Na-cho, nacho man…! I want to be a nacho man!

I’ll be sure to tell the family members I don’t talk to anymore about this…ug.

DDG uses Bing primarily.

I have had reasonable experiences with startpage as a search engine.

It looks a bit like a Lebatt, but that’s probably not right.

On the scale of who is fucking up the world more, I’d have to award the trophy to Leon. Certainly fuck Nestle, but won’t someone please rid us of this meddlesome billionaire?

Well, I did the same. After a year or so, I checked back in and I think he toned it down (unless I am missing any rant vids that might happen). I still like some of what he does as long as he keeps politics out so I got very selective. I will still watch tool teardown vids or something, but I don’t watch any of his fireside chats as I now know his worldview is skewed in the wrong direction.

Despite that, he is still a very knowledgeable guy so I try and glean what I can that has actual value. That value now is certainly LESS than prior to him unveiling his conservative thoughts.

This sticker is from AVE.

Keep your dick in a vice.

Thank you, I will check it out. Any specific apps you’d recommend?

Edit: They have over 1200 apps. Nice. I suppose just whatever I’m looking for? Are there apps to avoid or any that compromise the OS in these repos?

Thank you. Any shady repos to avoid?

Yes. Loaded one or two apps.

I’m new to it. Any tips?

Yes, I noticed that. It was the only donation link I spotted though. You could ask the admins that are listed in the right-side panel (TheDude, etc).

For yours, there is a heart outline up at the top of the page which leads to:

https://join-lemmy.org/donate

Well, that rule has been mostly tongue in cheek as you are probably aware, but perhaps Usenet will once again become useful to more folks. I have never veered away from it since I discovered it in the late 90’s. I suppose that makes me a part of the ES group? I’m quite glad to have discovered it. You do now have to pay to use it, but the cost is mild and the tools are all modernized with plenty of web front-ends out there.

Edited: Booboos

What’s the first rule of Usenet? 😬

All part of the system. Stay healthy, friend!

The system traps you within. Breaking away from it can be a difficult venture and cannot be done completely without some retribution from the system itself. They’ll punish you for it to some degree and people have even been killed over it.

But yes, vanlife (or off-grid living) can liberate you to be potentially happier. At the very least unencumbering oneself from the odious monthly outlay just to live helps a lot. I don’t choose to do this (yet), but have friends that exist this way.

That or Startpage

I agree! Solving tech issues leads to searching the net and all too often the results are a video about the solution when text is all you need. Watching a video just to see what they type is very mildlyinfuriating.