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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • It is the norm right now already.

    The only way out is specifically buying only products that don’t do this shit, or ones that have been jailbroken and run open source software.

    But the very best way to stop it all for good is to kill online advertisement. Online advertisement is the number one reason companies want your data to begin with. Go to your grandma’s house, install adblock origin and sponsorblock.

    When you have kids. Disable the google play store and install fdroid, and install an adblocker on their chromium of gecko browser. Replace all default apps with the fdroid alternatives.

    Get the oldest raspberry pi device and install Pihole, then make it your DNS service so all lan and WiFi data runs through your adblocker.

    Donate to open source projects, brag to your friends how your apps have no ads and no tracking.

    Fight for right to privacy and right to repair. Stop using google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta.

    Use Linux instead of Windows. If you need windows, run it in a virtual machine without internet access.

    Use grapheneOS, LineageOS, CalyxOS instead of basic Android.

    As for home systems like security cameras, I suggest following the ultimate open source guide by Louis Rossmann.




  • FUTO is source available, so in terms of safety it is just as good as FOSS. All the voice to text is done locally. I use the FUTO keyboard and Grayjay and they’re both amazing. Don’t get too hung up on their license. It prevents other businesses from taking their source code and taking over the space with a for profit application. It is 99% as good as FOSS.





    1. I use them not that often, but more often than convenience stores.

    2. Usually I the one closest to my house that has the drink I want.

    3. Coke, coffee or icecream.

    4. Supermarket. They’re way cheaper there and the supermarket is a 5 minute walk away.

    5. They’re the most convenient out of all options. No human interactions, and there is usually one on the way where you’re going. If you’re at work, they usually have vending machines inside the building so you don’t even need to put on your jacket.

    Vending machines sell drinks at almost double the price of the ones at super markets and around 150% of the ones at convenience stores, so it all comes down to how quicker it is to buy one from the vending machines vs stores. But when it comes to canned drinks, convenience stores tend not to have the canned ones and only sell PET bottles, and as everyone knows, PET bottles are bad for the environment, and the drinks don’t taste as good as the canned versions.



  • 4-5 times a day is very normal. And it also sounds like he needs longer walks. Not sure what breed you have but dogs should ideally have around 30-50 minute walks 4-5 times a day. As for the smelling areas, they’re looking for territory marking spots. Walks are like the news for dogs. They’ll smell around finding what other dogs have been there and leave marks of their own.

    Your dog’s behavior is very typical, and it doesn’t sound like the dog needs to change, but rather that it does need more walks. If you are a very busy person, I’d suggest occasionally hiring a dogwalker. The winter cold is unfortunately just something that comes with having dogs.