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It’s probably my English that is lacking (sorry for that) but I though I just wrote ‘people should not do that, they’re not a products’. Could it be that me using the first person is the main issue, here? Or did I really phrase anything that makes you think I feel ‘special’ (can’t see what)?

If so, I will try to keep that in mind next time.

Thx, that’s nice of you to say, but don’t worry too much about that.

As far as I’m concerned downvotes only start being meaningful the moment a downvoter takes to time to explain their motivation, if they’re too lazy to even do that, well, why should I worry what they may think, or like or dislike? ;)

I would not rate it. My childhood, like myself, is not a product or a service, it’s not even a homework, waiting to be rated ;)

100%. Also true for any craft/DIY/manual hobby activity, art (music, sketching, painting), and so on.

France comes from the ‘franks’ which was both a kingdom and its population, the franks or francs, in French. The word is is supposed to mean ‘free man’ (one of the meanings, at least)

Yep.

It’s not compatible with the real older browsers but since it’s for my personal blog I don’t think it’s a big deal.

AVIF. It’s a video format but it works great for photos too and offers much better compression than jepg or even webp without much noticeable loss. I use it on my blog to make the few images I use as light as possible.

Shouldn’t it be flat, too? ;)

That’s nice! After that, we will only need a better/optimized epub export tool to be able to easily self-publish using only dear LO Writer :)

Looks interesting to me, as a (no-ads, no-tracking) Hugo blogger myself that has been considering trying Gemini too… at least if it means I would be able use it without having to configure Gemini by myself, as if I’m a privacy-aware user I’m also not really much of a geek ;)

May I ask why use the US Microsoft owned Github and not a more privacy respecting FLOSS alternative like, say, the German Codeberg?

I’m not surprised at all since I use them every single day, but the pen and paper have yet to be rivaled by anything digital. At the very least, in regards to:

• portability: available in any size one may fancy, only a few grams.
• autonomy: a notebook needs no battery and offers weeks or months worth of storage depending how much you write or sketch (certain models can even be refilled),
• ease of use: put pen(cil) onto paper and write, or sketch + no upgrades, no bugs, no crashes.
• privacy: no tracking, no spying by any corporation. No ads, either.
• low cost: I’ve yet to find an iPad with its Pencil at the two dollars I spend on my cheap notebook and cheap ballpoint, or pencil.
• Sturdiness: I can (and often) sit on the notebook I store in my jeans back pocket, I often use it under the rain too.
• Low attraction to thieves: I can use it anywhere without risking attracting attention from potential thieves. I can also let my notebook alone in any public places, chances are no one will even consider stealing it: it’s just paper. Try doing that with a digital notebook, be it a tablet or a phone ;)
• Versatility: I can write (errands, novels, plan to conquer the world, a poem for my spouse), sketch (bad or good sketches), draw a map, play some games, make paper planes or origami, and even share info with anyone by tearing of a sheet of paper from my notebook (that won’t break it) and give it to that person.

Yeah, I think it’s kinda obvious I do like my cheap notebook and pen, a lot more than I will ever like that corporate and government spyware that disguises itself as a smartphone and that I’m expected to be using and carrying with me everywhere I go ;)

Mais c’est pas pas pareil du tout! Faut pas confondre: nous, on est les gentils et on ne traque que les méchants, ou alors les pervers. La lie, quoi, rien à voir avec des gens biens comme nous.

Je ne vois d’ailleurs vraiment pas comment l’idée d’abuser d’un tel outil de surveillance, disons pour traquer les honnêtes citoyens et les empêcher d’exercer librement leurs droits de citoyens, pourrait même ne fut-ce qu’effleurer l’esprit entièrement animé par l’idéal démocratique de nos élu(e)s qui sont tellement soucieux de ne surtout pas oublier qui sont leur véritable patron(ne)s…

Ben, quoi?

We don’t. Our simple kettle with its whistle is working great, despite its age. And its much nicer to look at than a microwave too ;)

edit: a bit late to comment, sorry ;)

We’re not vegetarians but we eat vegetables daily and meat 2 times a week. And we have started to reduce it even more.

We wash greens right before we prepare them, raw or cooked as well and never in advance. Even a simple salad, I will only remove and wash a few… what 's the English word? leafs at a time, only what’s needed for my spouse and I, and will keep the rest of the salad untouched (and not rinsed) in a large bowl placed under a wet (not dripping wet, barely humid) towel, in the fridge. That salad will last a week when need be without any issue while remaining crisp and fresh, provided one refreshes the towel as needed.

Other vegetables will be kept (unwashed) in the dedicated drawer in our fridge and when we have too many, they are kept in some box using their original paper bag as a makeshift cover (paper is great to protect vegs).

As for the spinner, one should easily find cheap ones at a few euros/$ as there is no need to go fancy: they will spin as well than designer models. Ours is a real cheap plastic one that we’ve been using for almost 20 years… and we only renewed it because I put the previous one on the burner one day and, well, that kind of plastic and fire don’t go together nicely ;)

Also, I would not want to waste that much paper every time I rinse my vegetables. I use a clean cotton towel that will than land in the laundry basket. No waste… even of paper. Heck, I even reuse the back of enveloppes and letters to reduce waste ;)

No matter what anyone could say for (or against) that book, you as a reader should never feel forced to finish reading a book you started if you don’t enjoy it. Your time is too precious.

Books are not perishable goods, you can come back to any book you want in a few weeks, months, or many years. It will still be readable and happy to welcome you. Some of the books I consider my favorites nowadays, aged 50+, are books I could not get into as a teen or as a young adult and that is despite me trying over and over again to read them but then, one day, something happens and that book is suddenly the best thing you have ever read—yep, I’m looking at you, Proust.

Pareil. J’ai mis le temps à piger ;)

First, I take a breath. More often than not, I will take more than one.

No matter what I’m doing I will always make some room to breathe. At the very least, I will go out for a long walk every single day of the year. Just walk. No distractions, no social noise, no music, no podcast, no nothing but me, my head, and that tiny thing called ‘the world outside’ ;)

Even better, when whatever it is I’m doing is stressing me out, I will make it multiple times a day because I don’t work well when I’m stressed, so it’s not a waste of time. And it also helps me stay in shape so it’s even less a waste in that regard.

Last but not least, I learned to work less. It’s not how hard you work or how tired you end up being that should matter, it’s what you have done and much you like it ;)

I would set it back to the early to mid-90s, when I first experienced it…

Am I one of those old fart trying to say it was better in the good old times? Yes, and no.

Back then the Internet was limited, it was hacked together and there was no professionally designed website with pretty animations, security was… not much, there was no mobile web and, as a matter of fact, no ‘app’ at all since smartphones were not yet a thing. There was not even script languages like Javascript or PHP to develop all those shit… amazing dynamic features we’re now surrounded with. So, yeah, it was limited. But…

There also was also no social media, no monetizing, no tracking, no corporate mafia-like CEOs trying to took us hostage or to milk us to death, and hands in hands with their politicians friends, trying their worst at transforming our free societies into some fascist dystopia that if they succeed (and it looks like they could) will make look all the XX century monstrosities mere child-play.

There were already evil corporations and assholes politicians back then, sure, but for the most part the Internet was people, not businesses. And it was not populated by those armies of braindead, tantrum-obsessed and hysterical morons we now consider the normal ‘user’.

Trolls were already a thing, obviously, but there were not millions of them waiting to be mobilized through social media like a good army of haters ready to go stampede into oblivion anything nice or daring anyone could be willing to do. It was ok to not be nice, to not be liked, and to take risks.

I mean, it was actual people with their qualities and flaws, people that were willing to share content they were interested in and to discuss it. People that were not expecting to make a fucking cent out of every single fart they would make online. Nor to gain any Likes…

So, yeah it was rougher, so much more limited and a lot less cool. It was also a lot less polite. But it was so much more free and less full of shit.

(end of that old fart rant, promise)

I don’t understand why this matters that much

Maybe because some apps will only work on certain phones (say on iOS or Android) and maybe because depending the phone you are using maybe someone could suggested another solution than switch app? ;)

Spend less time online, do less digital activities.

I do more IRL, in-person, activities. Any kind of activity most of us somehow forget we used to do well before Internet and digital was a thing can still be done without the Internet and without a computer of any kind.

In-persons is intimidating but it also helps keep away the armies of online trolls and haters that online thrive to hurt other people. Provided one behaves like a decent human being, it’s very rare people IRL will hate on anyone for goofing up or for not agreeing with them. It’s ok.

I also do as much as I can the analog way, without anything digital. It helps. Be it to write or sketch, or do stuff with my hands. Heck, even me using a paper agenda instead my phone will regularly trigger surprised/interested questions from people that otherwise would probably never have talked with me to begin with ;)