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[–] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

It's interesting that BDS targets are somewhat chosen out of the feasibility of action (eg targetting "Xbox" instead of Microsoft as a whole, whereas AWS has no easy alternative for end-consumers so it's on a less severe list). I suppose it makes it feel like open source software is more important than ever when things like this are popping up, but at the same time it makes the crushing weight of capitalism feel even more inescapable.

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    Anki for flashcards and a lovely local teacher that I go to once a week (not a university classroom). The real truth is it takes between 1000-4000 hours depending on your language, and the only way to get that is by doing a little bit every day. I'm probably somewhere around 700 hours after three years.

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    I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this? (lemmy.ml)
     

    It feels like all the joy I used to feel from being an enthusiast has been completely voided as computing has become the modern vector for fascism and surveillance. I find myself recoiling from all online spaces, even independent and open source ones that I'd loved and supported in the past.

    It's been an exceptionally strange impulse to go from having an elaborate online presence to now feeling like the only acceptable way to engage with the network is to have as minimal of an online footprint as possible.

    This especially hurts when it feels like an issue of skilling, where I know how to do certain tasks with computers, but have to teach myself for the first time the analogue alternatives that my parents and their parents likely already knew well.

    How have you chosen to deal with it? Do you find yourself moving away from computing and the internet, despite formerly loving it as a hobby? Have you replaced things that computers used to do for you with analogue replacements?

    I'm curious how other people are experiencing this.

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