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   Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:45:55 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

   Computers are good, actually

   For-profit tech corporations though...

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀 (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:46:42 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber 🌀

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     I love computing

     I love to compute on the computer

     I hate the companies that have made computing on the computer miserable as they try to squeeze us all through their product lifecycles

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     nix (nix@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 03:48:31 JST nix

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     @cwebber I try to have this conversation with non-techie friends sometimes. They'll complain about the internet. And I try to redirect. You don't hate the internet. The internet gives you wikipedia and constant connection with friends and family. You hate that most of your internet usage is mediated through platforms designed to keep your attention and sanitize your communication for advertisers.

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     samir, object-disoriented (samir@mastodon.functional.computer)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 09:59:58 JST samir, object-disoriented

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     @cwebber Thank you. I’ve been feeling like I don’t like computing on the computer much recently but you’re right, it’s not the computer, it’s all the things that get in the way of the computering because of Must Grow Bigger Syndrome.

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     Jon Het. (jon_kramer@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 10:00:05 JST Jon Het.

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     @cwebber Spoken like you have not recently lost your netherite armor in Minecraft.

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