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Mereo
Mereo is a sociologist who is also a nerd. He believes in open-source software.
I transferred to this instance from https://lemmy.ca/. My previous profile: https://lemmy.ca/u/Mereo
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Mereo@piefed.cato Selfhosted@lemmy.world•18% of people running Nextcloud don't know what database they are usingEnglish4·9 days agoThere could be multiple factors. For example, I have a Nextcloud instance that is fully managed by Hetzner, and I didn’t bother to find out what database it uses…
Mereo@piefed.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Creepy companies don't ask for your consent.English8·9 days agoLinux is a worldwide community project, and its source code is readily available. It’s nonprofit. Proton is now a Swiss nonprofit organization without shareholders (https://proton.me/foundation). Nextcloud is an open-source project that you can host on your own server or in the cloud, which means you have total control over your information.
These are nonprofit projects that don’t seek to monetize from you because you’re not the product.
Mereo@piefed.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there a Fediverse version of Onlyfans?English162·9 days agoOnlyFans’ purpose is to make money from your actions. The Fediverse is the antithesis of that. It’s run by donations, not corporations. Therefore, it will not exist.
Mereo@piefed.cato Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Creepy companies don't ask for your consent.English26·9 days agoThe only way to escape these companies is to prioritize your privacy. When you do so, you’ll find replacements for the current capitalist platforms. For example, I switched from Windows to Linux and from Gmail to ProtonMail. I also switched from Dropbox to Nextcloud, which offers multiple services like a calendar and tasks. This means that I switched my calendar from Google to Nextcloud, for example.
Mereo@piefed.cato science@lemmy.world•Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study findsEnglish28·10 days agoThe Guardian is no exception when it comes to sensationalism and not presenting research findings objectively.
sigh… This generation of games will all suck because of Unreal Engine 5. I’m a patient gamer, I have plenty of unplayed games on my Steam library. I will not upgrade my video card because of this horrendous game engine.