I have always said that a bad crop year will wake up many to the problems we face as a civilization. We spend so much time in the inner world of the internet and computers that we have forgotten the outer world we exist in.

They have people astroturfing hard right now arguing that reddit is not wrong for anything they are doing

I’m in the same waiting boat. No way will I pay their insane retail prices

I was in college pre 2006 and didn’t have the option to pirate books (that i knew of). If it was an option you’re damn right I would have done it. My books were easily $300+ for the quarter and I can’t imagine how much they are now.

Chrome for anything Google related. Firefox + NoScript for most browsing. I have pi-hole running on my network and don’t permit anything but that node to query outbound for DNS.

It’s unfortunate we have to even vet mainstream news anymore. They just publish whatever gets clicks without investigating.

I recently played MGS V the Phantom Pain. I hadn’t played an MGS in years (since the original and MGS2 when it first came out). I forgot how very cool the story can be, and also how corny some of it can be :D

I think for certain technology and privacy focused individuals, Mastodon and Lemmy are the way forward. Some people will always prefer a centralized solution or just don’t care enough to make the switch. They will continue to be the userbase of websites like Digg, Reddit, and Twitter.

Hacker News, Ars Technica, and I guess now Lemmy :)