overview for sem

The Other Side of Android: My Favorite F-Droid Apps in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

How does whobird compare to Merlin?

This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I knew there was a reason I didn't bother fixing mine.

This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Nope!

Resistance is futile in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ads succeed when you "tune them out" so that they enter your unconscious mind, and then when you're thinking, "I'm hungry, what's for dinner," the product comes to mind.

The best defence against this kind of inception is to consciously think about the ad that's playing, and think, "I don't want <X>"

By using adblock, you reduce your exposure to ads, and reduce the number of times you need to consciously resist them.

Q's take is just wrong.

Parry this you filthy casual in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Accurate boomer response

You want some belly scritches? in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Who's that actor? He looks like the grandpa in chitty chitty bang bang.

That's not Donald Sutherland, is it?