Post #1868180

2026-05-01 04:39 UTC

@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net Every year we inch closer to network whitelists being the only sane option. 😄 I'd recommend everyone get used to computing offline, and use the internet only to chat and sync stuff. I'm kinda 50% there already. Fediverse client, limited web usage, syncthing, git, and SimpleNote. That's most of my internet usage on my home computers, especially my 2010 Thinkpad (running #OpenBSD) that struggles with the modern web.

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@tubsta@social.bsdlab.au 2026-05-01 04:45

@rl_dane@polymaths.social @synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net I've recently put #OpenBSD on my daily with #XFCE and it is super smooth and fast. The only issue is the craptastic state of browsers and the web means that non-local computing constantly dumps itself. This is not an OpenBSD fault, this is the fault of the modern web. No wonder zero days can be exploited with ease. Now I have to work out my least crap option OS to install so I can interact with the shitty web while remaining protected from whatever brain fart comes from the USA political class.

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@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-01 06:00

@rl_dane@polymaths.social ha. I like that vision too. localfirst. text-bias. terminals, CLIs, shells. Markdown. decentralized. p2p. e2ee. no surveillance supported, allowed or even possible. middle finger to the rentier & grifter class. anti-AI caltrops the norm. return to compute efficiency (where every pixel, character, cycle and bit is precious and not to be wasted -- unless its for sake of funny cat videos, and even that the only exception. ok also dogs in costumes. no other exceptions. maybe a re-binge of Firefly. literally no other exceptions, however. unless Minecraft has new skins avail. again: last possible exception. the important point is to *aspire* to be a vegan even while mouth stuffed with fresh bacon.)

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