The exploding cigar assassination attempt felt like they were grasping at straws and used cartoons as inspiration. Lol

you’re nicer than i am; i just send them a link to my github/gitlab repo’s and then COMPLETELY check out.

The most effective one I know I call “eating the breadcrumbs”

First I follow the breadcrumbs since Neurotypicals and some neurodivergents like talking about themselves and I listen for indicators of things they like and respond w questions that align w them.

Then I eat the breadcrumbs by maintaining a practiced look upon my face that seems like I’m enjoying a snack and pursue each chance I get to make a joke so that I can actually enjoy the conversation. (Alcohol helps A LOT with this part).

It’s a lot like social masking, but it’s targeted at an individual and w a bit more depth instead of a just a public facade.

It’s also more draining than ordinary masking; so I mostly use it in social situations than I know will replenish my energy.

does it give you warning/notifications if you forget to update it?

i’m in awe everytime people do this.

i learned how to do this before code sharing sites like github existed and it forced me to turn everything i’ve learned into muscle memory and i think that this next generation of greybeards are going to be so much better than my generation’s greybeards because of it.

and it’ll become just as legal here if anyone ever tried to challenge it in the courts; this seems like a tiny technicality to me.

if by “self-coup” you referring to trump’s election; they did the same thing with their own fascists and their parliament helped in the same way that our congress helped and their repression is also focused on lgbt arena’s like ours is; but goes well beyond minor policy changes and it’s here where they’ve gone further down the fascism timeline than we have.

the united states is part of a civilization that’s changing more rapidly than the rest of it and even then, only its privileged classes; italy’s another part of western civilization that has also changed in the same manner and to a further degree than americans have (so far).

how so?

you’re aware that italy is ahead of us in the fascism timeline, right?

they’re ahead of us; they’ve had a fascist leaders for a couple of years and have already legally disenfranchised many.

adam ruins everything dedicated an episode to this and it feels like it was prompty ignored by most.

does everyone watch this guy?

sometimes, it feels like this field is tiny and highly susceptible to fads; part of me is glad that i’ve left it.

That’s true; I haven’t modified my keyboard in decades and this shows it.

i’ve done this using android and linux.

i’ve repurposed my old androids to turn them into wireless cameras for my home made security system based on the motion project as well as created a homemade lojack and dashcam for my car. some phones i was able to root and i picked and chose what software ran on it and the others, i disabled as many services/apps as i could to make them as minimalistic as possible.

for linux, i created my own home made router and wifi access point; but it’s kind of the opposite of minimalistic as it’s a full blown linux server with virtual machines and desktop environment to help with management.

i provided both extremes to mirror what others have said: it’s hard to provide advice without knowing what your goal is.

well said, but i wonder how much it will matter in the future considering that the kernel group itself has so willingly kowtowed to american hegemony in its recent expulsion of russian developers from the kernel maintainers group to align itself with american export controls.

there’s multiple ways to skin this cat, but in your shoes: i would use xmodmap to remap or disable those keys.

everything that has nothing to do with creating a family and moving with them to the suburbs.

i’m had to move 15 times over the last 20 years and it’s taught me to live with only the bare essentials. i also have legal entitlement to my target country so i’m not sweating the paperwork either.

the only things i’m worried about are the regime change the united states is going to impose on my target country and my pets since they’re the most important things in my life.

if only it were so simple as shops on a sunday and they’re making everywhere homogeneous; this and a handful of other cities are the only unique ones.