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  • I usually don’t remember about having an account there, but every time someone reminds me (like right now) I wonder whether I should delete it. The problem (?) is that I’m an IT professional and LinkedIn was supposed to be a job search venue (I never used it in 20 or so years, I only got spammed by recruiters whom I either declined or ignored them (you know, the reverse Tinder meme)). But I still have “connections” there and a few recommendations, and there’s that thought lingering in my head, that MAYBE SOMEDAY I may need one of those connections as a foothold or a bonus point when applying for a job. I don’t know. There are several other IT job boards which all seem like a better solution than LinkedIn.
















  • Great idea! However, something bothers me. From F-Droid:

    This app relies on catbox.moe to upload images and Google, Bing, Yandex, TinyEye, Perplexcity and ChatGPT for search.

    I am not familiar with that service, so I went to the website and looked at FAQ:

    How long does Catbox keep files for?
    Forever. If you don’t want your file to stick around until the heat death of the universe, use Litterbox.

    Are you (F)(L)OSS?
    no.

    Not sure what it is exactly but having my uploaded files stored in some obscure database until the heat death of the universe does not fill me with trust.

    I have a Pixel phone and used the screen scanning tech (forgot how it’s called, but it’s the same feature, I believe) for OCR to copy the WiFi password from a photo of the sticker that’s on the router and of course it immediately sent that password to Google and run the search, ugh. I don’t want to send my WiFi password to some website I never even heard about, either.

    Can you explain how it works?


  • Signal and Telegram both offer comparable functionality without mandatory recurring fees

    Telegram introduced a subscription named Telegram Premium a few years ago. You get similar functionality there – setting colors to your profile or groups that you’re part of, custom emojis (including animated ones), custom stickers, an indicator that you’re on Premium, custom profile statuses, increased limits for sending files, etc. There’s a lot more, I just listed some off the top of my head. They’ve been pushing people into Premium. Telegram is perfectly usable without that, of course. My favorite Premium feature is that you can require unknown senders to pay a fee to be able to send you a message :D Meanwhile, non-Premium users can get spammed normally.