What is the state of #VLC on #Android (13)? Anyone else noticing substantial battery drain? #software #opensource #foss

I was playing with the idea of writing a very simple #selfhost|able webservice in #PHP where you can toss URLs to with a GET request and it puts out all previously collected URLs as an #RSS feed. That way I could add a very simple #ReadItLater functionality to my rss reader.

Turns out, the link-collection service I have been using for months (called linkding, check it out, it is great!) can do exactly that 😅

This was actually a nice read!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/27/the-boring-phone-stressed-out-gen-z-ditch-smartphones-for-dumbphones

While I would probably not go for a "dumb" or feature phone at the moment (particularly for messaging; SMS is an insecure technology that needs to die already), the overall sentiment does resonate a lot with me.

I've read a bunch of insightful blogposts, articles and long-reads over the past few months about this topic. I did switch my habits a fair bit, especially after reading this post by amolith, which I also enjoyed a lot as well: https://secluded.site/pull-vs-push-intentional-notifications/

What I concluded for me personally is, that I want to be a lot less online to "kill time". This especially affects social media (in my case, that means the #fediverse) and doom-watching YouTube videos.

I intentionally selfhost an ActivityPub server that has few bells and whistles and is overall somewhat geared towards a slower feed (it's called #ktistec, check it out and leave some warm words for its developer!). I check in once a day or every other day. Still have some nice interactions and interesting thoughts to read, but nothing dragging me back every few minutes or notifications popping up constantly.

I enjoy reading interesting articles and blogposts and of course news about hobby interests, software developments & releases, discussions and A LOT about international, European and German politics. I use mostly #RSS for that. Again, this also follows the idea of "pull, not push". My preferred RSS client #miniflux just sits there and keeps collecting all my neatly compiled sources. And whenever I get around to it, I pull it up and start reading what's interesting and discard the rest. It does not notify me, it does not stress me: pull, not push.

Lastly, I started to use the Do Not Disturb mode of my phone and computer very liberally. Mostly on a timer during most of the day (during work and from 8PM until waking up), allowing only phone calls to get through and only from people in my contact list. I told family and friends to call me, when they need something from me immediately or for important issues. Messages on #signal can take several hours (sometimes days) until I see them.

This has gotten me in a better place, I think. Still, there are some "left-over issus" I am still unhappy about, such as YouTube/VOD consumption, which is still way more than I would like. And also the fact that i constantly have my phone on me and often times also in my hand, rarely even during conversations, which is horrible!

But I decided to not stress myself about that too much and work on minor changes in a consistent manner, as I have during the past months and years. It is all a process.

When I switched from #vim #neovim to the #helixEditor #helix, I wrote two little scripts to code and run #Rstats code directly from helix (ofc it should work with any REPL). Finally came around to upload the two (very short) scripts to my #git instance today: https://src.jayvii.de/pub/helix-term/

If someone ever tells you they got nothing to hide and do not care about #tracking and #spying by companies or the commercialization of #privacy, show them this:

Techcrunch: Google’s call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn

“From detecting ‘scams’ it’s a short step to ‘detecting patterns commonly associated w[ith] seeking reproductive care’ or ‘commonly associated w[ith] providing LGBTQ resources’ or ‘commonly associated with tech worker whistleblowing.’”

#google #ai #censorship

Frage an die #vegan Bubble in Deutschland: kennt ihr außer alpro noch andere Marken, die #Sojadrink/#Sojamilch (oder auch Erbse) mit #Calcium verkaufen?

Bis dato hatte ich noch Alnatura Soja-Alge gefunden, aber die gibt es seit kurzem nicht mehr hier im Handel.

Bei Hafermilch mit Calcium gibt es eine halbwegs breite Auswahl, bei #Soja aber anscheinend fast nichts...

Recently started listening to online #Radio for music rather than using #Spotify et al. and it did really help me find a lot more amazing #metal #metalcore bands and songs.

I highly recommend listening to music only online radio for this use. They are typically pretty good at curating a "playlist" you can listen to all day long.

Na geht doch! Was #ARD und #ZDF hier hier für den #ÖRR beschreiben ist exakt die Grundforderung von #PublicMoneyPublicCode #PMPC

Schön zu sehen, dass die Kampagne immer mehr Früchte trägt. Freie, #Opensource Software #FOSS ist die Zukunft gemeinschaftlich bezahlter Software!

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/ard-zdf-mediathek-102.html

Dabbling with (deploying) #stagit again and reading more into #git hooks is a fun ride! I am quite happy already with https://src.jayvii.de, expanding stagit with a few custom scripts and organising automatic packaging and deployment via hooks

I spent the day fiddling with #stagit and (re-) building my #selfhosted, tiny #git server using  my custom adjustment framework. #OpenSource #FreeSoftware