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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social How can someone get that angry over ice cream? Wrong ice cream is still ice cream, how TF can you be angry when you have ice cream?
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mastodon 4.7.3I'm an autistic, lesbian gamer. I live in the US, which means I'm having a very bad time.
Struggling with the fact that home is a concept that doesn't include me.
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In my opinion, the MOST important thing you can do for your #privacy is get over your aprehension of being "that weirdo" or being "difficult". Not having "the app" is "abnormal". Refusing to use a platform because of a privacy hazard is "being diffiicult".
Avoiding facial or plate recognition is "paranoid".
The first thing you need to do is get the fuck over that. Be difficult, be a weirdo, be abnormal. What's actually fucking weird is being ok with constantly being tracked and data harvested!
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social This marketing works on me. I want to go to the fuckin's sale so bad
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social They should name it Trump intelligence, so we can hurry up with people abandoning it
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If you told teenager me that one day HEADPHONES will require an UPDATE, she'd have laughed in your fucking face.
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@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Ah, and we have a fine exaple of one of the biggest reasons I stopped carrying a fucking smartphone!
I have my tiny laptop, running Linux. When people begin a sentance with "If you instal our app...", I cut them off. "Fuck your app!".
Now I just need to break the "Do you have a phone number with us?" habit.
The meager price saving isn't worth it
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social By the way, an important tip to DIY and "handy people"... The most REQUIRED skill in saving money by knowing how to do something yourself is knowing when a job is outside your skill.
I can replace supply lines on a faucet. I can replace a faucet with a new one that fits the same holes. I cannot replace your water heater, nor will I try.
I can replace a loose or cracked outlet. I can replace a switch. I cannot rewire your breaker box, nor will I try.
Remember:
From time to time, doing absolutely nothing is, in itself, a worthwhile and healthy activity.
Staying sedintary all the time isn't the best for you (I'm guilty of this), but neither is never taking some time to just exist. Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is be "useless" fo a bit, "serve no purpose" for a bit, consume nothing, and just... be.
I, myself, had forgotten this.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social The only way one could stop me from voting is by shooting me dead
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@gael_rostang@mastodon.social If your bank doesn't work well via their web site, move your money to a credit union that does. If your bank does work well on their web site, still move your money to a credit union.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social You're right, I wouldn't vote for Jesus. Putting aside the fact I am not any flavor of christian and don't believe he exists... Jesus was alledgedly born in Bethlehem, Israel. He is inelligble for the office of President of the United States, per the United States Constitution, Article two, Section 1.
Radio ad about the station: "It's like MTV, on the radio"
Did... you really just say that? I don't have words to describe how stupid that statement is.
High on my list of things that make me anxious is...
Working in GUI, clicking commands, or dragging things.... Accidentally landing in the wrong place, something happens but goes away too fast to see it, and I'm left having absolutely no idea what just accidentally happened to my computer or my files.
Multiply this by a thousand if I'm working with private files I would never want sent to other people.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I was just talking about this sort of large scale thing with my therapist today. What the fuck am I supposed to do to manage my anxiety when all the things I'm anxious about are threatening to kill everyone and are far too big for me to fix?!
US Fascism
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@gael_rostang@mastodon.social
I've reached a point where "If you just install our app..." sets off my reflexive response of "Fuck your app!".
But I do enjoy holding up a Linux device like "I can't find your app. *shrug*".
Heh "...but that means you can't...."
Oh no no, on the contrary. That means YOU can't harvest more of my data! 🖕
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social What Gooogle says don't mean jack shit to me. I walked away from Android and carry Linux devices. There's a lot of things I've gotten fed up with and more and more of my devices are just specifically configured Linux computers of various form factors, cause I've fucking had enough of their bullshit!
*I AM* su and there's not a fucking thing Google, Microsoft, or fucking Apple can do about it!
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@gael_rostang@mastodon.social Cred.ai, Crypto.com, and CashApp don't work without thier apps, the web sites are extremely limited. So I dropped them all.
(And then Crypto.com did shit that made me even happier with that decision, such as sponsoring Trump's inauguration)
What an interesting jouney computers have been for me.
"IBM Compatible? But I only know Apple." - circa '93. But I was off to the races in DOS in a couple hours.
"But I need Windows!" - circa '00. Not sure why I felt that way.
"LOL, I'd rather go back to paper than use something other than Linux" - Recently
"Hmm... I'm willng to poke around BSD" - present day.
Haven't actually attempted BSD yet, but it's on my list
☕ Listen, I can stop drinking coffee any time I want. I swear!
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Aparently, this is their first music. It's been up for a few days. No idea how I stumbled on it, some of the tracks have views in the single digits, and there's a mere 15 subs. So, go check them out.
*spots the "Trans" button on my workbench phone*
Huh... I wonder which Luna that calls.
One way I stay productive is to have a task I'm just unable to get done and end up procrastinating with other helpful tasks.
Previous resident here did some dumb crap with the windows in a bit of "DI-Why the fuck would he do that?!". So I was uncovering my window, and cleaned it. Then cleaned my housemate's study window. Then spent however long scraping paint off her bedroom window cause I figure she'd enjoy that.
My room... still a pile of disorganized stuff.
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@Walruths@mastodon.social @Tutanota@mastodon.social Eh, I just stoped carrying a smartphone (well, ALMOST... I'm missing a decent USB dongle to complete the transition). An itty bitty laptop, a data sim, and a voip line. I'm good.
As jank as this thing is, back in the late 90s, the OMNI would have entirely changed how I use computers. Yes, he says it "doesn't do much". However, it does the one thing I wanted back then... stick an acceptable amplifier inside the computer.
https://youtu.be/hHog4-pdz98
☕ My coffee is ready!
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Basically, these were often found at dollar stores. The cartoons were ancient then, even more ancient now - likely old enough they were pub dom even back when I first got them (hence why an hour worth of cartoon was profitable at a $1 price).
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange I used to be a Google fan. I had Gmail, I had Google Home, I had a stock Google Pixel on Google Fi, and even a Google watch. I used Google Pay. My photos, calendar, everything was on Google.
When I saw them reading my email, I imediately hunted for new email, learned how to use NextCloud, and threw all my Gooogle home devices in a box in the crawlspace.
My Google account remains as simply access to YouTube content.
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange Btw, if anyone needs an email provier that isn't Gmail or whatever the fuck Microsoft is calling their BS email these days,
I recommend @runbox@mastodon.social.
Inexpensive, very few outtages, and if I'm not mistaken, all their servers are outside the US - Which is a major perk with how things in the US are going right now. Plus, they're customer service is acually decent. It's also real email. Has webmail, but you can easily use any client progam.
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social "Reponsible use of gen AI"? Oh, so none. Cool cool.
(Tone Note - Not being serious, I know what THEY mean)
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange The hardest part of this process was getting my photos OUT of Google, and remains incomplete to this day. (I have them all, but have been unsuccessful in getting them all removed from Google). The most labor intensive part was going through my entire password list in Chrome to change each and every one (and close unneeded accounts) and store them in BitWarden. (I have since migrated to KeepPass)
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social *installs random app on my tiny daily carry computer while laughing*
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange Also, I don't even have Windows, or anything else Microsoft. Why the fuck woud I use Windows, let alone Copilot?!
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social If I were to design a car, one of the diag lights would be a mechanic shrugging
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange Becoming aware of the email reading was an immediate "NOPE!!!" and 180 on my view of Google. I think that may have been the most abrupt and thorough I've ever bailed on a brand in my life.
I deGoogled as fast as I could possibly do it, to the point some data was lost in the process.
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange I bailed on Google harder than I bailed on Microsoft when I saw the Vista preview.
I just rated MythBusters S2015E06 "San Francisco Drift": ★★★★★ (5.0/5) #NowWatching #Plex
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Dude, that house is fucking awesome! Those are not the colors I'd pick for MINE, but that's the awesome part about being INDIVIDUALS!
If I got to pick the colors of the house I'm in... baby pink with lavender trim!
Or Pink with black trim!
Or bright pink with purpe trim!
...my favorite color is pink, if that isn't obvious.
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social Somene with more time, hardware, and money than me should generate and maintain an entire Linux distro with AI, purely as a demonstration of why that's a terrible idea. Just do it, install it on a machine with internet access in an average home wifi set up, and let people see what happens to it.
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Living in a country run by the same type of people who gave me CPTSD has not been good for my mental health.
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@Li@tech.lgbt @hsza@social.tudbut.de @imbl@social.treehouse.systems Begs the question... where is the edge of "reasonable ask"? In some places, a woman not being completely covered head to toe, face included, is "indecent". So, where between nude and mandatory burka is "reasonable ask"?
Weird...
Out of the blue, I suddenly realized I haven't seen a magazine laying around in a really really long time.
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social I missed something, and your question is frightening me... Asking for AI-free debian says there's an AI riddled debian... What did I miss?!
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I am very certain the midterm election will decide how bad this all gets.