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@ Libb @piefed.social

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A 50-something French dude that's old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. I also like to write and to sketch.

  • When do you think middle class people will be able to go to mars?

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  • If robots become too expensive to manufacture/send, our billionaire role models (and soon to be our official overlords) will need humans to replace them. We're kinda cheap and very much expandable.

    Otherwise, it probably won't happen. They have no choice but deal with the 8 billions of us on planet earth but why would they want to allow us to spread on their brand new planet if they can avoid it?

    /s (?)

  • What Lemmy/Piefed/Mbin clients do ya'll use

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    • Browser on the desktop.
    • Don't use on phone.

  • What do you think about gambling?

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  • I'm not much of a gambler. But I was addicted to a few substances many, many years ago, so I know how hard it can be to get out of an addiction and I don't agree with the "that's a relatively low amount (people) can afford to lose": addiction is a bitch, no matter how high or low, end of the debate as far as I'm concerned as an ex-addict. But I also do believe adults should be considered, well, like adults responsible beings... responsible for how smartly or stupidly they want to spend or waste their one and only life on this planet.

  • How Linux developers defeated the new OS age-verification laws

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  • They are very aware of the open source issues and working on getting changes implemented during the current legislative session.

    There is no 'open source issues'.

    There is an absurd law issue that cannot be solved through 'exemptions' (which can always be removed later on) but by completely getting rid of the law itself. These are bad laws that aim to kill online privacy, with or without exemptions for our dear open source/Libre software.

  • What is everyone doing to survive this food inflation?

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  • Bulk purchase and bulk cooking (+ freezing) should reduce the cost if you don't do that already. That how we do it here in France, my spouse and I ;)

  • Why aren't more people using Codeberg or something open source

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  • I would be willing to bet it's for the same reason there aren't more people using GNU/Linux instead of macOS/Windows. Habits and fear of not doing like everyone else is doing.

  • Anyone else noticing a large spread in prices recently on certain products that are being restocked?

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  • I always dreamed to use gold plated batteries.

    In other words: WTF with that price?

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    Unable to browse from two browsers

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  • Rule 5 may apply here, maybe you should look for a more support/how to minded community?

  • I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this?

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  • How have you chosen to deal with it?

    Moving back to analog wherever I could, re-learn and re-use the old ways as much as possible. And also taking back control, and ownership, over my tech.

    I've been using a computer since the early 80s and have been online regularly probably somewhere around the late 80s, first through BBS. Luckily for me, while I was self-learning that new computer and digital stuff, I was also taught the classic ‘analog’ ways of doing things. Things like writing longhand, or using snail mail. So, the moment I realized I could not trust nor agree with techs, I started:

    • Using physical and/or low-tech objects wherever and whenever I can.
    • I got rid of all streaming and subs, an always growing, always less privacy friendly (and more expensive) list of services and apps.
    • After years mostly reading ebooks, I moved back to reading actual print books, and using physical media for music and movies (discs).
    • Relying less on a computer on my everyday life. Doing math in my head instead of needing that high-tech crutch that is a calculator. Using an actual dictionary to lookup for a definition (a paper dictionary does not track what word I’m checking, like no print book is reporting back what I’m actually reading), Stopped relying on a spellchecker (aka, improve my writing skills and also learn to be fine with doing as few mistakes as I can even more so in foreign languages like English). Small things like that.
    • Use older tech (more repairable, sustainable, less connected) wherever I can. See, I recently purchased a 90s digital voice recorder that uses good old AA batteries (that last for months, plural), that requires no Internet connection to operate and no subscription either (so there is no tracking going on, no constant updates or security threats, and there is no ads). Sure, it doesn't have the latest and greatest AI summarizing tool but... I don't care. And I certainly don’t want AI to feast on my own voice, nor on my most personal notes, doing god knows what with them.
    • Use Free Libre software instead of the most widely known proprietary ones. Apps and tools that respect my privacy and my rights as a user.After 40+ years being an Apple user, a few years ago I fully switched to GNU/LInux and to Libre software. My only regret? I should have switched years earlier.
    • Last but certainly not least, I barely use my phone at all. On mine, there is only a handful of apps I need to have access to (finance/security/pro stuff). There is nothing personal, not even ebooks or music, and certainly no social or games. The phone is the least trustworthy of all the 'digital' device I own, so it's the one I use the less.

  • Do you think information on how to build weapons should be legal to disseminate? Or should they be censored? Explain your reasoning?

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  • There is a slight difference between a weapon, and a nuke. One doesn't need a nuke to defend oneself and there is no 'what if', imho.

    But if you insist that there was a 'what if', then I would tell you there would be no humanity left. We're already happily killing one another, using almost direct descent of stone age tools (a knife or a hammer), for the pettiest reasons (things like money or a bad look, come to mind) not even for imperative needs, like survival. So, the second the average people gets access to nuke power(even more today, seeing how poorly educated they're and how unable to handle the slightest emotion/contrariety), the entire planet will be blown away, say, because some neighbor dared listening to music too loud (or music one doesn't appreciate) or because their dog peed on their lawn.

    "Yeah, but a single nuke won't blow the planet away!" Sure. But we will. One nuke after the other in as little time as it takes for enough of us to say 'they're the bad guy, they deserve to pay the price, where is my big red button?' (hint: we're all the bad guy for someone else, somewhere.)

    End of humanity.

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    why are the vegans on lemmy so insufferable?

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  • As someone who eats very little meat myself, I must say I've never managed to figure out that need for hating on people who do.

    Well, I do understand it for what it is: a lazy and very cheap way to get the illusion of being somewhat better than 'the enemy', since it's a quasi religious war they're raising, whomever that 'enemy' might be as this trend toward hate is certainly not exclusive to vegans. But I cannot understand how it's possible for so many people to not realize what they're doing by playing that cheap game, what type of society they're actively contributing to build. Which is the real sad thing.

    But hey, at least it's quite easy to block the most invasive specimens, and to filter out those annoying words they so much like to (ab)use.

  • What brought you to the Fediverse?

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  • Reddit acting even more like a dick. That was a few years ago and, as far as I can see, things over there things have not changed in anyway making me willing to go back. Which is kinda sad, there were quite a few sub I enjoyed a lot, and a few users as well.

  • What habit do you possess that seems very normal to you, but would seem odd to anyone else?

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  • Games are meant to be played, not collected.

    I'm not a gamer myself (the only game I ever purchased are a few chessboards ;) but as a book reader I know many people do buy books they will never ever read. They just collect dust on their bookshelves. It may be sad they don't get to enjoy the content, but it's their choice and there is nothing wrong with that.

  • EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

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  • Welcome to online privacy made, with so much love, in the EU.

  • Is it fashionable to keep something on your clothesline permanently?

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  • I see it everywhere. At first I thought these people were just paranoid, afraid that people would interpret a naked clothesline as “my owner doesn’t even use me. Take me!”

    You mean, take the... clothesline? Like steal it?

    But maybe it’s a trend? I don’t know.

    Or maybe you noticed more people doing their laundry? Also, when the weather gets better they may feel more tempted to use it to dry their laundry ;)

  • What do most normal people do on their phones to pass the time?

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  • https://lichess.org/ is great even on a computer, not just on a phone. I don't play on my phone, but I do like to play from time to time on lichess :)

  • What do most normal people do on their phones to pass the time?

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  • I leave it in my pocket or in my messenger bag, unused safe when I really need it.

    Instead, I will either read a book, look/walk around for something or some scene to sketch, or will spend time talking with people.

    And, yes, I consider myself 'most normal people' ;)

  • What are your BEST tech purchases?

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  • Papers in all its forms is fascinating (and amazing) :)

    Even more so when one start realizing how many forms it can take and has taken (animal skin 'paper', anyone?). Happy to know people showed up to listen to the talk!

  • What are your BEST tech purchases?

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    • Not a purchased by me, but the mechanical watch my grandfather gave to me some 40+ years ago. It was his watch, and was already used when he gave it to me, but it still works great today.
    • A good stack of quality paper (don't get me started on watercolor paper).
    • The humble pencil, B2 or B4. This may sound like a joke but despite its age and it being so low-tech the pencil is still an unrivaled piece of technology that even Apple can only try to mimic with its expensive Apple Pencil.
    • My most recent purchase, and a lot more 'high' tech than the pencil: a pocket Sony voice recorder, from the 90s. It uses standard AA batteries (that will last for weeks if not months), it needs no monthly subscription, and no online access, it fully respects my privacy, there is no ads in it, it uses MP3 and can record on either its internal memory or use SD cards, and it... works great with Linux. I love it.