newoldhead

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by newoldhead 3y ago
Dude still claims X is his preferred social media platform. Talk about brainwashed....
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by newoldhead 3y ago
for most, i would assume it's largely just that during the time of the naïve web, there was a period where google kind of was the company, so people started using it for everything (think shortly before and then during the early goog
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by newoldhead 3y ago
in practice "security" only comes from Monero and buying it anonymously via cash
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by newoldhead 3y ago
"eternal september" refers to when the internet became accessible to "normies," thus supplanting the old internet vibe (mainly hackers, engineers, etc) in favor of being useable by the general public.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
go to instances.social, pick a relatively small one and sign up for an account. now you're on mastodon and have a fediverse account. this account can interact with everything fediverse, from mastodon to pleroma to pixelfed to peertube.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
HTML, CSS and at least the basics of JS can be learned for free from codeacademy. Once you have those, code a website for yourself so you get how they work. Shouldn't take more than a week to finish this if you're dedicated.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
This article is absolutely pointless. It could be summed up in one sentence: "write stuff and post it online."
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by newoldhead 3y ago
The author essentially states themselves that the feeling they have is nostalgia, and it should be noted that we as society should not let our longing for the past prevent our moving toward the future. However, I do agree with them and beli
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by newoldhead 3y ago
15,000 years of domestication Not really "evolution" for humans but we wouldn't have things like Chihuahuas or Pugs without humans breeding dogs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93canine_bond
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by newoldhead 3y ago
this is totally paywalled, here's a mirror https://archive.vn/wTCM4
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by newoldhead 3y ago
i use magic earth for maps, libre programs for word/excel etc (not cross-device though), searxng for searches (pick an instance and try it), tutanota for email (they focus on privacy - emails and your inbox are encrypted).
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by newoldhead 3y ago
https://njal.la privacy-oriented domains for 15€ a year.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
100%. Private, no tracking, can index all the major search engines. You can even host your own relatively easily. This is the way.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
i believe everyone who has social media should instead primarily create and post on their own website. i kind of just add stuff to it whenever. my (somewhat small) website so far has some pages dedicated to my hobbies, a page for news i fou
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by newoldhead 3y ago
use a searx instance. can aggregate search from almost any relatively known search engine and bypasses tracking.
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by newoldhead 3y ago
I said something akin to this on a 4chan post a little while ago and people hated me for it, but I stand by it. People need to 1) get more in touch with the technology they're using and 2) take back control of their content. If you are