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[+] 47 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Gotta go home and crack a few linuxes

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago

    Picking another corporation to base your language around isn't better. Why not refer to the general privacy concepts that corporation claims to have?

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What the fuck is wrong with just saying email? It's been around for decades.

    If someone said to me "Could you crack a Linux" I would walk away slowly and avoid eye contact.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    It would be safer if we discussed.this using encryption:

    1jdBaPK9ULsvBDnzbtGgE9ksCtpfJJFq/rB346x5jehKHY5tfrzdvycYhbLEmABF1jdBaPK9ULsvBDnzbtGgE9ksCtpfJJFq/rB346x5jehKHY5tfrzdvycYhbLEmABF1jdBaPK9ULsvBDnzbtGgE9ksCtpfJJFq/rB346x5jehKHY5tfrzdvycYhbLEmABF

    OK?

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    [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    hehe, yikes

    between Proton moving operations and its CEO being a MAGA (or at least a Trump sycophant), the advice to adopt Proton has really curdled recently

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  • Had me going until "Could you crack a Linux?"

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    Proton advertisement.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    What the fuck is this?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    but if enough people use google as a general verb, the word will stop being owned by alphabet (from my understanding)

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    This reeks of adults trying to explain to other adults about 'internet speak' and should have stayed in whichever marketing fools addled brain it came from

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Instead, lets simplify: Search, Message, Email, Video Call... wtf is the last one

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Its been so hard to stop saying google it but im getting there, they really got us good with their branding brain worm

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    At the same time, Google hates people using their name generically for web searching because it risks them losing the trademark.

    So I guess I am conflicted, because I hate to acknowledge Google more than I need to, but would love to see the term become meaningless.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I use DuckDuckGo but say Google for this exact reason. If I'm talking to someone I actually like I usually elaborate to say "Google isn't the search engine I actually use because it's sus, but you know what I mean"

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Luckily I find it pretty easy to avoid using brand names and just use the plain old verb.

    Search it for me. Look it up. Message me. Send it to me, I'll send this back to you. Set up a call, a meeting, a video call.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Pretty sure "to google" means to search for something and get nothing but ads, bad answers, and frustration now. Dunno why anyone would want that.

    Or maybe it means "to create a cool product then kill it while it's still popular."

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Do people not know how to say "this is my email address" anymore?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    The linux is already open

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    as som have mentioned. I call email, email. And I call video conferencing video conferencing and would say hop on a conference call or just call. I mean many people dial in. Video is just standard now but they used to be done with just phones. I usually say the message app used as at a workplace its whatever they use. Open some windows is talking about gui windows not ms windows. I don't get the alternative thing at all. Its like that thing with ms not being able to trademark windows because windows is a common word. you say windows don't let ms own that trump. I do say google sometimes for search and that is bad but I often say search or look it up. I just need to stop saying google sometimes.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Open some windows is talking about gui windows not ms windows. I don't get the alternative thing at all. Its like that thing with ms not being able to trademark windows because windows is a common word.

    I'm pretty sure that in this specific context, it's actually referring to the physical windows that you would crack to let in some fresh air. I'm also pretty sure that this post was a joke, LOL.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    egg break when put all in one basket.Β 

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I just say "I did a search" instead of "I googled it" nowadays, mostly because I don't like lying.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Would be better if this had serious suggestions. But to add a serious one, please say something like "content blocker" instead of "adblocker"; you're not freeloading by blocking ads, you're choosing to not connect to unwanted privacy-hostile content with your computer and internet connection, as you should.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, language doesn't work like that.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Do we trust proton mail? Is tutamail a better alternative?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    My issue with Protonmail is that, last I checked years ago, I couldn't set up email forwarding or a local client without paying for an upgrade. So there's a soft form of lock-in to prevent changing providers.

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  • I could really go for some ice cold Linux right now.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    If I actually cpuld be bothered to go hang out with people I would totally try to make crack a linux a thing

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    [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If you're going to degoogle, make sure you don't accidentally use Google servers with extra steps

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Signal Messenger’s video chat works pretty good

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