bansheehash
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Comment · 2 years ago
Amen! The Android Developers blog (https://android-developers.googleblog.com, available as RSS at https://android-developers.googleblog.com/atom.xml) comes to mind - It includes updates on new compliance requirements to keep an app listed on Google Play, which I care about, mixed with a whole lot of crap I don't care about, like Google's latest shiny thing like Jetpack Compose, fluff pieces and marketing speak.
How did you solve this problem?
Comment · 4 years ago
The child labourers of DRC will thank you for supporting their livelihood when you buy that Kobo you don't really need.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/p...
Comment · 6 years ago
Try VSCodium, which is VSCode without MS telemetry: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
Comment · 7 years ago
If anyone is looking to understand more about the Gandhi phenomenon, I recently read (and highly recommend) Arundhati Roy's meticulously referenced introduction to "Annihilation of Caste". She does a terrific job of identifying the motivations of Gandhi and his supporters
https://www.amazon.com/Annihilation-Caste-Annotated-B-R-Ambe...
Comment · 8 years ago
There's a lot that technology can do to fight climate change. I came across Treetracker (https://www.greenstand.org/), an app that tracks tree planting and pays planters per tree after verification.
Spinning up multiple crowdfunded instances of apps like this across the world could really bring back a lot of the green cover lost over the years.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you're on Android, try a firewall-based system-wide adblocker like Blokada (https://blokada.org/index.html). It's very effective at blocking ads, including on mobile Chrome, and it's grandma-friendly (doesn't need root, nothing to maintain)
Comment · 8 years ago
How does it fare against "Blokada" (also FOSS + no root required) in terms of battery use and features?