a consequence of inclusive language. In my writing, whenever women are under-represented, I make a point out of defaulting to she and her rather than he and him. I know others do the same. I imagine this could feed into LLMs. Whatever it is that causes this, it sure as fuck isn’t anything actually intelligent.

the AI considered

Sorry to break it to you, but the “AI” does not “consider” anything. They are talking about a language prediction model.

Yeah, I’m not all that original. :)

Forgot to mention their efforts to ruin podcasts for everyone. I refuse to listen though anything else than independent podcast clients.

There’s several issues, but for me it was:

1. Supporting questionable podcasters like Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Rogan - I do not want my money to go to these people
2. Not supporting the artists I actually listen to
3. Lobbying the EU against AI regulation, which goes directly against my opinions and preferences, again not something I want my money to be spent on

All of this new stuff is bad, but I already decided that this was not a company I want to support. They seem to represent everything I hate.

Yeah, no Linux app, and no third party apps as far as I’m aware. I really liked the GTK app Spot. But for me, Spotify was no longer an option - I deleted my Spotify account before I found an alternative.