was checking my old favourite posts and found this.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    Me Before (Normie CS Dude):

    OS Macos

    Browser Brave

    Search Engine Google

    Services Insta, Reddit, Whatsapp, Microsoft Suite, Netflix, Icloud Drive

    Me Now (I dont wanna get fucked by a facist government)

    OS Debian

    Browser Librewolf

    Search Engine Duckduckgo/Startpage

    Services Signal/Fluffychat, Lemmy, qBitTorrent, Jellyfin, Bluesky, Nextcloud

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    “Has hundreds of messaging apps their friends won’t use.”

    Got caught.

    • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Hey, someone in the friend group has to test the apps ahead of time for when they all inevitably wake up and delete Discord, I can guide them to matrix or SimpleX! This is exactly how it will go right?

      Guys… where’d you go?

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    I think we’re all in between conservative and newborn paranoid … for me, I love alpha/nightly, which LW doesn’t have, so FF it is. But I cope by telling myself that a properly configured FF is just as good as LW. And Signal is better than needing to use WhatsApp with family members.

  • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Please don’t misuse the term ‘paranoid’ like that. It’s a medical term for a serious condition and we really don’t need to start labeling ourselves like that, others already do that for us way too often.

    • KeenFlame@feddit.nu
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      1 month ago

      No, paranoia is not a medical term but also a word used to describe a feeling most humans get from time to time

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        yes and important to note this applies to other terms as well. non-disordered people can experience temporary depression, anxiety and paranoia. the clinical terms are related but should not be conflated. paranoia can occur to anyone who is going through paranoia inducing circumstances, like marijuana, sleeplessness, or an authoritarian capitalistic hellscape.

        (there are terms that have no aclinical parallel, though, like OCD, dissociative identity, or intrusive thoughts. we all should be careful not to misuse these terms.)

        i do appreciate your sensitivity @Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ! i think it’s just a bit misplaced. :)

        • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Mmh, I see. This might be either a difference in language or culture then. 🤔 In german it would not just be very rude to call someone paranoid, it’s also definitely rhetorically linked to a state of mental illness (basically telling them they’re fucked in the head / crazy). At least where I’m coming from.

  • neox_@sh.itjust.worksFrançais
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    1 month ago

    The FSF member does not use libreboot anymore (not entirely free on some boards for a while now). See GNU Boot!

    • Zeon@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      GNU Boot is barely maintained. I would use Canoeboot instead, it follows the same philosophy GNU Boot does, and is way more up to date.

  • proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Years ago, when Telegram was relatively fresh, I convinced most of my friends and acquaintances to use it. I don’t know how I did it, but now that I want to get away from Telegram, I wish I could do it again.

  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Currently on a very locked down version of firefox but also windows, though I’ve been experimenting with mint on an old laptop in prepration for a switchover.

  • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m the Tech Conservative with an iPhone, uses the Fedora Distro as my ride or die at the moment! I feel pretty balanced…Though, I do have a desire to hop to other distros for a while before going back to where it all started: Ubuntu. Ubuntu started my passion for Linux; opened my world to FOSS, issues with Privacy, and viewing most companies with neutrality, unless they’ve shown their dark side!

    • dicksteele@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Are you me? This is my tech journey also, including fedora on desktop and laptop, iPhone without any upgrades for last 3 years.

      • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I might be if you started on Android but then transitioned to iPhone 15+ and iOS after Google started to cram too much LLM Bullshit into Android. Otherwise, I had been a Windows person first, before I couldn’t tolerate Microsoft’s BS any longer. I should’ve left some more tech history in there, but this meme is certainly my current self!

        • dicksteele@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I think I got the first iPhone 3G. Then I moved to android and my last android phone was google pixel 3. Changed to iPhone 13 and been with that ever since. Similar tech history for sure.