I'm talking mostly about terminology, but of course, when in doubt, "I don't want your dumb app."
So, as I briefly alluded to in yesterdays blog post, most mobile apps are pretty terrible. They're generally chock full of spyware (trackers), and are inherently user-hostile.
But I want to talk about …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics Life Non-religious post Philosophy Polemic
Read MoreI, like many, have taken an interest in Daniel Supernault's new Loops video service.
Unlike many, I'm not so much interested in a FOSS, Federated clone of TikTok, YT Shorts, or Vine. I honestly don't care for that kind of media. I don't object to the format (other than …
Category: Entertainment Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Entertainment Federated Services FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Non-religious post Non-technical post Social Media Video
Read MoreLast night I had one of those "your loved one isn't actually dead!" dreams, but about my cat.
I used to have them a lot about my stepdad that passed away many years ago, and I had a handful about my boss that sadly ended his own life a decade …
Category: Life Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Beauty Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Prose
Read MoreI'm noticing a troubling trend among FOSS projects, even terminal-only utilities: no manpages (or a 1-paragraph useless one), barely any help screens, and a link to a wiki site like a github page or "readthedocs."
The thing is, the whole ethos behind so many terminal utilities is a hearkening back …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload BSD Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) FreeBSD Linux Non-religious post Polemic Productivity UNIX
Read MoreI came across this set of questions from hyde (a.k.a. Lazy Bear)'s blog, and immediately loved it. It reminds me a bit of the kind of overly personal* questions that got passed between friends on facebook circa 2008, and email circa 2000.
* They didn't feel overly personal …
Category: Writing Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Hobbies Non-religious post Productivity Social Media Writing
Read MoreI recall once having a discussion with some friends online about which chat client/network to use for communication, and someone strongly endorsed one over another because it had a better selection of animated reactions/videos. I was pretty incredulous that that was the most important thing to them.
Imagine …
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Read MoreBeing an armchair FOSS advocate, there are a lot of anti-FOSS arguments I've become quite used to seeing and answering. Some of them are honestly just pretty dumb:
eloquent_FOSS_apologia();Well, I just don't CARE about that!
Well …
Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Life Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX
Read MoreI was perusing Annie's Love letters 1-5 (from 82MHz' blog post) today, and I was struck with the subject of happiness:
Most of all, do not bear the burden of your own happiness.
It made me think of an odd thing that happened when I was playing cards with near …
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Read MoreAfter the enjoyable success of Writing Month last November, I feel like I want to start a new challenge for 2025: "100 Days To Offload."
I'm going to aim for 10 blog posts per month (which is an average of one blog post every 3.04 days), finishing on October …
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Read More1920x1080. That's it. Goodnight, folks!
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Wait, WAIT.
My actual resolution is to use RSS feeds as my primary source of diversion on the go, vs. Pavlovically checking the Fediverse every five minutes, or even worse, getting stuck in an hours-long YT Shorts brainrot watching spree.
If you're looking …
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