Am also a boring, (getting) old white bloke: is something like “rainbow folk” not appropriate?

I know the Wear It Purple day organisers refer to kids who are questioning/curious as “rainbow kids” (at least, that’s what a trans coworker told me they called them).

Edit: honestly, it’d just be nice if we didn’t have to label people at all. Y’know - everyone’s a human deserving of dignity and respect, no matter where they come from, how they look, what they believe in, and who they love.

But, again, I get that I’m a boring old white bloke, and it’s probably a lot easier for me to say this than it is for those folks who feel oppressed/suppressed in some way. I just wish it weren’t the case.

Nice try, Agent Smith.

I switched to using using Obtainium to install directty from dev repos as much as possible, and am adding Fossify’s projects as they release. IMO, It’s the best way to ensure you get the app you want, without letting middle-men push their agenda or mine your data.

OP searched for Fossify - the Simple fork. That’s the point here - the new owner of Simple has added the keyword ‘fossify’ so they turn up in the search results, which no doubt prioritises apps with higher install counts.

OP is searching for Fossify - the forked set of Simple’s projects. That’s the point of the post, I think.

This is a tough one, that takes practice and mental discipline.

You’ve already acknowledged that you can’t change how things ended with this individual. Right now, you’re in a very natural place for humans to be: you’re feeling powerless, like someone has done something to you, and you want to blame that other person for how you’re feeling.

The bit that takes practice and discipline is that you CAN change how you choose to react to things like this. You can take accountability for your reactions and emotions.

Why is this irritating you so much? What is it about the exchange that annoyed you, and makes you wish you could reply? If you had the chance to reply, would you want to do the same thing - reply and block - or continue arguing? To what end? What outcome is it that you want?

Accepting reality starts with acknowledging there are things you can’t change. You’ve already said that, so you know this is the right path to continue going down.

The bit you need to try and take accountability for is understanding why you’re feeling the way you are. This isn’t about the person “robbing you” of the chance to reply. It’s about why you feel so strongly that you need to reply.

Until you know why this pissed you off so much, you can’t take meaningful steps to getting yourself into a better emotional state.

Edit: I feel bad that your OP is getting downvoted. You’ve asked a legitimate question about mental health, and some people are clearly writing you off as you having a whinge.

Risky joke of the day

Yeah, Google Wallet and my banking app. Secondarily, access to my work emails and Slack. I’m on the move so much during the day, my laptop rarely leaves my backpack sometimes.

Yep, good point. That’s still a bit of a dick move, but a completely legitimate one too. If you don’t like people like us having a play and developing our own capabilities against the service, you can re-assert your ownership and lock it down.

Siccing lawyers onto a dev who is helping your customers use your product in new and improved ways is just plain fucking stupid.

I think it’s because the dev might’ve reverse-engineered the calls to the cloud service, and that may be where the legal sticking point is. Not a lawyer, so not 100% sure - will be interesting to see where this goes.

I saw elsewhere the dev has insurance, and they’re going to cover a lawyer, so they may very well fight it.

In fairness, that’s just about any tech-connected company nowadays. Social media, streaming services - you name it. They’re all bloody doing it.

Finally roll up my roller blinds when it’s windy, without having to get annoyed at my wife for not helping exactly the way I want her to help

They probably can. I’m sure they’ve covered themselves with some bullshit ToS that governs the use of the cloud service itself, and acceptance is implied when you use the service.

There’s a part of me that really wishes it could be challenged, though, by pointing out that leaving the cloud service open to public consumption without some form of authorization should simply be a case of tough titties to them. Lock your shit down if you don’t want people like us using it in ways you didn’t intend.

But, as we all well know, once lawyers get involved, it’s simply too hard to fight this sort of shit.

Not sure about the Haier thing. My HVAC has an add-on “smart” controller that I had to pay extra for, and the ToS are no doubt attached to that.

This is ridiculous. It is truly ridiculous. How can something that enables the user to efficiently control their AC cause “significant economic harm”???

We’re discussing this over in !homeassistant@lemmy.world. This absolutely has to be about them losing access to data they can sell to 3rd parties. The hOn ToS will no doubt have a clause that enables this.

It’s a dick move for sure.

To me, the key difference is just how much you can be yourself around that person, without any feeling of self consciousness or shame. Even with very good friends, there are still things about yourself (physical or otherwise) that you don’t let them see.

Also, my wife IS my best friend.

Yeah, we’re pretty lucky here in Australia. I think many countries are lucky like this - people just need to be willing to explore what they already have.

I work in data centres, so fuck all windows or outside time during the week. Even on days I get to work from home, I’m chained to the computer.

Evenings are gaming or watching TV with my wife. Weekends are projects on my house, yard or car, if the weather lets me. Otherwise, I’m tinkering with tools, electronics, and/or home automation.

Longer bouts of time off are spent 4WDing and camping or caravanning. I go away 4WDing with mates at least annually, but we also have an off-road caravan, so I like to take my wife and daughter to new places.

About to head off for four nights off-roading in one of my favourite parts of the state I Iive in: the Victorian High Country. Later this year, we’re taking a three week trip to Uluru and back. Proper Aussie Outback trip.

Texted my wife to tell her I was heading to a mate’s place for “a dip in the pool and some pizza”, then followed up with a texted stream of consciousness, one line at a time, about how I was planning to eat the pizza - not dip in it, then pondering what dip on pizza would be like, followed be weighing up the pros and cons of about 4 or 5 different dips on pizza, and the different pizzas they might work on.

It took about 7 or 8 messages before I got her eyeroll response. Worth it.

Not a shill or anything, but isn’t Prime Video thrown in for free? Here in Australia, we pay for Prime to get free next day shipping, and Prime Video is a free inclusion.

Although I guess, now, it’s kinda all advertised as a group of services for the subscription fees, so I’m probably answering my own question here.

I’ll go have another coffee and wake up properly…

Edit: just checked - Prime Video is definitely listed as a membership benefit along with the shipping, so they’re absolutely moving the goal posts mid-game, especially for annual subscribers. Dick move, Amazon.