TorstenTyp

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"Cold Haven" an Icelandic-Portuguese crime series just premiered. Which European co-productions are you watching these days? in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe not ”these days” but I can recommend Bron/Broen to everyone, it’s an amazing swedish-danish crime series.

I searched `CachyOS vs Fedora` on YouTube and all I found was AI Slop 🙄 in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 8 points 1 month ago

I would pay for this.

My quest to embrace European tech has improved my life in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I couldn’t agree more. And as a citizen of a huge arms exporting country (Sweden), my hope is that the same revelation will apply in this sector too: choosing EU is a quality upgrade.

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My quest to embrace European tech has improved my life (feddit.nu)
 

I recently switched database solution for my hobby project from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway. I did this purely out of ideological conviction and I was even prepared to pay a bit more for a European service.

That turned out to not be the case. My monthly bill went from around 6€ to 1,3€. The performance was equally as good, if not better (I haven't tested, just going off of feel) and the setup was very smooth.

This really made me think, and I began to reflect on all the other changes I’ve made and how they’ve turned out to be improvements - even though that wasn’t what motivated me to switch.

My old laptop was very slow and laggy. I wiped it clean from Windows and installed Linux Mint. Now it’s like it’s brand new, I’ve come to rely on shortcuts and features that don’t exist in Windows and I love how all the unnecessary resource draining bloat is gone.

My search engine, Startpage, gives me what I’m looking for, not AI summaries where my question was misunderstood or just straight up hallucinations.

And for all of the services where the European alternative wasn’t noticeably better (Proton mail, Le Chat, DeepL, etc) they’ve been just as good - only more privacy respecting. I haven’t replaced everything yet, and I expect some things to be difficult, but thus far I can honestly say that I don’t feel like I have made any sacrifices.

I feel like I’ve been subject to some psychological fallacy where I’ve assumed that the most popular alternative is the best and it’s been eye-opening to realize it’s simply not true.

I’m curious about your experiences, can you relate to this?

I've had this puzzle on my phone for years. Every few months I'd glance at it and try and solve it. Last night, as I was eating dinner, I finally figured out the answer! in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, typo is short for typographical error. I’v never realized that before.

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[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 0 points 3 months ago

Jag säger kör! Läste den andra kommentarstråden om detta och håller med om att det finns nackdelar, mänskliga inlägg är ju att föredra, men så tomt som det är nu hade jag inte klagat på några automatiskt inslussade inlägg. Snyggt att du kommer med initiativ!

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[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Jag tror, deppigt nog, att en utav de största fördelarna de centraliserade alternativen har är den ändlösa strömmen av roliga videos och memes. Jag ser memes lite då och då på Lemmy men det kan verkligen inte tävla med instagrams reels eller tiktokflödet. Jag sitter såklart inte på lösningen, kanske ska vi stjäla mer?