jacab [he/him]

if your tv runs android i think this alternative youtube app can hide shorts

https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube

i use this extension https://github.com/Vulpelo/hide-youtube-shorts

day 27394 trying to catch the roadrunner

it would be nice to have a search engine that intentionally omits or devalues results with a lot of seo

everyone remember that all microsoft software has alternatives that are better, communally developed, and free

firefox

0.02 yard of silk = 1 worm coat

the middle one is definitely playing the theremin.

very true; i wonder if it’s related to the rise of public performativity caused by the internet/global real-time communication. if in the past men were primarily performing masculinity and upholding male gender norms for the people around them, while learning masculinity from celebrities and men around them, it seems possible that modern men have formed a new defensive, emotionally suppressive attitude towards performing masculinity on account of the sheer quantity of people they’re now performing for and learning from.

not sure if it’s technically correct to call it a gender norm per se, but the way in which cishet men are conditioned to approach personal relationships with other cishet men in general can be very frustrating. i think it’s sort of a compounding effect of various societal norms regarding what is considered “masculine and respectable” that causes a lot of friendships amongst men, and amongst cishet men especially, to be very shallow and impersonal. relationships like this are often more socially draining than anything else, and it just creates this depressing culture of emotionally illiterate men who only talk to other emotionally illiterate men.

on a personal level, it’s straightforward enough now for me to recognize shallow friendships and to build deeper ones, but i fear that because i grew up within that culture prior to gaining awareness of the patriarchy or the privilege i have in society, i have internalized enough of it that i still haven’t learned to open up enough and be as good of a friend as i want to be.

on android it’s RiMusic, Thunderbird, Firefox, Feeder, Breezy Weather, Showly OSS, PipePipe, and Simple Keyboard. all available on f-droid

i have one of these it’s very reliable and i would use it as a steering device in a properly built submarine

why? protovpn package has been working fine for me on nixos

edit: nevermind, in a server environment you should configure openvpn (i just use protonvpn on my desktop)

Rationalreviews and i’d make 2 or 3 lazy anti-woke video game reviews before permanently pivoting to making only 30-minute-long, barely-edited, and completely impromptu “video essays” centered exclusively around youtube anti-sjw drama.

Detroiters got cancelled after only 2 seasons but is still well worth the watch

i havent played it much but it’s a really cool project, and has definitely come a long way in a few years

It would be great if Plasma gets a kiosk mode option some day, that seems right up KDE’s alley as far as the “simple by default, powerful when needed” philosophy goes.

I’m blaming Hexbear.net no matter who wins

I’m in a similar position. I’d love to go back to school for a number of reasons, but I just cannot get to the point of committing to doing so since I strongly suspect that it will mentally annihilate me. And in the end, I will just have quit a decent job, lost a shit ton of money and what’s left of my self-confidence and hope after flunking/dropping out from the stress.

I think in my case it has to at least partially just be self doubt and a fear of failure, and who knows maybe the structure and routine of living on campus would actually help, but I just don’t know.

Has anyone had a notably positive or at least unexpectedly tolerable experience in postsecondary school and have some tips/info about it?

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