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Open Source apps to monitor the best-before dates of foods?
  • I'm aware, just figured it would be a good idea to prioritize those things first, and also use the information I gain to figure out how arbitrary the dates given are.

    For example, while logging my spice cabinet just now with the Food Expirations app, I saw that there were a few that were past due that I'm going to look into with how much longer they'd be good for.

  • Open Source apps to monitor the best-before dates of foods?
  • Oh thanks! First time adding a new repo to Fdroid. It works now, thanks a million!

  • Open Source apps to monitor the best-before dates of foods?
  • Not sure why, but it's not appearing either in the app or on a desktop browser for me. The link you provided leads to a 404.

  • Open Source apps to monitor the best-before dates of foods?

    Hey all, I'm trying to be a little more economical and reduce the amount of food I waste, and was wondering if there were any open-source apps that can track the best-before dates of the foods I buy so I can improve my meal-planning.

    I saw that there's Best-Before on F-Droid, but the last release was in July 2022, and I was curious if there was something more actively maintained.

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    Proton Pass open source password manager is now available on F-Droid
  • Neat, I'm personally gonna keep with KeepassDX, but it's good knowing that there's some more variety popping up in the mobile market.

  • Alternatives to the fedi-block-api?
  • Holy crap, this is perfect! Thanks a million!

  • Alternatives to the fedi-block-api?

    Hey everyone,

    I've been using the fedi-block-api for some time now. It's been a really helpful tool for me in determining which instances of federated platforms I want to make accounts on by making it easy to see what an instance blocks compared to who it is blocked by.

    While the fedi-block-api is open source, I very much do not like the people behind it. Reasons being that the source code was initially hosted on KiwiFarms of all places, and the source code license containing a racial slur.

    Thanks in advance for any help given.

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    Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire
  • I still question the intentions of the media and how a lot of outlets immediate ran to claim his actions as mental health related.

    Like sure, I can see where that's coming from in a sense since self-immolation is inherently self-harm and you have to question a person's mental health for doing so, but at the same time, I don't know of anybody off-hand who says the same about the Buddhist monks who did the same in Vietnam.

    Maybe times have changed and people don't see that action the same way as they used to back then, but if they are going to call this a result of mental health, I really hope they keep consistency with that from here on forward.

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • Huh, thanks for making me aware of this. I'll look into this more. Genuinely appreciate the insight.

  • Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity
  • I can say agree to disagree here, but really I guess we'll have to see what happens between now and November. Honestly it's a bit of a relief to have more good-faith discussion here, so can say I definitely appreciate that.

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    Who will Nikki Haley's supporters back in November election? Trump or biden?
  • Actually a number of them are never-Trumpers. They did a few interviews after she dropped out and found that a number of them stating that though they were registered Republicans that they were going to vote for Biden over Trump.

    I think it also helps that she didn't bend the knee and endorse him when dropping out.

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    Who will Nikki Haley's supporters back in November election? Trump or biden?
  • I can see some of them doing this. They did a few interviews with Haley supporters after she dropped out, and though a lot of them said they'd take Biden over Trump, I can also see RFK Jr. taking some votes because of his more right-leaning rhetoric on certain issues compared to Biden.

  • Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity
  • I don't they'll vote for Trump either, it's more likely that they'll vote for an independent or third-party candidate or just stay at home.

    I could absolutely be wrong about seeing the primary as an indicator for what could happen in the federal election, but Biden's massive drop in support in polling from Arab Americans and young people has me really concerned, even if Trump isn't picking up that lost support for himself.

    Biden and Trump are far from strong candidates. While she performed like crap with Republican primary voters, polling showed that in a general election Nikki Haley would have destroyed Biden in an election. In a similar sense, polls showed Trump losing the general election if facing "a generic Democrat" that wasn't Biden.

    Overall, I don't want Biden running, hell I'd have any Democrat take his place. I don't like Kamala, but when compared to Biden, I feel she would have a better chance at beating Trump than he does. However, if Biden's not going to pass the torch to a better-performing Democrat, he can't take these risks losing crucial voters like this in my mind.

  • Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity
  • I'm not familiar with overall demographics, but an important demographic for Democrats is Arab Americans and young people, where Democrats have had a stronghold on them for some time now.

    Biden used to have I think it was 60% support among Arab Americans. Then after October 7th that support tanked, and all you have to do is look at Michigan's uncommitted vote in the primaries to see the effect that it's had for his support with them and young voters, especially in communities like Dearborn.

    Like at first glance the Michigan polls show that Biden completely dominated the primary, but you also have to keep in mind that the Uncommitted movement was aiming for maybe 20k votes at most. Instead they got over 100k votes.

    Back in 2016 Hillary Clinton lost Michigan to Trump by an incredibly small margin. When you add together the Uncommitted votes with the votes for Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips (who I understand has dropped out and has the same stance as Biden), you get an amount similar to that which Hillary lost by.

    Arab Americans and young people have made their voice clear in focus groups that while some of them will not vote for Biden come the federal election, others will if he just simply condemns Israel properly and stop sending them weapons and aid while also calling for a ceasefire. Biden can either lose these crucial votes and possibly lose Michigan to Trump, or he can do what the voters want and regain at least some of their support come November.

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • Hm, almost as though Democrats should be pressured by voters to abolish the electoral college... wonder what will change their stance on that.

    Maybe... if the Democrats saw their support weakening as a result of their terrible policies... hmmmm.

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • You know what also helps third parties? Votes.

    Without votes what purpose do they have in continuing?

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • At what point did they say that? Of course the Republicans are miles worse than the Democrats, but why should people sit there and be like "oh, let me just vote for genocide lite when the other party is genocide standard"

    Edit: slight edit since Kbin notifs are weird.

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • You need to do some critical thinking. Vote for the person who best aligns with your beliefs, not which of the two big names you hate less.

  • 196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.
  • Ah yes, label me as a Trump sympathizer, cause that definitely helps your cause with the average joe.

    Edit: This you calling me a Russian agent?

  • Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity
  • Amazing. Not a single mention of Palestine.

    Putting his backing of Netanyahu aside, there's a number of things he could do to up his popularity. Naming two from the top of my head, he could forgive medical debt at the federal level and federally legalize marijuana and remove it as a Schedule 1 drug.

  • Open source Linktree Alternatives?

    Hey all, I've been using Singlelink for a while now as an open source alternative to Linktree. Issue with it has been that development has been incredibly slow, and now it's completely unreliable for me as my page now gives a 403 and my account no longer works for unknown reasons.

    Is there any other open source Linktree alternatives that preferrably work better than Singlelink? I appreciate any help in advance.

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    Should I get out into the dating scene while losing weight, or after I do so?

    Hey all, not often I do this, but figured it might be a good idea to make myself vulnerable with something I dislike about myself to maybe get some helpful input as to how to approach this weird dilemma I'm having.

    So I [M24], have been struggling with my weight for a few years now. Mainly it's been an issue that's been tied to my mental health, and for the last year I've been doing intensive work on improving my mental health, which includes dealing with the root cause of my weight issues.

    For a long time I've been in the mindset of wanting to wait until after I shed the pounds before getting into the dating scene. Reason being is that I personally prefer a certain body type, and it just feels hypocritical and gross to have that expectation going into a relationship when I'm not meeting the expectations for the body type I want for myself.

    On the other hand, I had a coworker [F22] at my old job admit that she at one point had feelings for me, so since then it has me thinking if I'm stressing too much about my weight as important as I feel it is for me to address it.

    I've also had friends tell me that I need to have more self-confidence in regards to my body, but I'm split on trusting their words because I'm fully aware I'm not at a healthy weight currently and don't want to deny that.

    I'm having trouble determining what to do from here, because I really want to go out and meet new people and perhaps mingle since I've been craving a romantic relationship for ages now and know that things are likely going to take more time for me than most others because of my sexual identity.

    However on the other hand, I still worry about the aforementioned possibility of coming off as hypocritical, having my weight be a deciding factor at first glance for people when this isn't who I want to be, and having my weight literally get in the way of other things (I worry about it maybe making hugs and/or cuddles awkward for a potential partner.

    What would be the best plan of action for me to take?

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    Where can I get access to old Alberta newspapers?

    Hi all,

    I was wondering if anybody knew where I could access to some old newspapers based in Alberta. I've been working on expanding information about the Calgary music scene in MusicBrainz, and I've been getting to a point where finding information on some bands online has been a pain with some having next to no information online.

    Thanks for any help in advance!

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    Binzy_Boi Binzy_Boi @supermeter.social

    Volunteer for Open Data projects and digital archivist.

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