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@ Borgzilla @lemmy.ca

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I am stalking you.

  • This is Depressing

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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.

  • People of Lemmy who have either "reinvented themselves" or gone through a mid/quarter-life crisis, where did you start off and where did you end up?

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  • I was upset at first. Human beings have emotions and it's perfectly fine to feel them. You just have to make sure that they don't control you.

  • People of Lemmy who have either "reinvented themselves" or gone through a mid/quarter-life crisis, where did you start off and where did you end up?

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  • You've only got one life to live my friend. I spent a few years in the military and it was a great learning experience. It definitely changed my mindset.

  • People of Lemmy who have either "reinvented themselves" or gone through a mid/quarter-life crisis, where did you start off and where did you end up?

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  • 34 years old with two kids.

    I spent my 20s working like a horse, and I eventually bought a nice house in a quiet town. I had enough money to go on vacation to Mexico every year with my wife and my kids. Basically, I was living the American dream.

    Fast forward a few years later. My wife tells me that she wants a divorce and she is dating the guy she told me not to worry about. Getting divorced means that 50% of my assets go to her, and I need to sell my house. Child support leaves me with little money left at the the of the month.

    So, how do I feel? Not bad at all, actually. Have I lost a wife? No, she has been returned. Have I lost my possessions? No, they have been returned.

    My children are healthy. They have a good relationship with me and their mother, and they have everything that they need. I am grateful for this. Then, I am aware that they could be taken from me anytime (e.g. sickness). You have to learn how to control your expectations.

    As for the future, well whatever that I decide to set my mind to, I will do so with diligence. I'm currently trying to come up with programming projects to keep myself busy. Who knows? I could hit pay dirt, eventually (or not).

    Living according to Nature is what I strive for. Everything else is irrelevant.

  • ­Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online

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  • Canadians: First time?

  • Alternative to RARBG

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  • #mp3z

  • How Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism

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

  • do you also spend a lot less time on Lemmy compared to Reddit?

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

  • Is there an alternative to Android Auto that doesn't share everything with Google?

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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.

  • is it likely that embedded videos will ever be a part of the lemmy experience?

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

  • Anyone install Linux on a Chromebook?

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  • How much of a PIA is it to install Linux on a Chromebook? I'm looking for a small laptop and Chromebooks are the perfect size.

  • What's your favorite privacy/security focused app store?

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  • Linux Mint's software manager is not bad.

  • The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

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  • Anyone remember download accelerator plus? I'd download stuff at night while everyone was asleep, then pause DAP/disconnect from the Internet in the morning. Rinse and repeat.

  • Who do you reach out to when you’re at your breaking point and why?

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  • Do you know where that tight little ball in your lower abdomen should go? Down the shitter. You don't have to internalise it. You are your own best friend.

  • Who do you reach out to when you’re at your breaking point and why?

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  • My homies: Marcus, Seneca and Epictetus.

  • Slackware turns 30 today

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

  • [Hyprland] Keeping it basic with Fedora

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  • How do you close/minimise the windows?

  • Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security

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  • A solution would be to create a proxy app of some kind. As for the poor working class guy thing, I feel you man. Things ain't getting easier.

  • Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads

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  • The Taliban should spin up their own Mastodon instance.

  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Vaporwave Themes

  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Anyone without a smartphone?

  • OldWeb @lemmy.ml
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    John December - Website Directory

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  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Non-Tiling Window Manager Users?

  • Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? @lemmy.ca
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    Russian Language Community

  • Usenet @lemmy.ml
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    Active groups?

  • Books @lemmy.ml
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    Good books about privacy?