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Sometimes, when friends are struggling, they *can't* ask for help.
Sometimes active engagement is the right thing to do. We need to lift each other up, and to stop letting our culture dissuade us from doing so.
I can't even count how many times in my messed up life when something like this could have had a huge impact. (Right now is one of those times.)
#mentalhealth #mentalillness #mentalwellness #isolation #community #supportsystem #loveeachother
@johny
They've traditionally used all those "what type of X are you" quizzes to get those details. So I don't think it's that much of a stretch.
If it is a scam I think it is the traditional horoscope/medium scam using cold-reading to make you believe they know something about you that you don't know.
But maybe I'll go back to the site to see if I can figure it out 
@johny
I only just realised now, the boring and cynical answer to what the point of this fake chat was: probably a advertising company trying to get some demographic details to tie to my phone's browser fingerprint.
@johny
After choosing "male" from the binary sex options, I was asked for my name.
I was told never to give my name to strange shamans on the internet so that is where I closed the site.
Hello cybre, in the last 24 hrs I've ordered a bunch of neon floppies on ebay, cases for said floppies, designed custom labels and an inlay, and also ordered a lenticular print sample of one of my gifs. I'm either gonna have the greatest merch of all times by the end of this month, or I'm just gonna be a very sad & starved artist with no $$$. r both!
A few days ago I was looking through, and closing, the more then 100 browser tabs I had open in the main web browser I use on my phone.
I have no recollection of ever opening this page or anything like it. It was a interactive chatbot, it was wild, and I don't really get it.
I mean obviously it's a paranormal scam, playing on a weird and outdated racial stereotype, but the webapp was really well made, and the target audience seems so small. I was confused and mesmerized for a few seconds.
picking the images to include in the presentation was pretty tough
Today I learned that there are a number of Linux-based laptop shops in Europe.
Thank you, https://linuxpreloaded.com
Keep an eye on:
• StationX: https://stationx.rocks
• Star Labs: https://starlabs.systems
• Entroware: https://www.entroware.com/store/
• Tuxedo: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com
• Juno: https://junocomputers.com
Switching to Linux
I want to feel good about the tool I use everyday and I want it to reflect what I stand for so I just ordered a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/10-14-inch/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-Pro-13-v3-133-matte-Full-HD-or-QHD-IPS-aluminium-case-up-to-Intel-Core-i7-Quad-Core-up-to-32GB-RAM-up-to-two-HDD/SSD-up-to-12h-battery-Typ-C-Thunderbolt-etc.tuxedo) from @tuxedocomputers & they kindly agreed to preinstall Pop!_OS 18.04 for me (thank you, Vinzenz, you rock!)
I maxed it out with an i7 4-core CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB Samsung Pro SSD & a QHD+ screen that I plan to run at 200% HiDPI.
This will be my main dev machine going forward. Can’t wait! :) https://mastodon.ar.al/media/1uMEIMJwnL3akninfBE
The Free Market knows what she's doing.
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This company that sells clothing says it had to stop selling to EU because of GDPR. This image IS their site now, it says: "Blame your government (no, really)".
Really though? It's that hard to sell me clothes while respecting my privacy? You only have to blame yourself on this one 😂
johnny sun on twitter:
"sometimes it feels like people only love your mask because you only show them your mask, but trust that they know its a mask, that they care about its author, and that they are perceptive enough to see you behind it"
@aral
*Puts on tinfoil hat*
What if Microsoft gave Dell a good deal on their licenses in exchange for this Ubuntu price hike?
</conspiracy mode>
Creating and fine-tuning the image that comes pre-installed probably also takes some time. Since less Ubuntu laptops are sold the cost for this labor has to be split between fewer customers.
