I’m basically in the same boat as OP but this reminded me that I love learning languages.

Mandarin is a huge challenge but after programming all day, it’s actually incredible the way my brain feels after practicing with a tutor for an hour. Originally I meant to get away from the computer but ended up using an online service.

Here’s what I do about it:

Is “genetically engineer real Blue Raspberries/flavor” a placeholder for something, or am I misunderstanding the brackets?

I’ve got the station that empties the Roomba and it actually takes forever to completely fill (I run it often too).

Not saying you should buy a Roomba; if I could go back in time I’d probably get a Roborock due to the S9+ having atrocious navigation and constant strange errors (“battery not found”).

Mrs. Albert Hannaday from The Office

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I go hard with DNS-based ad blocking and I’m constantly confirming it works by checking the network tab in developer tools. I’m basically only seeing first party scripts and CDN assets — 99% of websites load all the tracking garbage from third-party domains that can be easily blocked.

Probably because there is tons of known criminal activity, most chats are not encrypted, the CEO was just arrested, etc.

OP is probably interested in seeing the chaos of the platform without necessarily being part of it. I imagine that’s somehow seeing the illicit activity going on.

I’ve been using a password manager for ages, and passkeys for a long time now.

What about passkeys is a loss of control? I’m 100000000% more likely to use them when supported, usernames/passwords are so janky, as are SMS/email-based 2FA (and the stupid “magic passcode” that makes you check your phone/email every time you sign in); for average users it greatly reduces the risk of phishing, etc.

If I want to delete one I can do just that.

Websites that require username/password + passkeys are annoying as hell though.

I can’t stand seeing those stupid fucking lips

It’s so weird to me that Lemmy is full of anti-Windows, anti-Google posts but the comments are always “I’m thinking about switching.”

How about… just do it?

I don’t know what I’m trying to say but being 20 years into “Windows-free” a few years of “Google-free” it’s tiring. I know everyone isn’t me but it’s tough watching this from the other side.