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If you need your id to access internet: not use it anymore, selfhosting go brrr
If you need your id for all content-sharing websites like social media or microblogging: return back to good ol webrings and static websites. Can't kill the web on its core principles. No algorithms, pure passion and creativity.
Honestly, back off. The more tech literate I get, the less tech I want in my life.
This is exactly how I feel too! As a "cloud engineer" (even the titles are pointless) the last thing I want to do is to have anything to do with tech whatsoever, even if I like my job
Tor (with bridges enabled) intensifies
Dark web
Any other alternatives to freenet and tor? Every single alternatice counts
I lived great before the Internet, I'll live just as great after it's gone.
Touch Grass maybe
grass.exe not loading
He is probably using Linux, he needs grass.sh
Needs to be root as well :p
Sudo -u root grass.sh --touch
Save £24 a month more than I do now
Self host even more.. Use Gemini even more
Thank you so much for this. It opened me to a whole new world! <3 I think we need to spread the knowledge about this more.
I'm so glad you're enjoying it! 😁
Using gemini makes me feel like I'm in the 90's again just discovering the internet. It's such a nice feeling using it, its like you're interacting with people again rather than applications
Gemini?
You will need a new browser like lagrange
the first few very interesting “capsules” I found are:
gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/capcom/
gemini://midnight.pub/
A simple Web-like hypertext system without styles and scripts. The protocol can be implemented in two days by a complete idiot (I have my own Gemini viewer, I may not be terribly proud of it, but I like it).
Is this like Gopher?
Yes, but with modern technologies where easily done. TLS, markdown-like markup, MIME, prompts for input.
Interesting, I'll check it out
TORTORTOR!!!
FREENET TOO!
Go Luddite
Burn the grass
Create a local mesh for the community.
Yeah, I'll be fine without the internet.
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