Classic Chesterton's fence principle.

Remind me of some quotes:

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Recently, I came back home after 2.5 years of studying and working abroad. Home (family, friends, scene, etc.) didn't change much, but I definitely felt something off that it was hard to describe. I grew out of it, I suppose.

Reddit is already blocking some Proton VPN IPs...

This is actually not a good advice, from my experience. If we don't monitor, refactor, or improve the code, the software will rot, sooner or later. "Don't touch" doesn't mean we don't ever think about the code, but we make the conscious choice not to modify it.

This + org-mode are enough for me to switch to Emacs.

Also excited for this. I tried KDE before but I didn't find it easy to configure (too manually for a declarative guy like me). I like more the simplicity of Gnome.

It was VPN issue for me. Some IPs in Proton VPN doesn't work. When I tried a different IP or turned the IP off, I could access again.

Well, but most of the time I don't care enough to go in.

Better learn COBOL now.

This is the real problem.

Ehm... Elliot uses Gnome.

https://youtu.be/ishgn7-NLlU?si=ox06KyNHHk35XlDL

The different servers, having to remember other people's instances along with their username.

This is just like email, I see no problem here.

I think the problem is about the mindset and the onboarding experience. We've used too much proprietary products and prefer something easy and not too much diverge from the norms. Recently, I tried to advertise Mastodon and Lemmy to my non-techie friends, which are using X and Reddit. Some did try but gave up. They said they didn't understand the concept, and didn't want to bother with choosing an instance in the first place, because they didn't understand the federation concept. It's just hard to explain the benefits of the fediverse to non-techie people.

The type of people that the fediverse attracts are FOSS users.

I have the same observation as your view. Current fediverse communities are heavily towards tech. Some of my friends joined but gradually left because they had a few to no interactions or no interesting people in their interested areas to follow.

The Internet is great. It connects people. I learned so many things even I lived in a small town in a third-world country.

But ads, scam, and 15-second videos are bad. The current Internet is nasty and not as beautiful as it was.

Two sides of a coin, I suppose.

I learned the lesson: keep the hope low (so I don't get disappointed), and never preorder.

Unpopular opinion: just type "Massive Win". What's wrong with it?

Gitlab used to be cute, small, and innovative (as in open). But now it's too bloated. Gitlab CI is not well designed and half-baked.

That's interesting to know. Maybe that's why add-ons don't work in Firefox iOS or iPad OS.

Second. Up-to-date packages and stable at the same time.

Same. I gave up the first time due to tedious details and weird control. I played it again with some control tweak (can't remember what I changed) and tried to embrace the slow details, and completely loved the story.

Default Brave blocks ads more aggressively than default Firefox. Of course you can achieve that with Firefox + uBlock Origin, but add-ons are not available on iOS and iPad OS.

That's just my experience. I still use Firefox + Firefox Focus BTW. To block more aggressively, I also use VPN + Adguard Home.

Use Vimium add-on and have a pop-up to search your open tab.

Or if you prefer no add-ons or don't know how to use Vim keybindings then type your search query in the search bar like this:

% my tab title

I actually prefer that—a simple messenger without gifs and stickers, just plain text.

I'm not promoting WhatsApp in this case though. It's one thing it's done right, besides end-to-end encryption.

I like when browsing the internet, I bump into quote like this.

Seriously, Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Facebook stories can go to hell.

Let's build the Internet again, starting from Lemmy, Mastodon, etc. One step at a time.

Yes, you can filter by almost any country in the world.

When you learn to do something, you love it more.

Nowadays, we're mostly given something and we don't value it.

Not OC, but I'm using Kagi and super happy. Before I use Kagi, I didn't realise how bad Google result is. Its results are poisoned by ads and SEO nowadays.

Cool. I opted in the beta, but I haven't seen any options for the automatic photo upload feature. Could you share some link regarding the feature?

"Comparison is the thief of joy."

DUPLICATED, CLOSED, etc.

Joke aside, for an open question I'd prefer posting on Reddit/Lemmy/forums to have an open answer.

SO is too strict on its policy.

How do you do that?

The problem with YouTube is that is so easy to just default to letting it feed your brain.

True, a typical example is YouTube Shorts. I hate that 15-second trend.

Mostly YouTube, Hacker News, and some mailing lists. I do join some random forums to discuss non-tech hobbies like English writings, games, or classical music.

Privacy aside, my Instagram feeds now are mostly filled with posts from random people. I do want to follow my friends' updates but the recommendation algorithm keeps churning out rubbish. If only I could bring them out of Instagram and Facebook...

Kinda hate that I waste so much time on it.

You watched some learning materials—programming problems, historical events, etc. That's educative. At least you learned something.

Also, time you enjoy is not wasted.

Cool. Now I just needs a Japanese keyboard and I can finally ditch Gboard.

What's so special about hyprland? Why is it getting so much hype?

Well, I uninstalled the app and installed it again. Now the upload does work properly.

Thank you for the "black magic".

Edited: Well, I tried to upload some more images—more than 100 images. And it didn't work again! Same annoying problem!

my nerdy friend that went on that journey with me is a musician and fashion model lol.

Maybe his/her experience in keeping the system simple and beautiful helped him/her recognise the passion in art.