When I had cats, I used to give them a little head out before I was about to vacuum and they would leave the room sometimes after I bought out the vacuum.

To this day, I have no idea how I got them to listen to me.

When I was in therapy I learned lots of DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) skills one of which being ‘radical acceptance,’ which basically means you fully accept the situation and move on. What I’m trying to say is, saying “it is what it is” is a legit scientifically proven coping skill and I think that’s really funny.

I started my privacy journey last year. My gf at the time, was really into privacy and told me all about data collection and selling. I bushed it off, justifying it as the cost of a using a free platform, until I noticed that topics from our Discord convos would appear on my YouTube recommendations (or I Googled something similar, still creepy none the less). It was so oddly specific that I freaked me out and I almost immediately changed my search engine, browser, email, etc.

You scared me there for a second lol

I love Orion! It’s a little clunky but I love being able to use the full UBlock Origin.

^ Not to mention that considering how privacy conscious the OOP was there’s a good chance they had some way to limit IP tracking. When I verify log-ins for 2FA the approximate location shown in emails is rarely in my city much less close enough to pin any business near my home.

Edit: I skipped over the part where they had proxies active. Which leads me to my next question: If they had proxies active wouldnt they cover their tracks if the VPN fails?

Born to dilly dally, forced to lock in.

Honestly, since I’m not very techie and unable to donate (for now) my main contributions are simply regularly using open source software. I’ve switched a good portion of my daily online services to FOSS alternatives. It’s fun to find them and give them a shot.

My laptop has been discontinued by the manufacture for a couple years now and with support for Windows 10 ending, I wanted to increase the lifespan of my device so I looked into Linux. The lack of ads, bloat, and spyware are also major selling point to me.

The humble IPA file:

I’m the right dragon like 85% of the time 🫣

They may be a pain, but they are a necessary one to protect our God given rights. /j

Me if I was a philosopher

Idk what exactly Reddit is saying about Taylor Swift atm, but Reddit decided to send me a personal notification that she got engaged despite not being active in any subs related to her which is shitty imo.

Everytime I disassemble a pen, I can never figure out how to reassemble it so I’m left with a bunch of pen parts.

:((

I’ve only used Apple computer a handful of times, but there is a lot of elements to Pop!_OS that remind of Mac. Particularly the tiny loading circle your mouse creates after opening a window reminds me of the similar that used to come up on my elementary school old Macs.

I’ve only used Apple computer a handful of times, but there is a lot of elements to Pop!_OS that remind of Mac. Particularly the tiny loading circle your mouse creates after opening a window reminds me of the similar that used to come up on my elementary school old Macs.

I also switched to Pop!_OS a couple days ago. I’ve only used Windows all my life and this distro made everything so easy. The Pop Store is a lifesaver.

I heard about this on Lemmy a couple weeks ago. I’m so jealous, I wish my city would host something similar.

I’m glad someone got the reference for my wallpaper ^-