Bring back Google Wave, goddammit!
Bring back Google Wave, goddammit!
Pro-tip: these “services” are all rubbish. If you could circumvent their privacy controls that easily, it would be a pretty significant issue for IG and Meta. The way to view private IG posts is to connect with the account or have the login credentials to the account. Anyone telling you there’s a secret back door is shoveling horseshit. (A secret back door that random internet users can access, anyway.)
I use Voice by Paul Woitaschek (available on F-Droid). It has a nice, simple interface and a few really useful features. I’ve gone through dozens of audiobooks in various formats with it and haven’t had any problems yet.
About ten years ago, I went through this process with as many data brokers and reporting agencies as possible. I printed documents, made accounts, mailed letters, and jumped through every hoop they set up. Some of the companies only recognized my request for a term of five years, while some were permanent.
I don’t get random credit card offers in the mail any more. However, since I started using an email alias service a few years ago, I’ve found my data making its way back to the data brokers. I’m not in the EU, so I don’t think I have much recourse for it. Even so, I think it’s worth it to jump through all the hoops. Maybe one day it’ll feel more meaningful.
tl;dr: It was cumbersome to do it, and other than a reduction in snail mail spam, I haven’t seen much benefit from it. All the same, I’d do it again.
Mom, can we watch Guardians of the Galaxy?
We have Guardians of the Galaxy at home.
Yeah, but I think I have like half of those devices in a desk drawer.
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is an oppressive dictator who was responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses of any former Soviet State (which is a pretty damn high bar).
He is also an absolute cartoon character.
This is soothing in its simplicity.
My brain saw this as a weird shower curtain at first.
Yeah, this is pretty painful to watch. Trump is a piece of shit, but he’s way more forceful and even somewhat coherent. Meanwhile, Biden’s just above a whisper and is somewhere between stuttering and rambling.