Yeah I usually just follow the “try another instance” links until one works.

I’ve noticed Invidious instances having trouble recently as well. I’m sure they’re not dead though, just need to get the next mouse for the endless cat and mouse game.

Bicycles can’t or vehicles can’t? There’s a vast difference in weight and I imagine most wouldn’t even notice.

Sounds to me like more of a reason why we should.

On what grounds? Surely no one with a regular job would sign a contract prohibiting them from discussing the details of their employment.

Why would we be sued? It’s definitely not illegal here in Canada to discuss your employment details.

That’s their point, they don’t get a corresponding discount for using cash.

Yeah and it’s not clear where Perplexity pulled that part from.

Intriguing question, I was curious if there were actually options, so asked Perplexity (ai search that provides sources, see link at bottom). Unfortunately, nothing terribly definitive other than Italy, possibly.

While truly anonymous genetic testing is challenging, there are some options outside the US that aim to provide more privacy-focused services:

• In Canada, the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act prohibits anyone from collecting, using, or disclosing genetic test results without written consent. This gives Canadians more control over their genetic information
• Some European companies offer more privacy-oriented testing options. For example, DANTE Labs in Italy emphasizes data protection and allows customers to delete their data at any time
• In the UK, Genomics England runs the 100,000 Genomes Project with strict privacy controls. While not a consumer service, it demonstrates stronger privacy practices.
• Australian company myDNA focuses on pharmacogenomics testing with an emphasis on data privacy and security.
• Swiss company Gene By Gene offers DNA testing with data storage in Switzerland, known for strong privacy laws. However, it’s important to note that no genetic test can be truly anonymous, as DNA is inherently identifiable. To maximize privacy:
• Use a pseudonym and temporary email when ordering
• Pay with a prepaid card
• Avoid linking results to other accounts or sharing on social media
• Carefully read privacy policies and opt out of research/data sharing where possible

Ultimately, genetic privacy requires careful consideration of the risks and benefits, regardless of the testing company’s location.

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Seems to be the latter.

Oh, I think I misunderstood what you meant by queue function. I get it now, the ability to pick a bunch of videos and have them play through, not a recommendations queue.

Perhaps, but there are often related videos which provide a similar sort of discovery. One of the main points of these frontends is that they don’t track what you watch. If they don’t do that, they can’t recommend videos.

There is a bit missing with auto discovery on these frontends, which makes sense…if it doesn’t track what you watch, it can’t recommend things. Most have related videos though, so you’re not just stuck with your subscriptions.

Right, so fingerprint on everything wouldn’t be the best practice, because it’s all in one category and everything can be unlocked by a compromise of that one thing.

That’s a good point. I might look at removing that from my totp app and using a passcode instead.

Would a passcode (different from phone, of course) or biometric unlock for the 2FA app count? For example, I have bitwarden and Aegis, both have fingerprint unlock when opened with a reasonably short timeout. So, even if my phone pin was compromised, both would still require biometric unlock to access.

Toss Linux Mint on a bootable USB, fire up a live version and play around a bit. I was in the same boat and am working on fully transitioning over. The only minor hurdles are Office 365 and other Windows-only programs, but there are ways to get those to work, or just run a Windows VM.

Yes, it’s a lot of words, but there’s really nothing to keep track of after setup. I just go to my invidious ip rather than youtube.com and it works. There are very good tutorials available if you want to implement these solutions. That’d be a good first step rather than the ‘I’ve tried nothing and am all out of ideas’ approach.

In hosting invidious or what? I’ve got it running pretty maintenance free in a docker LXC in Proxmox and use Twingate for access to it and everything else outside my home network. There was a learning curve to set up, but there’s plenty of yt tutorials to guide you through.

In this case, the someone else is Alphabet megacorp. I wouldn’t waste any concern on them. The content is still hosted by YouTube, just played through the invidious instance.

To do away with all those concerns, you could self-host invidious, or donate to the instance you choose to use if self-hosting is outside of your technical prowess. If you want to support certain creators, donate to them directly instead.

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

I like Boost too. And it’s only a one-time payment for ad-free too, unlike Sync.

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll look into transitioning to Aegis. Regarding backups, you are able to have another device in case you lose your phone (I also have Authy on my laptop in case that does happen), but the data breach you mentioned said that may have been a weak point. Either way, I’m going to explore Aegis now.

If your issue is with the authenticator, then why not just switch authenticators? I’ve been quite happy with Authy over the years.

Sure, self hosting can be more secure, but if it’s not on your own hardware, I don’t see how moving to render is better. You’re still using a third party to host your most sensitive information.

I was actually quite interested in something like this in high school in the late 2000s. There were a few DIY EVs that existed that were just ICE vehicles with anything ICE taken out, an electric motor put in the engine’s place, and several 12v batteries connected in series.

Of course, they’re pretty crude compared to those we have today, but it’s very possible.

I’ve got two Ubiquiti APs and the standard Dream Machine and am quite happy with them too. Sure, they’re not the cheapest option, but they’re quite feature rich and expansion within the ecosystem is very easy.

I’m not terribly familiar with the Fairphones, but are you able to upgrade the ram yourself? I feel like that should be a key part of the modularity concept.

OK. Yep open board seems to address all the issues I had with ASK. I’ll definitely give this one a good attempt. Really all my gripes are taken care of, and all in easy to navigate settings. Thanks OP!

Swipe is actually a bit difficult to use with the Colemak layout. With the most common letters all on the home row, much of the swiping just turns into going back and forth on the home row, so you need to be pretty accurate.

I’ll take a look at it though, thanks for the suggestion.

UI>Tweaks and more>Tweaks>under behavior tweaks.

I tried ASK and wasn’t a fan. Unless I’m missing customization options, it lacked the ability to change long press times, there’s an obnoxious empty space above the keyboard, and it was quite poor at auto correcting words that were supposed to have apostrophes. You’ll have to change your bottom row to get the space bar a similar size to Swiftkey (I missed it a fair bit before doing this), and it doesn’t have the hold space bar to move cursor either.

I get that using a different keyboard is going to be an adjustment, being a convert to Colemak, but this one seems just a bit too rough around the edges for me.

E: found the long press adjustment, but now can’t find how to add long press symbols to the keys…maybe I’m just too dumb for this keyboard

E2: Actually, after more messing with it, I’m going to give it another go. Still missing the long press symbols, autocorrect apostrophes, and auto space placement after adding commas and periods though. We’ll see how long I can put up with that.

Works just fine for me?

How many people are actually auditing an open source app themselves though? And if they don’t, they again need to trust others’ opinion.