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We did it Lemmy

Oh no, I’m glad they did. You see, I’ve had issues with my bladder recently too. I believed it was an infection, but if his doctor says it was just some irritation, maybe so it is for me too. I just wish I knew what medicine he got prescribed. I guess I’ll have to hope it clears up on its own.

Especially, Chinese is not « structurally » complex. It’s got no numbers, no genders, no cases, the grammar is very analytical and straightforward.

I went the self-hosting route too. I use seafile for files, immich for photos, vaultwarden for passwords, baikal for calendars and contacts, and freshrss for news. I could’ve consolidated most of it in a nextcloud instance, but I’m more attracted to the UNIX philosophy.

Regarding email, I’m using my own domain on Proton with simple login setup as a catchall to automatically create aliases. I went through all the accounts in my password manager and changed all emails to unique identifiable aliases, or straight up deleted anything I don’t see myself using anymore.

For de-googling, the hardest part after changing all email addresses on services (no redirect) was to switch “login with google” accounts back to classic accounts with credentials to either delete or switch them to a SL alias. Convenience really is how they get and keep you. I had to do the same with Apple and Microsoft too, and I’m not using these “login with…” buttons anymore.

One important lesson that you’ve learned as well is don’t put all your eggs in the same basket. Ask yourself what would happen to you tomorrow if a service you use (like Proton) revoked your account. For me, as I’ve set up catchall’s with my own domain, I could still set it up with another provider and not lose access to these. That’s also why I actively don’t treat their drive and calendar solutions as anything more than another offsite backup.

Resilience is key.

Capitalism and exponential growth is not sustainable any other way. We’ve simply run our ethical and legal ways to drive more sales. What’s left is unethical stuff, or moving the goal post for what is legal.

We need to either implement a new system, or suffer the consequences.