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10 months ago

i was reading your thoughts archive & i agree with your stuff on foss fans. while i do have a degoogling post, i don't use linux at all. don't get me wrong, i get why some people love it. but the thing i always go back to is convience. sure, customizing its look & not have your data stolen sounds cool. but i don't wanna lose all the stuff i downloaded, or install apps 7 diff ways or learn 50 command prompts

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

okay yeah that was a rant in response to some other folks -- like, the thing that really bugs me is, as mentioned, that it is a fandom, not a movement. it's tech for tech's sake and the only use cases they care about are each other. So if you're like me and would love to de-Google and use Linux and stuff, but need to have a phone that works on phone plans and Office backwards compatibility for work, then, uh...

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

yeye, fortunately my last job used libreoffice if you can believe it. but like the best way to promote foss is to have sites or programs that are just better. for example, my brother doesn't care abt foss & has given up on privacy. but he still uses firefox as his default bc chrome eats up sm ram.

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

sometimes i feel pressure to use linux, like "i dont REALLY care about privacy if i still use windows/android as my main os" even though i'm doing everything else i can. including using privacy conscious settings for windows & android

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

exactly, re: functionality. I love Firefox and FreeTube, but LibreOffice doesndoesn't do the visual and format features I need, I've never met an OSM client that doesn't suck at road navigation, and I'm sticking with Ecosia BC all the more "private" search engines have had shit results. a lot of the "alternatives" are just unacceptably weaker or don't work for what I need

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

also, documentation is kind of a huge problem. you basically can't get support through any means except forums and socials, and most users who need to Use Their Computer For Things don't have time for the arcana. (speaking of Using Your Compoter For Things, can we agree that "dephoning" is stupid for anyone who doesn't live in their mom's basement?)

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

it's all just showing off that you have the privilege to carry around 5 different inefficient devices (also that's a lot of e-waste) and do jailbreaking and arcane documentation and all that bullshit. it's showing off. it's a fandom. it's an aesthetic. any movement that doesn't actually meet or care about people's needs outside of its privileged uber-online core audience can never be anything but.

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

it's a bunch of individualist punchy algorithmic aesthetic Tumblr bullshit that does exactly nothing to actually change tech ecosystems or fight problems. it's like telling someone for whom walmart is their only grocery store to "simply don't shop there". if you like playing with and showing off tech as a hobby, fine, but if you're not gonna address folks' computer needs except your bubble don't call it a "solution".

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

yeah calls to boycott stuff are nice and all. but the fact is: since big tech propriety software has more funding, it's a requirement for certain jobs & they're able to put that money into features, gimmicks, and ui design (even if a lot of big tech is getting worse). plus i agree that osm clients suck at navigation even if i still use them.

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

plus big tech tends to put their trackers on other websites, so unless you have a really good content/tracker/script blocker, you're probably still funding them in some way.

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lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

my brother just called neocities techbro shit when half-jokingly calling me cringe 😔

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jaidenle 10 months ago

a real "techbro" is someone who likes technology, a fake one uses it for money.... (YOUR WEBSITE IS AMAZING, DONT LISTEN TO EM!)

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

@jaidenle dw it's fine. i just think it's funny because i dont see neocities as "techbro" shit at all (depending on your definition ofc). if anything he should have called my interest in i2p or freetube "techbro shit" because at least their fanbases are what most ppl think when they hear "techbro"

solinus

10 months ago

Should I continue posting my flower stuff? I like to pick and press them on the weekends but posting them online takes up more time... Does anyone actually check that section out?

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soulmaze 10 months ago

I think you should continue posting them, they're nice to look at.

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makoenergy 10 months ago

you should if its not too much work!!

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lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

vscode acting buggy and slow for anyone else? eversince it updated, it's been having trouble loading my extensions

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

ok i defragged my computer and it's working fine now

lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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solinus updated Solinus • Since 2021

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lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

for some reason, the bullet points on my blog post won't fit inside the window body no matter how i adjust the width. it was fine in the live preview, very weird.

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

Instead of doing li tags, you could just attach bullet points as Unicode characters to the text of your messages. That'd get the same visuals but avoid anything weird with HTML indentation. (also, do you have an answer to my webdav question or were you just liking the post? I'm not sure how to parse liking-without-commenting on question posts.)

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draggianuniverse 10 months ago

You might be able to do something like p::before, but just putting your "bullet points" into the text of your HTML proper should definitely work, and it's not like anybody's going to not have Unicode support. (and if you're really worried about it, you can locally load the font.)

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lakestheguy 10 months ago

thank you. also just liking your post

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

should i do a sitemap page? i don't think i have too many pages, but it could be nice to provide some descriptions. granted a lot of the page names are self explanatory

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

codeberg is back up btw :)

lakestheguy updated Lakes The Guy

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lakestheguy

10 months ago

codeberg is down. and just when i added another fanlisting :(

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pieceofthepie 10 months ago

That reminds me that I have to upload some code there! Hope they're back online soon

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ciliaris lakestheguy

11 months ago

your site is soooo cool i had so much fun looking through it... being able to move the boxes around is so fun :D i like to listen to music off neocities pages so your music page was heaven to me... awesome stuff!!!!

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lakestheguy 11 months ago

thank you! glad you like the site :)

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