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I am stalking you.

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Congrats!

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Depending on your situation, most of your issues can be avoided by not owning a smartphone. It’s extreme (by today’s standards, at least), but it does work. I ditched my smartphone back in 2017 for a cheap flip phone. I can find spare parts on eBay easily. My car is older, so there is no SaaS crap in it. If I need to keep in touch with someone, we can use SMS, call each other or meet in real life. I use a Linux laptop for banking/browsing the web and I keep a physical GPS in my car in case of emergency.

and I agree with you. Privacy is pretty much gone already.

­Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online (www.pewresearch.org)

65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. Americans are even more supportive of tech companies (71%) and the U.S. government (60%) restricting extremely violent content online.

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Canadians: First time?

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I use Session because it doesn’t require a phone number.

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I’ve noticed this too. Most of the stuff on Reddit’s frontpage has an angry undertone. Anger = Engagement.

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old.lemmy.ca rocks! Thanks!

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I keep a GPS in my car in case of emergency, but I try to plan my trips ahead by memorising landmarks on OSM. As a species, we are losing our navigation skills.

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Linux Mint’s software manager is not bad.

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no alcohol or drugs: I quit drinking a year ago. I’ve saved a LOT of money. In my case, it was a crutch.

Food-wise, I eat very little meat. If I do, I eat pork liver, chicken hearts/gizzards. Offal basically. Fish can be cheap if you buy it flash frozen or canned. Peanut butter, bananas, and grapes are cheap. Instead of bread, I make my own flat bread.

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Frozen fish: Mackerel. Preferred: Cod.

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As long as automatic playback is not turned on by default!

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It was a good episode, but there are a few things I didn’t like:

  • Blowing up a space refinery on a whim.
  • Too much romance/interpersonal stuff, still.
  • Pike needs to grow a spine and be more assertive.

I give it a 6/10; not bad, not great. I’m looking forward to the new episode.

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Same here. Mandrake 8.2 was a buggy mess, but I have fond memories of it.

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The key to my independence is moving to a cheap south American country.

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The Taliban should spin up their own Mastodon instance.

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Fail fast, fail often. They have handled the issue like bosses. This project is going places.

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Frankly, I don’t see this a a problem as long as the software is up to date and the hardware is sound. I bet there are thousands of SPARC servers out there processing data 24/7 since 1995.

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Serious question: What is your opinion on avoiding arguments altogether? The older I get, the less I feel like arguing.

How to de-radicalize my mom's youtube algorithm?

She’s almost 70, spend all day watching q-anon style of videos (but in Spanish) and every day she’s anguished about something new, last week was asking us to start digging a nuclear shelter because Russia was dropped a nuclear bomb over Ukraine. Before that she was begging us to install reinforced doors because the...

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Invidious or Freetube if she’s on a personal computer.

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I’ve just started his 52-week guide. Being a stoic is not easy.

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I have been using a flip phone since 2017, but I’m considering switching to VOIP since I don’t use my phone much anyway.

The Evolution of Cyberpunk Literature

I've compiled a timeline of cyberpunk books that, in my opinion, represent significant shifts in the genre and its ideas. Whether it's the early explorations of AI and dystopian futures, the emergence of virtual reality, or the more recent reflections on environmental and social issues, each book on this list adds a unique...

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I have to give Neuromancer another shot. I tried reading it a couple times, but the words just don’t make sense.

P.S I’ve just finished Snow Crash. Good read, but the whole YT/Raven stuff was weird.

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