selfhosted AI is 1000% more confidential than a human therapist; but stuff like ChatGPT? yeah stay away from those

learn C, so you can appreciate rust

it’s a little similar to words per second

for anyone looking for a cheap hobby, try coding, there are plenty of free resources to learn, and you can get started on almost any computer (or even an android phone!)

games! in maybe 95% of cases you can find an open alternative to some (non-game) software, but with games it’s the opposite.

i would say that the main proprietary softwares i still use, are video games

playing a game for fun vs playing a game to feel better than others

after a very long time, i’ve stumbled upon this https://thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-usb-bluetooth-40-micro-adapter-tpe-usbbluv4

download blender, turn on optix, and enter the rabbit hole ;)

did they open source it?

*unless it’s an open source community-driven project

simplex is good as an alternative

IIRC it’s not open source

i use simplex with people i used sms with before, and matrix for everything else

it would be nice, especially for users like me, who only use lemmy on mobile

(also see the issue on github)

Get a password manager.

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