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?
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.
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.
Well in fact, that's not true they follow the same philosophy. See the GNU Boot talk at 38c3, but tldw is that canoeboot advocates for Libreboot and against RYF and so on. Btw, GNU Boot maintainers are quite active (see also the repo, I'm one of them).
GNU Boot is not against canoeboot as such, but Leah Rowe hasn't the same philosophy (and does not follow FSDG)
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.
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!
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!
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.
For the most part, I agree! I started with a dumb phone, moved on to the Samsung series of Android phones up until the inevitable would happen. I really liked those phones too, as theming is a passion of mine! I did switch to the Pixel 7 Pro because I at the time, I wasn't too distrusting of Google. Alas, if only the pivot to LLM BS never happened and it remained a mostly background affair. The autocorrect with better spellchecking/grammar were nice, but everything else is a PITA.
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.
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.)
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.
ah yeah that makes sense :) certainly a regional/language thing. from my perspective, the word more just means an emotional state in the same way anxiety is an emotional state. disordered behavior or insult is not implied unless it’s explicit.
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beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 86 pts · 1y
Alternate title: The Tech Burnout
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y
This is 100% me
30p87@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
Hell that's me, 1:1!
beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Hey twin, lol
billwashere@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Yes. I like this way better than “tech conservative “
Well except for the Arch part. I’m not a masochist.
LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
Currently at the crossroads from newborn paranoid into either this or tech paranoid, it's so joever
Samsy@lemmy.ml · 53 pts · 1y
"Has hundreds of messaging apps their friends won't use."
Got caught.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 1y
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?
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Guilded
You know the roblox chat app
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Hi do you need new friends who have the same 100 messaging apps ?
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 42 pts · 1y
This is me
mugdad1@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
aradgus@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
hey i use arch btw:3
mugdad1@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Fluffychat gang
Korbs@lemmy.sudovanilla.org · 3 pts · 1y
JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org · 27 pts · 1y
I live between the tech conservative and tech paranoid with a splash of distro hopping.
Engywuck@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
Same, but I stay on Arch btw.
RandomVideos@programming.dev · 22 pts · 1y
I cant believe i have been called a conservative
30p87@feddit.org · 20 pts · 1y
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.
muhyb@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1y
Yeah, I guess so. The slippery slope is real though.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
So what am I?
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 1y
Between tech normie and tech conservative
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 1y
Someone who even it broke couldn't fix it because it's an Apple.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
...In need of a hug?
mugdad1@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Waterfox ? Why ?
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It’s on the privater side but runs well and support Firefox extensions.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Is it firefox with better privacy settings ?
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
It is its own browser, but it uses Gecko.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Ohh ok
I thought that it was just another firefox fork
kilgore_trout@feddit.it · 1 pts · 1y
It is just Firefox.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 1y
TempleOS is the one true legitimate operating system
whotookkarl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It is definitely one of the operating systems
Chozo@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y
This meme is so private that it doesn't even show up on Mbin.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I’m not sure I like being labeled “conservative”…
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 1y
Conservative doesn't mean braindead.
It means keeping things the way they are. Like conserving the rain forest.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Oh I know this in my head. It’s the negative connotation that’s in my heart that’s the problem.
LifeLemons@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
Same, hearing conservative word gives me not so good thoughts
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
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
Sidhean@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Haha good meme. I'm a tech conservative for sure!
I use Mint btw
proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
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.
neox_@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
The FSF member does not use libreboot anymore (not entirely free on some boards for a while now). See GNU Boot!
Zeon@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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.
neox_@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Well in fact, that's not true they follow the same philosophy. See the GNU Boot talk at 38c3, but tldw is that canoeboot advocates for Libreboot and against RYF and so on. Btw, GNU Boot maintainers are quite active (see also the repo, I'm one of them).
GNU Boot is not against canoeboot as such, but Leah Rowe hasn't the same philosophy (and does not follow FSDG)
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
This is the most accurate mem I've ever seen
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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.
muhyb@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
It's nice to have an old laptop to try things out. Good luck with the switch!
Hafty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I’m firmly tech conservative, but I love MKBHD videos and my iPhone.
UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Guilty of being Ricer. To answer the questionmakrs, I decided on Brave (again) recently, although in terms of theming, Firefox definitely offers more.
vegantomato@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Korbs@lemmy.sudovanilla.org · 1 pts · 1y
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 1y
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.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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.com · 1 pts · 1y
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.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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.
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
For the most part, I agree! I started with a dumb phone, moved on to the Samsung series of Android phones up until the inevitable would happen. I really liked those phones too, as theming is a passion of mine! I did switch to the Pixel 7 Pro because I at the time, I wasn't too distrusting of Google. Alas, if only the pivot to LLM BS never happened and it remained a mostly background affair. The autocorrect with better spellchecking/grammar were nice, but everything else is a PITA.
hatedbad@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
this is BSD erasure
HollowNaught@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I've been wanting to transfer my computer to Linux for years now, but I don't want all my mod lists to go up in flames
Besides that, I'm smack bang in newborn paranoid
Korbs@lemmy.sudovanilla.org · 2 pts · 1y
yourFanatic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
yourFanatic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 1y
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.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 1y
Small-p paranoid. It's been an adjective forever.
spujb@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 1y
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.de · 2 pts · 1y
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.
spujb@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 1y
ah yeah that makes sense :) certainly a regional/language thing. from my perspective, the word more just means an emotional state in the same way anxiety is an emotional state. disordered behavior or insult is not implied unless it’s explicit.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 1y
No, paranoia is not a medical term but also a word used to describe a feeling most humans get from time to time