Good point. I’ll update my comment.

That’s probably okay for mild fevers but if they get progressively worse then you’re risking them permanent brain damage.

Here’s everything I know about this whole thing:

There has been a lot of research into the subject but there’s also been unreliable data that is being used to intentionally misrepresent what has been found (hence the correlative vs causal relationships).

So the current well agreed on science is:

• All current fever reducing medications (and most other medications) are correlated with detectably increasing the chances of a child being born with autism, including Tylenol
• Having a fever while pregnant is correlated with increasing the chances of a child being born with autism well beyond the level that Tylenol would pose
• So, strategically using Tylenol would be the best way to mitigate all risks. Which is also what was the general recommendation was prior to this DoH announcement.

That’s if you are using a file to store additional data. Also JPEG and other lossy formats can have all sorts of artifacts that may (depending on the size of hidden data) seem typical.

What I thought they were referring to was encryption at the filesystem level which doesn’t require file blocks to be contiguous, allowing blocks to be interlaced with the hidden data.

You’re right, it is pretty common to do that but there’s always the chance they just cancel the discount around renewal. If you have autopay then you probably already committed to the new price before you realized what happened.

I looked on the website. This is actually an “early bird” special price that is ~80% discounted. So after a while, it’s going to be $162/year and $310/2 years.

Matrix’s encryption algorithm was broken for a while and when it was fixed it it took app devs years to migrate to the new requirements. It still might even be the case for a lot of them, I haven’t looked in a while.

SimpleX should be secure AFAIK though, but I’ve heard that it may not be able to scale well to larger user bases. It seems everything has pros and cons.

There are ways to successfully circumvent Google’s tracking methods. It’s all based on how much you care about being tracked and how much convenience you’re willing to give up.

I would say it’s likely related to ColorOS or Play Services (or both) tracking something behind the scenes and feeding it to your ad profile. You’ve done a lot to try to reduce your fingerprint but it sounds like it could be something harder to track down.

Have you considered switching to another version of Android that uses microG to reduce Play Service permissions or another phone with GrapheneOS? That may be the next option unfortunately.

Honestly, if it were published 10 years ago, I’d agree with you. But since it was published literally 2 days ago, it’s at best tone deaf and a bit ignorant or at worst… well, you heard what others have said.

Edit: Replied to wrong person. 🤦‍♀️

I like that theme but as i understand it, having a custom css theme may reduce your anonymity while browsing, if you’re concerned about that.

He’s been saying this sort of shit for years. I’m glad people are finally seeing him for who he is.

Sorry, I thought that was the stance you were taking based on the conversation.

Right. That’s why treating animals inhumanely is bad. Maybe having empathy for other living beings in general would be a better solution.

Unfortunately, this seems to be something that might be changing in the future. Google isn’t going to be open source with android development anymore.

The assurance that no matter how much they mess up, they will have government backing.

You’re completely right about the half-truths not being a good look for the left. It only serves to erode trust in media and rhetoric. The reason it worked for the right is because that type of propaganda works on idiots that don’t bother to investigate or can’t actually comprehend what is going on. It’s not going to have the same effect for those that haven’t fallen for the rights tricks.

What we actually need is more truth to be reported and more democratic politicians to actually have a backbone or getting replaced by a leftist who does.

There’s a lot of reasons to make your own project even if something similar exists. Differing codebase, feature roadmap, UX/UI direction, contributor politics, or even because they want to make something from scratch to add to their portfolio.

More options are better for everyone.

I think an open source paper cnc machine similar to a cricut would be way easier to replicate than a standard printer.