I’m talking about stuff thats frequently advertised on podcasts and other episodes of online series like “8sleep” (no idea how its spelled) or AthleticGreens or LiquidIV etc
Edit: is it banned to mention actual names, if not just message person if credible
Ground News. The blind spot feature gives me great insight to where my “out of touch” family is coming from with their political narratives.
Is something like Media Bias Fact Check or is it different? Can you explain why it’s worth paying for? I keep seeing the ads but I feel like MBFC kinda does the same thing…at least that’s how it comes across in the ads. I’m just curious what it does differently so well to make it worth the price.
Thanks!
I’m not familiar with MBFC. It may be similar but I don’t mind throwing some $$ at any project making these efforts. What I like about Ground News is that all the sources for a given story are aggregated to one page, sorted based on political bias, and rated on accuracy. That information combined with the “Blindspot” feature (which highlights when a story is disproportionately covered more by one side) is very powerful IMO. It looks like the blindspot feed it’s available to non-subscribers but doesn’t include the political bias of the source: https://ground.news/blindspot
The nice part about Ground is that they take the event being reported on, then show the news sources and how they’re reporting on them.
For instance, let’s say a white cop shoots a black jogger. Ground will take the news sources for that event, and line them up on a left/right bias chart based on their historic reporting records. So you can see how the two sides (and the center) are reporting on the same story. For instance, AP (historically just left of center) will be very dry, and only report “police shoot black jogger”. Far right outlets will post something about a heroic officer protecting communities, being forced to shoot a fleeing black man. And far left outlets will post about white supremacist cops gunning down an innocent black man.
Do you mean the RFKjr-biased website? RFKjr will get the orange-fat pumpkin re-elected.
Proton Mail and VPN. I saw them advertised a lot when I was first getting into Linux, and it seemed like a great way to start the arduous task of degoogling my life. Its been several months now and my only complaint is setting up the VPN on Linux desktop, it works great on android ootb and the email and calandar service have everything I need. I can even easily share calandar invites with my wife who is still on google everything
Ive really wanted to make the switch for a while now. I just dread updating all online services to the new mail… How bad was that in your opinion?
Not OP but I’ve recently made the switch to Proton. You can set up a forward from your old mail provider to Proton, and then it’s just a case of going through things one by one to change them, but all your email will still be in one place. You can also import all your historic email in the background.
I just went through my password manager to identify which services were most important to me to proactively switch them over, which took a couple of hours. Now I just check emails that come in and whether they were sent to my Google address or Proton address, and from ther either switch them or unsubscribe from their mailing list.
So yeah it’s not effortless or anything, but it’s probably not as bad as you’re thinking.
Also, since Google is free, you can just keep it open forever on the off chance that you miss something (which you almost certainly did), and then like the above person said, just doing it slowly over time. Takes a while but you don’t have to do it all in one sitting.
Though I would recommend getting a personal domain and using that with Proton (or literally anyone else at that point). That way you never have to update emails with services again since you can just port from one provider to another.
I bought a safety razor after an in video ad from a YouTube channel I watch.
It came with a bonus extra set of blades.
It is my first safety razor and I’m loving it. Disposables are a sucker’s game. I knew it for years, but I only finally took the plunge. Totally worth it.
Literally close to a factor of 100 cheaper than disposable blade razors. It’s flat out crazy anyone shaves any other way.
And for 40 bucks you can buy a shave ready vintage straight razor and never need to buy another razor again. Then, spend 20 bucks on an ok strop to keep it shave ready for a year.
In the other hand, the copays for emergency room visit after you slice half your face off add up very quickly.
My grandfather used a straight razor for years, and every time he ended up with sticking plaster somewhere on his face. It’s just so easy to get an angle wrong somewhere, and so fast to slice–and incredibly aggressive compared to almost all safety razors–that it’s not worth it for most people.
I’ve been using a Merkur Futur for nearly a decade now. I need to buy new blades about once a year, maybe, and they cost about $20. Shaving soap lasts nearly as long as a pack of blades, and a shaving stone (alum salts, for closing pores back up after shaving) is a couple bucks and lasts years.
Picking the right blades can be a challenge. I’m lucky that super sharp blades work well on me.
Is it the Leaf razor? I heard about it through Future Proof and I’m absolutely satisfied with the shave, much closer than the plastic razors I used to use before and lasts much longer
Not the Leaf. It’s a Henson.
I now also have a 50 year old safety razor of my grandfather’s. The depth on the exposed blade is smaller for the Henson, which does keep it from flexing and reduces the chance of cuts.
I usually get about 4-5 shaves from a blade, which costs me $0.10 each.
I also don’t throw away plastic like you do with disposables and cartridge systems. Just good old fashioned rusty steel that goes into a used razor box.
I have to disagree but only on the level of the non-disputable logic that a years worth of shaving with a sharp blade for less than or at least equal to $30 is possible without factoring in the membership fee ($100/year total including with membership fee lol) is at least as good value and =< greater efficacy
There’s just no way thats cheaper than what I’m referring to but I’m open to being wrong
Henson razor (really the handle) is 75 dollars up front, that’s on the expensive side. The thing lasts as long as you don’t lose it. Name brand blades are $15 for 100 blades on Amazon. A blade lasts anywhere from 2 days to a week of daily shaving.
No membership fees, and the cost of the handle can be divided over several years.
Edit to correct the pricing of the Henson from $60 to $75
Might have to look into that👀 although i buy many other things that make me save my money with said membership besides just razors. Still may investigate :)
Tailscale is pretty fucking great if you’re into self-hosting
I saw a video going over atheletic greens and it was a pretty subpar supplement.
I’ve heard raycons are way overpriced.
I asked gamersupps support if it’s vegan, since their website doesn’t say and they have some ingredients that could be animal derived or plant based/synthetic, and they told me to look at the website.
sooo… in my experience/what I’ve heard, no not really any good ones come to mind
I like gamersupps but I’m not a vegan, and don’t use it for the health benefits. It’s just a cheaper option than a traditional energy drink and there are several good flavors. I think it’s a decent product if you’re in that market, but I’ve only had to reach out to customer support to get an item swapped on an order. They can also take a while to ship depending on their stock.
