brainchild-adam

Thank you for sharing this. I probably missed something very obvious, but under which circumstances does information the user enters leave the user's device and go to Google? Is there a heads up before this happens?

This is the best I could find:

"Some NeuroTools features use Google's Gemini AI service. To make these work, we send the relevant input from the app to the Google Gemini API."

I would love to play around with it, but local-only is a must for me.

On that note, would you agree that in principle it should be possible to run this with a local LLM?

Honest question: how? It seems to me that when I sign in to Apple ID, it automatically signs me in to iCloud. I've found this quite annoying.

There seem to be four main use cases:

(1) AppStore This is especially relevant on iPhones and iPads where this is the only way to practically access software and updates.

(2) iCloud Data sync and backup. Some iPhone/iPad software might insist on this to work.

(3) Subscriptions, purchases through Apple Music, software, movies, TV shows, Fitness, etc.

(4) ID for other services Using ApplelD to log into other services. Some don't allow for any other way of signing in.

To be fair, it seems to simply have followed the customer's instructions. The fact that it did not give any helpful answers bothers me significantly more. I wonder if it has access to any kind of internal database in order to be able to give more specific answers regarding a customer's queries.

Thank you!

My mistake as I rushed to cut the title down to fit. Probably doesn't help that I'm sick...

I am so thankful for this sane, no-nonsense distro. It's a breath of fresh air in an ocean of design decision insanity.

(Obviously whether anybody will feel this way will be a matter of personal preference.)

I concur. Used to be an Ubuntu user, and for me Mint fixed quite a few of the problems I started having with Ubuntu (e.g. snaps). Plus, I find their defaults quite usable. If you like choice, give it a go using a live system.

This will be my final reason to drop Fitbit for good.

Any recommendations for sleep tracking on Android? That's what I still use my Fitbit for.

I can relate, even if it's not specifically about podcasts for me, but rather any source of information.

How I try to cope is by striving for contextualizing decisions.

Everything I do or could do and every value I attach to something depends on and is influenced by context.

Every choice I make affects more than just one area or part of my life.

My life consists of more than one thing.

Yes, I could spend all day doing X. How would this affect different areas of my life? Is this the single most important thing in my life right now? How will this benefit me? At what cost? Is it worth the cost?

Striving for a more holistic view of my life helps me balance my tendency to lose sight of the whole for focusing in too much on one single thing without context.

Plus, dealing with the roots of my anxiety rather than the outgrowths alone.