Full time parent to 5 sons. Love the privilege of being able to do it. Love my coworker 😂. The products have mostly turned out awesome, development is coming along nicely. Versions 1, 2 and 3 have matured with v1 having been released into the wild. Versions 4 and 5 are entering their feral grunting phase, hopefully a couple more years of research will yield good results. Lack of pay is annoying.
I’ve already degoogled, I’m on an iPhone 15 pro and have mostly deappled as well. Only iCloud remaining, because I can’t decide which alternative to go with. Ente probably, I mainly use it for photos. I just keep reading all the threads I can find on Pixel/GOS. I think the only hesitation I have left is the camera quality. I read mixed opinions. At first I was horrified at having to buy a Google phone in order to degoogle, but I’ve come round to finding it kinda funny that it can be done!
I have the book! I am currently waiting on my new prescription reading glasses so I can bloody well read it 😡. I lost my reading glasses in December. Wanting to read this book finally moved me from denial into making an eye test appointment 🙄🤦♀️
Unnecessary but fun, same here. Literally no one would gain anything interesting by hacking into my laptop. Maybe they’ll learn that I’m autistic af then run away scared from the evidence of adhd hyper fixations that have been loved, then abandoned? Yubikey is on my list to explore. Then there’s the whole self hosting rabbit hole. So much to see, so little time.
How are you liking your GrapheneOS phone? Which one did you get? I’m eyeing a pixel 10 pro.
I wish more men would have this conversation. I’m raising 5 sons and I decided early on to have some really blunt, uncomfortable conversations with them (age appropriate of course), to combat this. It’s worked, as far as I know. One kid, now adult, sometimes struggles with it. Porn, and toxic masculinity traits. But he talks about it openly and actively combats it.
You quit porn to show respect for your partner! Congrats. As a woman, whose ex husband was addicted to porn, what you did is commendable. This wasn’t the sole reason he earned the title of ex husband, but it was a massive contributing factor.
Currently learning tech stuff to improve digital privacy. Not to a totally anonymous level, but better than completely oblivious. Attempting not to annoy my family with digital security info dumps. Finally found time to install Linux on an old laptop to mess around with. Also trying to find online communities via decentralised platforms because I deleted everything Meta. Neurodivergent safe spaces are the one thing I miss, so if anyone has any suggestions to check out please let me know.
I’m still hyper focused on reading, this is a life long thing.
This month my intense fixation is learning about GrapheneOS and looking at Pixel phones so I can mess around with that. Then I had to dive into researching Garmin watches because I rely on my Apple Watch a lot to keep daily life functioning (hello time blindness 😂).
While ‘social norms’ promote making fake small talk, my question is, why is this considered normal? You can be polite without forced fake interactions. Spending time reading and learning is worthwhile and increases your knowledge. So yeah, I’d hate having to cater to a needy, demanding co worker, especially when the demand is on a personal level. You have boundaries, good on you.