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Lack of political will and poor coordination hamper LA goal to eliminate traffic deaths, audit finds in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 1 points 2 hours ago

The threshold to take away someone's license in the US should be a LOT lower as well.

What do you have a low tolerance for? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I always have to look out for shards of broken glass in the bicycle gutter lane because I guess some people think it's fine to just throw glass bottles on the ground

Curious about making the switch from Windows in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure neither mint nor PopOS supports VRR natively, if that is important to you. HDR only works well on Bazzite in gaming mode in my experience. Bazzite is great. I highly recommend it.

Just No in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

FYI Imgur blocks images from loading for VPN users

Post on /r/RedditAlternatives finds it suspicious that people suggest Lemmy a lot as a Reddit alternative in c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it weird that I view a finite amount of content as a feature? It satisfies my desire to scroll while being a lot less addicting. Ofc if you have some niche interest you might be screwed. I never used reddit much in the first place and never made an account over there so I might be an outlier.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but DO NOT EVER expose Jellyfin to the internet in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do we even know that Plex is better? It's closed source and hasn't been audited afaik

Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 25 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Good time to switch to a European mail provider Tuta with their 62% discount. in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Are you referring to their newsletter? I just set a spam filtering rule to automatically discard those. Also can you elaborate more on it being hard to cancel your subscription? I can do it very easily.

I do have my own list of complaints about Tuta, but so far they are the best I've found

Good time to switch to a European mail provider Tuta with their 62% discount. in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

or the app app lol. Tuta has apps on all platforms.

Switching to linux for newbies. in c/linux@lemmy.ml

I see these MFs on a daily basis in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] Chastity2323@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And let's be real here, most people don't need anything more than a web browser.

You would think. Surprisingly, i only know of one non techy person in my life for whom this was the case, and even they ended up needing to use some statistics software for school after switching to linux. Luckily, they were able to get it through a school-provided VM.

People have all kinds of needs and those needs can change over time. For people who are deaf in one ear, there is no easy way to set the audio output to mono. That's just one way that accessibility features are lacking. I know people who rely on apps like notability syncing their mac laptop to their ipad, which no app on linux can do. I know people who have specialized software for work such as VPN apps that simply do not exist on linux. I know people who do creative work for whom it would be a major learning curve at the very least to switch. It only takes one app or crucial feature to lock you out. Even I have to dual boot from time to time for firmware updates or to play games my friends want to play that aren't on Linux.

But you better believe I'm tracking all of these issues so I can switch people over as soon as they're implemented ;)

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VMFXX Safety in the Trump/Musk era? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Chastity2323@midwest.social to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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I'm young and a student and I have most of my savings in a VMFXX money market account which I basically use as a low risk place to set and forget my money. Most of this fund is federal cash and securities. I like that it is there when I need it and that it makes more interest than a savings account.

I've been hearing vague things about Elon Musk messing with the treasury since Trump got elected and there is just seems to be a lot more uncertainty in the federal government overall.

The value of the money in this money market account has never dropped before, but is there any risk that the current administration could mess things up enough that my savings could be at risk? If so, is there anywhere else I could leave my money that would be similarly low risk but earn more interest than a savings account with my credit union?