@Jean_le_Flambeur @Flatworm7591 maybe you should have voted for them.
#FamilyMan been married for >15 years and have two daughters. Those three girls are my greatest love on this planet.
I consider myself a #GNU Evangelist. Learning about what #FreeSoftware was, including GNU/Linux, opened my eyes to so many things: governments aren’t the only ones stealing individual rights, I know so much less about computers than I thought I did, the idea of code, I can make a difference without having to know anyone particular.
I’m employed as contract Engineer in the Metal industry. My workplace is not yet unionized, but I’m hoping to fix that. #Union member of the #IWW IU440. I don’t have an engineering degree. After discovering Free Software I took my political scientist butt and found a call center job that paid for me to go to Community College to study Software Engineering, where I learned that I liked the idea of coding a lot more than I liked coding. The blessings of God put some great opportunities in my lap at just the right time.
I’m a #Libertarian and have been for over 20 years. The love of libertarianism is what lead me to first to a BS in #political science and later to falling in love with Free Software. These days I lean toward the left side of the libertarian spectrum including being a member of the Libertarian #Socialist Caucus of the Libertarian Party (LSC-LP). Sometimes I call myself a #LibSoc.
I’m a huge #sports fan, but don’t following any particular sport/team super closely. Lately I’ve been getting into #Cricket in addition to my other passions of Professional #Wrestling, Lower Division North American #Soccer, NHL & College #hockey, #baseball #olympics & #rugby (union and #RugbyLeauge). My whole life used to be American #Football, but now-a-days I can’t stand it anymore than I can basketball.
I’m a #BornAgain #Christian, accepting #Jesus as my savior at age 9. Received #Believers Baptism at age 18. Received the baptism of the #HolySpirit as evident in speaking in #tougnes later that year. The #Spirit lead me to the #Catholic #Church at age 20 where I was confirmed at the Easter Vigil. I am a grateful believer in Jesus Christ in #recovery from lust. #XA #SA #CR Currently in the very early stages of discernment for joining the #Ecumenical order of #Fransicans (#OEF).
@Jean_le_Flambeur @Flatworm7591 maybe you should have voted for them.
you CTRL+C CTRL+C CTRL+C CTRL+C CTRL+C
I CTRL+X CTRL+V we are not the same.
why not just use am invidious instance like i.devol.it to access such content so as to eliminate the ads, eliminate the tracking, and encourage Free Software peeps to keep up the good work?
@Imprint9816 on my work laptop I do so by just connectint to our German office instead of the U.S. one
@Petter1 probably true, its always been a hardware issue for me. But the whole “setup” is what turns away much of the general public.
If governments would just get out of the damn way…
@rambos@lemm.ee if I recall correctly I had used that before, and it didn’t seem legit. (Unlike Friendica, it appears blocked from my work VPN)
@Pixelle3D yep. When Netflix was basically the only game in town they beat out pirating as the market has shown they are willing to pay for convenience. But with the saturation in the market making the convenience not convenience…que return of the pirates.
@kia @ryannathans no there’s not.
@blah thanks for the heads up. I’ll take a look and I’ll edit if I need to.
@kia information is free, I don’t need to ask permission, that’s just giving them a chance to say NO
@RootBeerGuy @kia I know it costs a shit ton, and the only people who ever seem to read it are the other people quoting it, and its just as much bullshit as every other IP.
Is there an option to add to Z-lib?
@kia LOL
@Zeragamba @QuazarOmega just because something is paranoia doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Whenever I turn on the DuckDuckGo “VPN” to stop tracking by third party apps, I’m amazed at how many request are happening from apps I hardly use and many I don’t expect (though I should know that something can still be open source Free Software and that the open code contains surveillance capitalsm tracking in order to fund the project)
@Duamerthrax @ModdedPhones my recollection, from prior to switching from Facebook to Friendica, is they actually made it surprisingly difficult to do so.
@0x4E4F @ModdedPhones says hex editor guy
@ModdedPhones imma leave this here
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@Banana @Johanno please do not bring Google Surveillance links to our free and federated network. If you must link to YouTube content, can you at least se a Freedom Supporting Front end like Invidious, (i.e. yewtu.be/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ or )
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
@abbadon420 @Flatworm7591 but pirates are anti-facist too.