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Nivekk , to nostupidquestions in Is it normal to start reading a book but then suddenly realize that you have no idea what's going on in the plot because you have been reading the words but ignoring their meaning?

Yes, except instead of reading it’s listening, and instead of fiction it’s whatever I was supposed to remember to do after work today.

idle , to selfhosted in Do you use all your self hosted services? Are there any you found to be not worth it after installing?
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linkding was one for me. It sounded like a great idea at first, but, I never used it. Shut it down after a couple months.

Perdendosi , to reddit in Confession. I wrote a lot of fake stories on Reddit.
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I’m glad you’re coming clean. I kinda hope that you go back and delete the fake stories, or at least make clear they’re works of fiction.

Why?

Because people are stupid. They hear an urban legend about a psycopath putting razor blades in apples and all of a sudden no one can have anything but individually wrapped candy during halloween. People overemphasize anectodes to establish political views or actually make policy changes. Academics troll reddit for evidence to support theories. And “news” “reporters” pull stuff from Reddit and report it, often as fact. If it implicates criminal activity or child abuse, that might cause authorities to get involved needlessly.

Maybe your stories aren’t such that they would impact policies, or change political views, or impact lives. I’m sure some of it is just harmless fun (though, when I’d participate in forums like AITA with fake posts, it sure did annoyme), and to some extent, people should be smarter about responding to shitposts. “Throwaway because my friends know my main account” should be a big, red flag. And I’m glad you got to work on your writing skill and voice. I hope you can use it productively in the future, and I wish you the best of luck. (But think about deleting or editing your posts!)

TheButtonJustSpins , to piracy in What VPN should I use now that Mullvad doesn't allow portforwarding?

I use Proton VPN, but it’s not free.

Restaldt , to futurama in What is/are your least favorite character(s)? Unpopular opinions welcome.

Frieda Waterfall Jr

Fiivemacs , to selfhosted in Do you use all your self hosted services? Are there any you found to be not worth it after installing?

I would rather waste a week setting something up to find I don’t like it, then paying some company to give me some ad riddled thing that phones home every few minutes and being stuck with it for a month, then the nonstop emails after I’ve cancelled and my information being sold to who knows who.

temporary_pizzas , to nostupidquestions in Is it normal to start reading a book but then suddenly realize that you have no idea what's going on in the plot because you have been reading the words but ignoring their meaning?

Happens way too often to me too… And then, I’ll start reading all over, only to realize I’ve done the same thing again…

Tandrios , to technology in Redditors, how do you like Lemmy?

What perhaps will be the final nail in the coffin for Reddit is working here perfectly! Mobile apps! Jerboa is perhaps lacking some features, but works like a charm.

Akasiek , to piracy in Is there a safe way to do stuff without a vpn?
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VPNs don’t make things safer. You need to use reliable trackers like 1337x. VPNs can hide your traffic from your ISP. If you’re living in some smaller country you might get await with seeding without VPN and without getting notified by your ISP.

zxo , to android in Why do you personally prefer using an Android phone?

For me it’s probably the ability to sideload apps, among other things. Apps like NewPipe which would never make it to the Play Store are apps that I use every day, because they are just good apps. Also, I just like the UX of my Pixel compared to an iPhone - I couldn’t live without things like a back button, and I sort of don’t like the iOS UI.

rimmytea , to android in What phone are you using?

Pixel 7 Pro w/GrapheneOS. Being able to control what my phone is sending or not sending + the battery life gain from everything not phoning home is amazing.

camr_on , to selfhosted in Do you use anything to organise info about your services?
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I keep a wiki using obsidian.md. The hard work is in working up the motivation to keep it updated. API keys and such I like to keep in Bitwarden/Vaultwarden

michikade , to mildlyinfuriating in When you're trying to delete your reddit account but it won't let you
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lemmy.world/c/therewasanattempt would probably appreciate this and it’s so new there’s nothing there yet.

shertson , to selfhosted in Do you use anything to organise info about your services?
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As others have mentioned, there are two things required. A space to document information, and a separate secure space for password/secretes.

Personally I use Joplin and BitWarden. I used to use DokuWIki and KeepassXC.

goblingreen , to reddit in Confession. I wrote a lot of fake stories on Reddit.

Don’t worry about it. I always assume reddit stories are fake anyway.

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