One hour seems too long for a nap. Have you tried shorter ones, e. g. 20 minutes? AFAIK napping for only a few minutes doesn’t affect you much, too long of a nap causes issues you described.

It seems to have been fixed, try this: GitHub

Or try the suggestion above (revert to the old kernel).

I’m no expert either, but I think the section mentioned above allows Nebula and the advertising companies to do a lot more than just collecting info about whether you visited the sign-up page or not.

To me it looks like they do just that:

Interest-Based Advertising. We may work with third-party advertising companies and social media companies to help us advertise our business and to display ads for our products and services. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you (including the online activity information and device information described above in the section called “Personal Information Automatically Collected”) over time across our Services and other websites and services or your interaction with our emails, and use that information to serve ads that they think will interest you. In addition, some of these companies may use hashed customer lists that we share with them to deliver ads to you and to similar users on their platforms.

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One can only undefined

I completely agree, I guess what they call “privacy win” is that this feature can now work without storing data on Google (highlighted by me):

Based on Google’s email, it seems the company will allow Gemini to access messages, WhatsApp, and control device system settings without requiring that you enable the Gemini Apps Activity setting for your account. This setting saves your Gemini history to your Google account, potentially allowing for better personalization.

Previously, if you had this setting disabled for your Google account, you weren’t able to use the Messages, Phone, Utilities, or WhatsApp extensions in Gemini (via 9to5Google). Once this change rolls out to your account, you will be able to access these features without having to save your Gemini history on Google’s servers.

When they say

potentially allowing for better personalization

they sound like the companies trying to sell you these features without mentioning the privacy implications of said features. :/

In #1 when you say the monitor displays the DE, is the Dock visible? If not, it could be that you’re trying to interact with the DE but the dock and application launcher is on the laptop display.

I didn’t have to change any config values and it works. The only other thing I can think of is that I have Gnome Tweaks installed and the ‘Suspend when laptop lid is closed’ is disabled in the ‘General’ tab.

Another thing to try is to see what Pop!_OS outputs in the /var/log/syslog file when this happens. What I would suggest you do is:

1. open the terminal app
2. type sudo /var/log/syslog -f (this will start writing all sorts of messages to the screen)
3. do your step #1 (when it becomes unresponsive)
4. open the lid again so the system becomes reponsive
5. press Ctrl + c to stop outputting the contents of the systog file.

Scroll up and see if there’s any error, warning or something to that affect in the log related to power management, displays or the desktop environment.

And one more thing which is probably obvious: make sure your system is up do date (both the operating system and the BIOS).

I blocked Microsoft in WhatsApp and they reverted back to sending SMS messages. However, this won’t help if you (like me) I refuse to install Microsoft apps on your phone.

Whereabouts are you riding? Group ride?

Children with stupid names should be allowed to change their parents’ names!

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I think it depends on which community (instance) you’re trying to post. Some instances are blocking VPNs, e.g. lemmy.world. I assume you’ve already tried but try switching to a different VPN server.

Lemmy. world blocks VPNs - https://lemmy.world/post/12979118

It’s not a backdoor, it just enabled Firefox’s remote debugging tool by default

Just? I’m sorry but that’s just a terrible mistake to make, especially for a browser that people use to surf the world wild web. I don’t know if you’ve ever used a remote debugger (I do), but depending on the debugger, it can be a very powerful tool, you can do a lot of things with it. I don’t think calling it a backdoor is a massive exaggeration. I don’t doubt the developer’s good intention, but this issue shouldn’t be dismissed as an insignificant issue.

To add insult to the injury, it didn’t even prompt the user for it.

Zen is as secure as firefox is.

Unless you tweak the default Firefox settings in the code base, e.g. https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/blob/dev/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js#L258 (allow unsigned extensions by default).

I agree, it also has some serious security issues: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/pull/927

The developer’s comment reveals that it has been there since the inception of the project. And there are even more privacy / security issues mentioned in the comments.

Unfortunately Zen browser gets a big fat no from me. 🫤

I use plastic free “Eco Warrior” shampoo bars made by Little Soap Company Ltd (UK).

I’ve got one of these and I really like it. It’s expensive compared to other brands, but I’ve had it for 5 or 6 years, and it still works perfectly. It’s got a few scratches but that’s acceptable given that it’s been used for years on a daily basis. Highly recommended.

Thanks for your suggestion regarding single words. I’ve tried dict.cc it with “baffling”, “egregious” but no translations were found… :)

I’ve also just tried translating sentences with DeepL and the results were OK, so it looks like you’re right, it’s more for translating text instead of just words.

Now, what’s even more interesting is that when translating “moron” on the webpage using a mobile browser, it shows “moron” as an alternative, but when using a desktop browser it doesn’t. If I translate “confused”, I get different suggestions for alternatives… 🤨

Screenshots: Mobile - https://postimg.cc/rRpMgzZf and Desktop - https://postimg.cc/CzXSHhG4

Hungarian. I’ve just tested it again, but I’m still not happy with the results.

Also, it always seems to suggest the word you’re translating in the “Alternatives” section for some reason. So, for instance, if I translate “moron” or “baffling”, DeepL thinks “moron” and “baffling” are valid alternatives. They’re not, these are neither Hungarian words nor English ones that a Hungarian would use.

But for quality, nuance, and privacy, DeepL is unmatched.

As much as I’d like this to be true, I have to disagree. Perhaps the quality of the translation depends on the language you translate from / to, but the results I got for my native language ranged from not very good to absolute rubbish.

What’s even more frustrating is that there’s no (easy) way for me to report such bad results so the developers could fix them. :/