Definitely. Another similar trick I used to do was to write down the objects in my agenda under “things I wanted to buy.” Sometimes just the act of writing it down gave me the feeling of having fulfilled the desire in some weird way.

… when the need exists.

Like you already said, it’s much easier to separate needs from wants when you just don’t go to Amazon. It was a real eye opener for me, how I could just add a tiny bit of friction to my “customer journey” (just don’t automatically start my search on Amazon), and my desire for the object would usually just … evaporate.

Like a fey mood had overtaken me, but I managed to shake it.

I guess that’s consumerism.

That’s vertical integration, and the end result for a virus like Amazon is that, left unchecked, they own everything.

It’s so much free speech that it loops around and becomes censorship. 🤷

Any networked device can be used to gain access to the rest of the network (kind of).

Once you get used to it it is kind of fun.

Shame about do though.

I’m not an AI fan, but thank you for using it remove words, rather than turn 20 words into 200.

I don’t know about you but I fulfill all my e-commerce needs with Offpunk.

It’s a casual English language construction of the 90s. It’s equivalent to “FF is evil?” And implies that the writer believes that it didn’t used to be.

FF is evil now?

I’m basic. Been using namecheap+privateemail for years and no complaints. Mostly through the clients Thunderbird on desktop of FairMail on mobile.

Thank you, this is perfect! I love how they highlight the small web, too. Exactly the right vibe for a small, personal project.

This is really cool. Thanks for the brief intro too. I definitely will be trying this out when I start pushing events from the backend. It’ll be fun to check out something other than React for once.

I would, however, recommend Arch if you’re a Linux novice looking to learn about Linux in a more accelerated pace.

C’mon United States, do the anti-trust thing! You used to be so good at it!

there’s also a settling somewhere to let a call through if it’s like the second of two in a row

Whoa, this looks really good. I love how using the pressing shortcut keys shows you available combinations. Reminds me of the “guided keystrokes” (I think this is what the mechanic is called?) feature of the blezz launcher.

As a filthy vim hipster, this is really speaking to me…

I realise they’re different technologies, but for how I use them 90% of the time (launching shells in visually distinct areas of my screen), kitty’s window system is a drop-in replacement.

I haven’t read the article yet but I’m really not understanding what they’re even trying to dissuade here… Like what tort are they even punishing in their twisted little minds?

EDIT okay right away the article adds some much needed context:

The bill has been proposed by State Representatives Anita Somani and Tristan Rader, who wrote it to point out what they see as the absurdity of rules that control women’s bodies but do not control men’s.

It’s like a protest bill.