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  • If you strive for perfection you will always fall short. Just do what you can. I started actually going to stores instead of buying things online, but sometimes that is not feasible. If I absolutely have to buy something from Amazon, I canceled my Prime and just wait longer for my packages. As for the other services Amazon provides I have no idea. Look for alternatives as best you can.

    The goal is more about giving as little money as possible to Amazon. You don't have to go cold turkey and cut it all out if it causes problems for you. Use this time to research alternatives for the future as you pivot away.

  • GPS isn't just for google maps. I'm a land surveyor and we literally use GPS every single day. Without it we're basically fucked. We do hydrographic surveying and without GPS we'd have to basically go back to analog as 90% of the equipment on our boat would be useless. Good luck figuring out how much water is left in the Colorado river without it.

    Im not exactly an expert on this, but i am very familiar with what my job requires. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will be completely fucked without it as it's built on decades of data and monitoring. You can't just look for "alternatives." Whatever Elmo has is not robust enough for the precision that is required for what we use GPS for. And without shit like that you couldn't hit the broad side of a city.

    https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

  • What's kinda ridiculous is that Musk could potentially fund all the programs they are cutting and what this budget needs just by paying the taxes he already owes without even having to raise taxes on him. Not what he could owe, but what he currently owes.

  • I think it's less about trusting Discord and more about not giving a shit. It does the thing they want it to do and that's the extent of their consideration. It's the reason why everyone still uses Windows even though it's basically spyware at this point. Talking to my friends about it is like talking to a brick wall and they just check out of the conversation.

  • But the problem I keep running into is getting my friends to switch. They're not very tech literate as they came from console gaming. I could try to educate them but the response I usually get is "why would I switch to something that might not work when this already works perfectly fine?" And I can't really argue with it. It's just not even an issue for them.

  • I've already switched to Linux. The problem I have with this is that all my friends, a Discord server of around 20 people, are not going to be willing to switch. It's been the way we have stayed in contact for the past 5 years.

  • And I hope the backlash she receives encourages her to make the right decision more often. Not saying it will, just that I hope so. Some "fuck you" energy would be appreciated.

    I'm being entirely too optimistic here, but it's the only thing keeping me sane.

  • People always say to end toxic relationships. And we are the toxic partner in this relationship. And it doesn't matter if you didn't vote for Trump. Unless you are actively doing something against it you are complicit. And when I see pictures and videos or go to one of the 50501 protests I feel proud, but also disappointed. Proud of the people that showed up, but disappointed that more didn't. And when I see congress holding up tiny signs and wearing pink, I'm proud that they are resisting, but so frustratingly disappointed that they didn't bring a megaphone and protest like a real American. None of this "high road" or "someone will save us" bullshit anymore.

    Act like you are one of the people that is losing their rights. Because if you wait until it's your rights, there won't be anyone left to have your back.