My memory seems to come online surprisingly late.

The first memories kick in around 6, but really it’s just a few small disoriented flashbacks. At 11, I vividly remember my first relationships, but not much more.

Comprehensively, I remember myself since about 16. That’s when I can finally tell the order of events, and can visually recall key points.

Interestingly, I have otherwise good memory.

I’m kinda sad that netbooks mostly died off as a device class. I’d love to explore newer options.

Self-hosting is cool! But having played around with it myself, I just found thin clients to be not so useful in a single-user environment. At most, it could be useful if you want high battery life and the ability to run something heavy from time to time. But being tied to a high quality network connection even for something that could be 100% local gets annoying very quickly.

Still, as a printing machine + occasionally connecting to the server for something more, it does deliver.

Recently got OpenSUSE Tumbleweed installed on an old 32-bit Eee PC.

The thing was an absolute ultra-budget potato 14 years ago when it was released, and yet, it still works just fine if all you need is editing some documents in LibreOffice. And, it lasts 6 hours on a single charge! (Originally 10-12 hours)

Running something meaningful on a $20 hardware is a pleasure like no other

Yep, heard a bit about it. Didn’t include here because it’s still a big WIP.

As far as I know, it is still reliant on the whims of Google through shenanigans with AOSP, and of course having to use a Pixel.

Linux offers a more solid and independent foundation, and while it is less polished yet, to me it’s the only real way out in the long run.

Still, GrapheneOS is a big step in the right direction - hope it wouldn’t come across as me being against the project.

As someone who relies on systemd, but wants to have alternatives:

While it is good that other login managers will still be able to start Plasma, making the default new login manager reliant on systemd is bad. It means that non-standard installations of KDE will now require more manual labor to make it work right. And while installing sddm is not big of a hassle, this sets a precedent that can later be expanded, making it a death by a thousand cuts for everything that dares not use systemd in its operation.

Hate towards fellow humans is one strategy to divide and conquer us.

It is counterproductive and plays into the hands of forces that want to exploit us.

People are way better than you are taught, and it takes some common action to see it.

Honestly, having SSNs as identification in the first place is the main problem

Especially when your first distro is literal goddamn Arch with a few bells and whistles

Today, I use MPV to handle the most screwed video files

In my opinion, there are two key could issues with it: societal attitudes and desperation.

Society clearly discriminates sex workers, especially women, as sex work is associated with promiscuity and little limits. Ex-sexual workers are more likely to be harassed and face unwanted sexualized interactions. They have issues finding a long-term partner and may have to hide their past from everyone.

Another issue is that many people choose sexual careers not because they want it, but because it’s one of the few ways to make money quickly. This experience can be heavily traumatic, not only because of the aforementioned societal attitudes, but because of violation of intimacy and losing agency over own body.

So, legalization of prostitution is, at best, harm reduction at this stage.

Important nuance: there absolutely are people who enjoy working in the sex industry. Ideally, healthy incentives and shift in social attitudes would allow them to work in this sphere and others not to. But as things stand, we’re very much not there yet.

A question: can you modify the site (edit its content etc.) once it’s published?

Because the uses for a never-changing site are quite limited.

Add that to the dangers of oligopolies. They can really just do whatever they want at this point.

Ready to be killed, I guess

When you post from standard Lemmy interface and add a picture, it adds it as a link that may overwrite the URL you have entered. Annoying, but it is what it is.

Add a picture first, and then replace the URL with what you link to.

Happy birthday!

Back then I was in elementary school. It was fairly cozy, and life was quite a bit more predictable - classes with friends, extended curriculum, family evenings, lots of play and fun. Coming to visit grandparents on the holidays. When family needed anything at all, my grandmother has always been there, and she is why our family is still so close together, despite her passing many moons ago.

I also got my first ever phone around this time - an old used black-and-white Sony Ericsson, with buttons and 2G mobile connection. Was nice to get my first personal piece of tech. Played around with it like crazy, lol.

Overall, a lot of things have passed since then, some for the worse, some for the better. But I had a good childhood.

Now, how do you feel about turning 18?

Men use AI partners more often than women, as per the article’s content

Content: 31% of young men and 23% of young women chat with AI partners

Headline: Bots Women Use in a World of Unsatisfying Men

Classic

I just never stopped using them since childhood. Why would I give up on it? It’s ergonomic, it relies on strong spinal muscles allowing one to carry heavier weight, keeps one’s hands free and unloaded, doesn’t press against one’s neck like shoulder bags do, and is very hard for someone malicious to take off someone.

The only downsides I can see is that I cannot keep it in sight, meaning I should mind my surroundings not to hit anyone, and it can also be opened without me noticing (although Bobby bags solve this in particular).