Futility is resistant

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  • OTOH, it’s understandable given the endless apettite tech has for profiling people. The Fediverse is not Big Tech, but Big Tech wants all the data anyway, and given its open nature, it will get it eventually. Temporary accounts are a way to make it a bit harder for Big Tech, at the cost of making it worse for legitimate users.

    If the Fediverse had some protection against data greed, maybe less people would be wary of leaving a long data trail. The best it can do so far is using nicknames and multiple accounts.




  • This. OP is mistaken if he thinks all people had to carefully read all email. We techies love to explain things too much, but executives are administrators, they don’t delve into technical details unless needed.

    My technique to get busy executives to answer my emails is being direct and brief.

    • Subject: As concise as possible, and then more
    • In bold, one thing I need from them. Asking three things is a sure way to end up with two unanswered things.
    • Two line breaks
    • In bold “Details”, another line break, and a bullet list of any info they might need, but not necessarily read.

    That’s it. If they need more, they will ask you. If you need more, send three emails, or make it very clear in the first line that you’re asking three things, and make them a bullet list.

    Also, this works surprisingly well with people other than executives.


  • Tell me you’re young and reasonably healthy without telling me yadda yadda

    There comes an age where health is not a matter of choice. You do it or you suffer whatever years you stay alive, which can be surprisingly long. If you’re healthy for your age, don’t squander it, you will regret it as early as your 50s, if not a bit sooner.

    You’ve heard 30-somethings joke about bad knees and back pain? That’s nothing, chump. You’ll know it when even sleeping hurts.