NextDNS and similar services basically host the pi-hole on your behalf. Pi-hole setup involves installing packages on a device that will handle your ad content filtering and related network configuration; NextDNS involves getting a URL to copy-paste into your phone, computer, or network’s DNS configuration settings. The latter is far less labor-intensive. The trade-off is that you have less control over how things get blocked. Pi-hole is more of a local solution than NextDNS, but if you don’t want to fuss with the tech and just want to start blocking more ads, go with NextDNS (or similar).
Here is an article that covers info about how to set this up on an Android phone and several private DNS provider options: https://www.theupdatebox.com/how-to-enable-private-dns-on-android/
Amazing, 6-7 feet! Sounds like they were pretty hospitable neighbors (if not a bit nosy) :)
It would probably help if I didn’t misread as yellow “rattlesnakes”! But thanks for mentioning, I don’t know much about snakes at all.
Here’s a quote from a Washington Post blog/summary article.:
Would you, co-moderator Martha MacCallum asked DeSantis, support sending American Special Forces over the southern border to take out the cartels that produce fentanyl, a synthetic opioid thought to be the leading cause of death for Americans 18-49. “Yes,” he replied confidently. “And I will do it on Day One.” “Would I use force? Would I treat them as foreign terrorist organizations? You’re damn right I would,” he continued.
Thanks for sharing! Do you have names for them? Are you not worried about getting bitten by them?
I have been using Calyx for the past few months, which is a 1 year pre-paid connection through the T-Mobile network for $750 the first year. No data caps, have used it in the Southwest, South Central, and Midwest parts of the country with fairly good results. I measure up/down occasionally and get anywhere from 30Mbps - 250 Mbps up / 1 - 25 Mbps down. Lots of variety in the signal based on location and time of day, which is my main complaint, but it should be expected with a mobile data connection. Not fancy, but I go through a lot of data at my job and generally don’t have much problems streaming video.
To be honest, I will probably try to switch over to a fiber connection when my year is up because I’m not longer working from the road, but it really hasn’t been the worst solution by far.
Exactly. If you’re someone who engages in piracy, you should be quite used to putting in this type of effort.
Only been using it for a couple of hours, but have to say this is a super impressive Beta. Might be my bias towards original Sync, but so far this is easily outdoing the other Lemmy clients I’ve tried (Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff).
You’re right, not all landlords - you are not the problem, large corporate landlords are the problem. Don’t all landlords get gifted a corporation after their first 90 days or something?
My fellow Lemmy-ite, let me introduce you to the concept of corporate collusion:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/fight-is-control-realpage-antitrust-litigation-2023-01-10/
Here is a recent and ongoing example of how software services can be used (allegedly) by property management companies to avoid competition for the benefit of all (property management companies).
Apparently so. I was quite surprised by that as well. I imagine it’s a service or something that large property management companies use, which seems rather intrusive to me. My experience after renting 6 different apartments in the US across 3 different states is that there are too few protections and options for recourse for tenants. I am a good tenant, in my opinion. I pay my rent on time and do not draw any complaints from my neighbors.
I am currently living in an apartment in Indiana, where I was recently without working plumbing for 5 days. As far as I can tell, there is no way for me to recoup related costs or break the release without involving a lawyer. I reported the details to the city health department, which is as close as I can get to getting the incident on the “permanent record” of the property management company.
One time, the apartment complex I was living at said I was violating my lease for keeping a storage container on my balcony. It was a small, zip up greenhouse with plants in it, which they allowed. When I confronted them about it, they admitted that they only observed it from the ground (I was on the 3rd floor) and that it was fine after all. That “violation” still appears on my rental history today, as the next apartment I rented asked me to explain why there was a violation on my file. Fuck this system.
Exciting to see!
According to this article, it’s an outbreak of Dengue fever:
This was a nice analogy, thanks for the write-up.
The way I see, if chatgpt can steal our art, then we can steal its science.
I do because I live in an area where the water is hard as fuck, and will leave a ring of minerals in my pot if I do not wash it. So regardless of any other factors, I do.
What is your most memorable childhood event and how has that impacted you today?
Optimization feels a lot less optimal when it leads to enshittification. I have worked on the tech side of accounting systems in the US for the last 10 years and can say that American companies have largely embraced this category of innovation as well.