2026-09-04T17:50:20Z https://nostr.now Windy city :verified: https://nostr.now/npub16sft0t5ah6m6wrfklv438k82njnqqgs4t60jnk2wgmvkyrkh84fs4mcnsg https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/114/425/237/136/592/921/original/523d871f3a2d13b7.jpg https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/114/425/237/136/592/921/original/523d871f3a2d13b7.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6n9g69j2gzm0edvruvwstg6ytxjmt0ck97wrdw06ruqmx5tasegzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xxxqevs Google is not a serious company. How does your email&#39;s web client fire up 604 requests for showing me my emails?<br/><br/>#web #google #gmail #enshittification #privacy #programming<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/117/179/121/105/536/848/original/de401197302a1742.png"> 2026-08-29T13:53:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrctwsa5sg0n3dzscxe0l4dgehvla2w9v30e7dx7j9695vfn9ts0gzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xlxn7qa Tough question, don&#39;t you think?<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/117/161/642/855/918/649/original/230f7335fb2500d0.jpeg"> 2026-08-26T11:48:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjf2g05xujqn8juc5e53uv5e9qna7hp9t373x7jkwsympjfykw6czyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xg8q7gz the fact that 8pm is only 3 hours after 5pm is insane. we have to do something about this. 2026-08-20T13:38:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2plm53dj6ejlrucfgl4wf2t6ag4vrkdly2dalwej70mmwyzw0wyczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xlsqxcx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5qnpjrv6nuzg8f2k0gqesr6cqelfyh3ks40uvs64z2vqmrvpcacpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q82756p'>nevent1q…756p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwf44gvmu4g6x0gwwjgrnlw0f8dxmvx7h929k057wwv8hwa8clq6se2gu7x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqwf44gvmu4g6x0gwwjgrnlw0f8dxmvx7h929k057wwv8hwa8clq6se2gu7x</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…gu7x</span>)</a></span> One of the most interesting articles I&#39;ve read in recent times. Thank you!<br/><br/>Plugging in a similar post about ad-tech I wrote a few months back.<br/><br/><a href="https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit">https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit</a> 2026-08-14T15:34:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyhk0f74vdy3nwy8c9dnl8gas4h4njw6navdsv9dq3yzzddcmtj3czyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x74gp9t Every time one of these people open their mouths, I swear to God, it&#39;s a confession of how deep they are. Was human race not functioning before 2023?<br/><br/>#noai #enshittification<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/117/043/856/016/661/890/original/ee777ad81f242e4d.png"> 2026-08-05T16:33:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88v7st8s5c9k7yjju4tcxrjjn6lr7x6e3j98yrzzdragx7h4k9zqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xs2adg7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9h7sspr3gyg0wcp08tnqcz7zl4j2vre54zwklhsek86mk3d8mc8qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qapdjuc'>nevent1q…djuc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you&#39;re tired of endlessly scrolling to find opportunities, you can use <a href="https://fedi.thatshubham.com">https://fedi.thatshubham.com</a>. I set it up for free to consolidate most Fediverse hiring posts. it updates every 24 hours. Feel free to use it if it helps your search! 2026-08-03T17:28:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9h7sspr3gyg0wcp08tnqcz7zl4j2vre54zwklhsek86mk3d8mc8qzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x7w49wz The Fediverse is overflowing with incredible artists, engineers, designers, photographers, and brilliant minds in academia. With the job market on fire globally, let&#39;s make a habit of hiring from within our own community, please 🎨📚<br/><br/>Need a designer for a project? A photographer? A researcher? Post your gigs here. Let&#39;s create a close-knit support system to help fellow people weather the storm.<br/><br/>If you are hiring: look here first. Post your short-term gigs, full-time roles, and freelance contracts. Give people here a chance.<br/><br/>If you are looking: share your work, follow the hashtags, and connect. Let&#39;s take care of each other.<br/><br/>#FediHire #GetFediHired #Academia #MastoArt #art #Photography #Freelance #SoftwareDevelopment #programming #photography 2026-08-03T17:26:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8muxcgxkywxcsr32fw5s6lp2yykr2p359acl05kysc9pqezm3e3gzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xhpr5vf Hot take, perhaps. <br/><br/>What doesn&#39;t sit right with me is perhaps the idea that trading the majority of your waking hours for money is the natural order of things, when it is really just one economic arrangement among many that got locked in and dressed up as inevitability. <br/><br/>Most people spend their healthiest decades doing work they would not choose, to buy back small slices of the freedom they gave away, and we call this being responsible. Layered on top of it are supporting scams that keep the machine running.<br/><br/>Manufactured needs sold as happiness, debt marketed as opportunity, brands worn as a status symbol, and the quiet belief that your productivity is your worth. None of these are laws of nature. They are agreements we renew every day mostly because everyone else seems to be renewing them too, and questioning them feels riskier than complying. The genius of the whole setup is that it convinced billions of people that the cage was the sky.<br/><br/>#thoughts #goodmorning 2026-07-13T07:54:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsddh38pdeyqtgt4y8qhs2qh7x2v3a65wm04pa0scu7tkv9tdkcsjczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xpm8lr3 Your government is testing what you&#39;ll tolerate and a lot of us are tolerating way way WAY too much. 2026-07-11T07:46:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs92p5hhqd09qgvxt7paxywn594l4cntupf7gpucad0tdklrup5q7qzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x4cqnju Your backup is not a backup unless you check the data integrity and test a restore from time to time. 2026-05-18T10:04:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyy23d9s6aa5gutgh90yuktwwwg6fwkrxm4aus2xtu4uqpe2rsrmszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xmlqhqa Given how casual these AI agents are with deleting production databases, y&#39;all should be campaigning to put them in charge of student loans. 2026-04-29T16:52:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw3g4zjlxfre8x0akkk2av2fnyzl483x8se354vt55pm5g2kf4txczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xl5xugj Good morning everyone!<br/><br/>Enjoy the latest pictures from our mango tree. Growing really fast now.<br/><br/>The branches have brought these wonderful fruits right on the balcony! ✨😊<br/><br/>#nature #mango #gardening #garden #bloomscrolling<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/116/474/992/650/862/434/original/28b2df17f18173cc.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/116/474/996/102/979/921/original/ec828b8097385039.png"> 2026-04-27T05:26:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdt977hyk26pv8tqarn5tqu7rp6ga3tgsaa9krpgvzwth6gmkex8szyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xwxz0sx Is this something IT people deal with regularly? Or is this an outlier? 🤔<br/><br/>#askfedi #sysadmin #it #technology #email #techsupport #linux #windows<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/116/390/703/701/105/577/original/d95a6f73330d4faa.png"> 2026-04-12T08:08:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs970rm3ggcz85lndan39e55zjzng94dee0scgrtmzzlu277zlt5jczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xzmcfnq The current state of the web assumes that the reader is an adversary to be trapped and monetized.<br/><br/>When a news website forces you through three dismissive actions just to read a headline, they are burning your cognitive budget before delivering any value. You are greeted by a cookie banner taking up the bottom 30% of your screen, a &#34;Subscribe!&#34; modal dead center, an autoplaying video pinned to the corner and a prompt begging to send you push notifications.<br/><br/>I wrote about the state of news websites. Would love to hear your thoughts✨🙏<br/><br/><a href="https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit">https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit</a><br/><br/>#enshittification #darkpattern #web #technology #socialmedia #indieweb #ux #privacy 2026-03-12T16:15:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswqyqq9pxd6f9meysjnsmw5xwlkxyudpm8dchuqjtv8jd62d4lyaczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xsmmv9k I have never come upon a paywall while casually browsing the news and thought, &#34;Let me get my credit card out.&#34; <br/><br/>It&#39;s always, &#34;I don&#39;t need to know that badly.&#34; 2026-03-04T17:10:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp00x47gxfhrvu06j4s3rq5kfx0lqu04eyr6tk9g9zhugu33s6sqszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xaxy8my One of the most fascinating things about maintaining free open source software is getting to witness the occasional end-user who can&#39;t make it work on their system and comes at you with the entitlement of someone who paid you.<br/><br/>If I had a penny for each time I wanted to, &#34;Well, I&#39;ll refund you..oh wait&#34;, I would be rich by now 😂<br/><br/>#opensource #softwareengineering #programming #foss #webdev 2026-03-01T05:12:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw6numyv6tfua433vnktmkxe6u2samdjxargyg8dlmp3yy2zgrrmszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xkqt38t Someone put it in words.<br/><br/>#quotes #reading #mentalhealth #adhd #tumblr<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/116/137/783/188/392/981/original/fe5887752dd3fc2e.jpeg"> 2026-02-26T16:06:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtk3gpflfpgqspet2a43pae50f0zsg2h28vwjaenq7vluetrn82czyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x3ealxx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97026y3xfjmsldgywv7ehptp7ym406pm8ey8ce8r2czp2my96yuqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qthmfg5'>nevent1q…mfg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq98t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszs6a65q8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq98t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszs6a65q8</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…65q8</span>)</a></span> Neil is absolutely spot on and we need to talk about the politics of this. Telling people to &#34;just self-host&#34; to escape surveillance capitalism is the exact same tactic as telling people to &#34;calculate your carbon footprint&#34; to stop climate change. <br/><br/>It individualizes a systemic, corporate failure.<br/>Privacy and digital safety shouldn&#39;t be luxury goods reserved for cis-white-male engineers with unmetered fiber connections, rack-mount servers along with free time and financial stability to pull it off. When our response to the collapse of digital rights is &#34;run your own infrastructure,&#34; we are engaging in digital redlining. The solution to predatory data brokering isn&#39;t forcing single mothers working two jobs to learn Kubernetes; the solution is ruthlessly regulating the data brokers out of existence. 2026-02-24T13:04:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8kj4rv8e42tfr5ysen3nfuydg2mmtaswgl38ahe6nr9xdqn2ppugzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xs79q2v Before you buy that nice hoodie online, ask yourself, &#34;Am I willing to delete one extra email every day for the rest of my life?&#34; 2026-02-23T13:46:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxnrzywej3z4e3fsqw5sltj7eyd6xrccl5cummg3xl8awphscehszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xkajxd5 Data point #1002 on why this AI craze is bad for the world of computing.<br/><br/>#noai #hardware #memory #data #pc #gaming #backup #linux #windows #technology #selfhosted<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/116/073/468/897/512/301/original/0a79c60ef63ffa02.png"> 2026-02-15T07:32:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9eu5d7kx67htgd9ncdu4gk43e3q9c2z7986zjncvt6jnqm2wwaszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xq33lg5 Sometimes people use &#34;respect&#34; to mean &#34;treating someone like a person&#34; and sometimes they use &#34;respect&#34;&#39; to mean &#34;treating someone like an authority&#34; and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say &#34;if you won&#39;t respect me I won&#39;t respect you&#34; and they mean &#34;if you won&#39;t treat me like an authority, I won&#39;t treat you like a person.&#34;<br/><br/>And they think they&#39;re being fair but they aren&#39;t, and it&#39;s not okay.<br/><br/>#reading #quotes #quote #books #adhd #MentalHealth 2026-02-02T17:55:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2g3aaezaa9wyksvkvxt6avcedj0vgyawd7m9fa9cjgp80yzwdt5qzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xp6fe8n I&#39;ve personally grown to hate the security theatre of rotating my bank passwords every six months, especially because of requirements like &#34;must contain one uppercase, one symbol, one lowercase, one special case and the blood of a unicorn.&#34; <br/><br/>When mathematically, a simple, grammatically incorrect sentence of 25 characters is much harder for a machine to crack than a gibberish 8-character password with symbols.<br/><br/>Entropy loves length.<br/><br/>I love the idea that the most secure key to your digital life could just be a weird little poem or an inside joke that only you know. Security doesn&#39;t have to be painful. <br/><br/>#infosec #passwords #cybersecurity #UX #security #sysadmin #programming #foss #linux #privacy #enshittification #reading #finance 2026-01-29T16:51:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspn7pcj00mvpjtj4p46gvpcevkgm59jggqhmjsa0jv0dj8ukts9cqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x7scr25 I am writing a post on rise of software that help bring back sanity to the web. Please help me expand the list 😎✨<br/><br/><a href="https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026">https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026</a><br/><br/>#indieweb #distraction #enshittification #technology #internet #socialmedia #adhd #depression #mentalhealth #sysadmin #retro #youtube #facebook #google #firefox #chrome 2026-01-28T04:56:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg665scpj6mwfw4cjyqtkn44f3weqv7xwd4k7kkdpczxfjr7j8wyczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x20z5z5 Dad, why is my sister named Rose?<br/>Because your mother loves roses. <br/>Thanks dad. <br/>No problem, 4:3 Aspect-Ratio Monitor. <br/><br/>#humor #linux #programming #reading #art #electronics #sysadmin #academia #cooking #gardening #photography #nature #film #memes<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/962/814/070/105/735/original/22d1204c8ab05bc9.jpg"> 2026-01-27T11:15:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswmwhprg5xh9d5j7je93v9zjsg5leraz6xkzalue8cdjhxx5jecyczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x4ve84p Search on YouTube is at its worst right now. You type &#34;how to make apple pie,&#34; and the algorithm gives you three ads, a viral cat short, and a &#34;For You&#34; video about gaming. <br/><br/>It is what <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fschugpy" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fschugpy</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ugpy</span>)</a></span> rightly calls enshittification. <br/><br/>I spent the last month refactoring the core script for search fixer. Big improvements:<br/>&gt; A new settings UI that doesn&#39;t look like an airplane cockpit.<br/>&gt; Anti-Shorts Protocol: Revert shorts to the normal player.<br/>&gt; Fixed the filters for those annoying auto-generated &#34;mixes&#34; that clutter the results.<br/><br/><a href="https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html">https://phoennix.gitlab.io/youtubesearchfix/update.html</a><br/><br/>Reclaim your feed and I hope you give it a try✨🙏<br/><br/>#opensource #enshittification #firefox #chrome #mozilla #browser #youtube #distraction #adhd #mentalhealth #cooking #reading #tumblr #art #design #nature 2026-01-23T14:48:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0c8sc6s40kkujl6txhkmrcy3gc4ks35ytgvutpc097s80ug743czyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x2xkvnf I am fascinated by this new strategy where multiple AI company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti AI sentiment has hurt their businesses 😭<br/><br/>#noai #enshittification #technology #ai #slop #capitalism #electronics #sustainability #nature<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/937/717/511/155/003/original/afda91b2ef227302.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/937/707/435/989/369/original/4b214e54bca88f5f.png"> 2026-01-22T08:07:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswlwzjag53722macg4zl95a5pmqlnjhux0gh99f8ysnkyld009pyqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xtlpjgj The most annoying thing about corporate surveillance to me is the arrogance of the prediction mechanisms. <br/><br/>These algorithms build a model of me based on my clicks from three years ago and then try to trap me in that loop forever. They show me music they think I&#39;ll like, and news they think I&#39;ll engage with, and videos they think will enrage me enough to keep me hooked to their platforms. They are actively trying to flatten my personality into something easy to monetize.<br/><br/>As most people I&#39;ve seen say out loud, &#34;Privacy as a concept is way beyond hiding secrets. A part of it also means preserving your capacity to change. To be surprised. To be inconsistent.&#34;<br/><br/>If I could tell every human one thing, it would be to actively refuse to be a predictable data point. Mess up their metrics. In whatever way you are capable of.<br/><br/>#socialmedia #algorithmicbias #privacy #dataprivacy #quotes #foss #facebook #linkedin #llm #noai #enshittification #reading #books #baking #art #philosophy #adhd #depression #cybersecurity 2026-01-21T05:41:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxs3rsqqnhxg5czamtak9qflpz553cpyjqnkxgsknupweypywujuqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x0rz9em Someone should make a food app that connects to your bank account and only lists restaurants you can afford. Call it &#34;welp&#34;.<br/><br/>#capitalism #quotes #food #baking #foss #tumblr #art #writing #reading #books #nature 2026-01-19T07:32:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfew2pp497u6jnlmmw2aus3t7gf2jytlu72p26eut5xs7v98a8cvszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xdscs9z Since I actually don&#39;t have words to express my feelings, can someone do it for me?<br/><br/>These scums truly want personal computing eradicated 😔<br/><br/>#hardware #capitalism #electronics #pc #sysadmin #cloud #noai #programming #linux #windows #macos #apple #enshittification<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/899/747/914/541/870/original/7b74f665ef70a122.png"> 2026-01-15T15:13:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgg99y09dk5ptgjhk8hdqrqcntz6rdytxzyg3mufy79dz066ljemqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xljwp0u Every time I cancel a bloated SaaS subscription and replace it with a lightweight, open-source tool or a 50-line script I wrote myself, I feel my soul heal a little bit.<br/><br/>We over-complicate our workflows because we&#39;ve been sold the idea that professional means expensive. Usually, it just means vendor lock-in.<br/><br/>Bonus points to you if this means moving away from Big Tech,<br/><br/>#SelfHosted #opensource #foss #programming #sysadmin #linux #selfhost #cybersecurity #digitalIndependence #bigtech 2026-01-07T09:13:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgypmlekde9hde7ga7thfejdlrfy0qgx45wslqdwcutw3f885fpkczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xlhxaxf Even print publication is not safe from hallucinations either? Watch this 😭<br/><br/>I&#39;m so weirded out.<br/><br/>#noai #llm #writing #books #reading #enshittification<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/843/723/658/564/191/original/4123e99062eac7da.mp4"></video> 2026-01-05T17:46:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy3a367c6y7hmtr9f7ez92raxshvsmyll4l630hgah027vjcjffaszyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x37uml4 Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love. <br/><br/>No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.<br/><br/>This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.<br/><br/>So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.<br/><br/>I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?<br/><br/>#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness 2025-12-31T08:43:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp37yadaeqz6wu2d0z03g2j8zuh6lz7spmet9k6v2wdkwdwup3v5szyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x35f9f4 🙏 Got 2 minutes? Writing about yourself is painful. Could you spare a moment to roast (or refine) my intro pitch to potential employers? I want to make sure it sticks?<br/><br/>&#34;Full stack engineer (MS in CS) who specializes in building complex web applications, products and browser extensions from scratch.<br/><br/>I created a browser extension with 45,000+ daily users and a recommended badge from Mozilla. I&#39;m also a self-starter who thrives in autonomy, is a team player and loves collaboration. Hire me to improve and design your product, webpage or architect plus maintain your web extension with MV3 compliance.&#34;<br/><br/>#getfedihired #web #browser #extension #firefox #addon #linux #askfedi #programming #remotework #opensource #design<br/><br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/115/741/170/023/255/832/original/54762ed2fce6cb63.jpg"> 2025-12-18T16:45:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ych906tw0np84hmh964fqfvcrxkc4s492cmc5rxmu8wc47rv6nczyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xha9sc3 🙏 You got 2 minutes? Writing about yourself is painful. Could you spare a moment to roast (or refine) my intro pitch to potential employers? I want to make sure it sticks?<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;m a Full Stack engineer (MS in CS) who specializes in building complex web applications, products and browser extensions from scratch.<br/><br/>Creator of YouTube Search Fixer, a browser extension with 45,000+ daily users and a recommended badge from Mozilla. Also a self-starter who thrives in autonomy and can follow instructions. Hire me to improve and design your webpage or architect plus maintain your web extension with MV3 compliance.&#34;<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>#getfedihired #hiring #web #browser #extensionension #firefox #addon #jobs #linux 2025-12-18T08:23:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05cua4akquk5g30979jvcy2ddd7ct3wtajguaxhmrqra29slcscqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xjt4auq We talk a lot about &#34;privacy based browsers,&#34; but we need more talk about Engine Diversity. <br/><br/>Using a chromium-based browser even a de-Googled one like ungoogled chromium or Vivaldi still cements Google&#39;s control over web standards.<br/><br/>If Firefox (gecko) dies, the web effectively becomes a proprietary app platform owned by an ad company.<br/>I stick with Firefox not because it&#39;s always faster (it isn&#39;t), but because it&#39;s the only vote I have left against a monoculture.<br/><br/>Are you riding the gecko train for ideological reasons or has it actually become the better daily driver for you?<br/><br/>#Firefox #ManifestV3 #Privacy #OpenWeb #Mozilla #chrome #linux #chromium #browser 2025-12-16T14:35:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdhqpdf6dzy0dalsnfzh90p6pyawjkn7z6y43eudzxf9pvzwgaggzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xxya74s ✨️ Your Code Life Wrapped, 2025 Edition ✨️<br/>&gt;You stared at 1,387 lines of legacy code and whispered, &#34;but why?&#34;<br/>&gt;You successfully exited Vim on your first try 3 times. Your top artist was :q!.<br/>&gt;You resolved 58 merge conflicts. 57 of them were with yourself.<br/>&gt;You spent 9,412 minutes debating whether to use a framework, then built it from scratch anyway.<br/>&gt;Your most-searched google question was &#34;How do I undo the most recent local commits in Git?&#34;.<br/>&gt;It&#39;s been 23 seconds since you last checked if the build failed.<br/>&gt;18 mysterious bugs are looking at your code RIGHT NOW.<br/><br/>#programming #linux #sysadmin #wrapped #vim #javascript #linuxmint #arch #fedora #debian #ubuntu #cybersec 2025-12-14T08:35:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5qe7mym6xc694g3f04e9stkj6c9hgvm2595m3qt98vveyrmnzkgzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xnevruc Hot take: If you are using a &#34;privacy-focused&#34; service that requires a phone number to sign up, you aren&#39;t the customer, you&#39;re still part of the graph. <br/><br/>Signal is great for encryption, but the reliance on mobile identifiers is a metadata nightmare waiting to happen. We need to normalize usernames as primary identifiers in secure messaging. Session and Threema are right. Signal is lagging here.<br/><br/>#Signal #Privacy #InfoSec #metadataCleaner #cybersec #enshittification 2025-12-09T11:28:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyegg4ztvx4elsjeyq4f3nj7fjsd0df4az5dzd8jlrhxepar07v2qzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xuex5yh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs86wf36htdchtxar0qaau5zjumsn85tvgsnc3pd9ewg95yu3tndtspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7p3tdrc'>nevent1q…tdrc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyp9rl8t7dw7s8rxz9jjl5ja3kr5prcv74fq6aq4x7nhmlt2tdgqxyasas30" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyp9rl8t7dw7s8rxz9jjl5ja3kr5prcv74fq6aq4x7nhmlt2tdgqxyasas30</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…as30</span>)</a></span> hmm let&#39;s see. I like drama, suspense and courtroom movies the most.<br/><br/>Lately I&#39;ve loved biographies and mythical stories too. Thrillers are great, movies with plot twists are incredible but rare to pull off and I&#39;ve great regard for those. Sci-fi are always popcorn flicks, great to pass time. Comedies are nice, however animated movies I haven&#39;t had the time to fully immerse into.<br/><br/>I guess that covers all. I guess you could say I watch anything and everything except horror (and specially slasher/gore) cause those make me nauseous. 2025-11-23T08:22:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrt7gvz7kzgmd27msjedwsuf9re9snhdpfl8mfu68my85u7nkh2uqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74x8lqz4n Give me your favorite movies to watch as I deal with this seasonal flu. Please?🙏<br/><br/>#askfedi #movies #netflix #prime #suggestion #writing #art #creativetoots #disney #climate #scifi #reading 2025-11-23T06:41:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxw4pptjk8elh4sgaldr0rqgnqsm8fdgsa9ztcq7c6fvhjgqnrccqzyr2p9dawnklt0fcdxmajky7ca2w2vqpzz40f72weferdjcsw6u74xyp8ccc What a single purpose niche (software) tool that doesn&#39;t exist but should? One which you would gladly pay money to buy?<br/><br/>#askfedi #question #software #privacy #art #music #creative #writing #gardening #fitness #cooking #knitting 2025-11-03T14:06:14Z