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The same here. I've tested many digital journaling app/services but I always come back to the good old pen and paper. And not just because I care my privacy (I do). It just feels nicer.

I also draft my blog longhand, btw. Nice to meet someone else doing the same (could not find any URL to your blog in your profile, don't hesitate to share it) :)

My grandma is hard of hearing so she prefers written correspondence.

Getting older myself (worse eyesight and a much worse hearing) I would not have thought about that but that's a good point you're making.

Like typing on a nice keyboard.

I also appreciate a nice keyboard but I also have a hard time finding anything that suits my needs. My granddad taught me to touch-type when I was still a little child (even then, I wanted to write stories and make 'magazines' for my friends) and si I learned on his old full-mechanical and full-metal typewriter (an Olympia SG1, if anyone is interested). Compared to this wonder, all keyboards do feel a bit plasticy and lightweight to me ;)

Also I can change the color of the inks to match the season, stamps, and whatever.

Younger I liked doing that too. Nowadays, I use two, three inks at most.

this was in 1996, which i just now realize is almost 30 years ago

;)

I’ve had pretty good response, though a few people seemed puzzled.

Indeed. I noticed a few people reaching to me when they see me writing longhand, asking me what I do (and then why). Most of them being friendly.

I write essays and short fiction, and writing on paper is just better for me. On a word processor, i tinker with wording too much: one sentence can take me ten minutes to finish. On paper, i move on and fix things when i type it up later.** I think paper lets me build momentum**.

100% this. And it has been like that since... even before I got my first computer (in the early 80s) when I was using a typewriter: I love writing longhand, it helps me connect with whatever it is I'm writing and get in the... vibe/mood (I don't know what would be the way to say that in English). Oddly, it's only recently I decided to also switch my blog to longhand writing/drafting. I don't publish more often, that's for sure, but what matters to me is that blogging is a much more pleasurable experience than using WP on computer or a tablet.

I think it's already very hard to change our own habits. I would not hope to change other people's own habits.

I would like Lemmy to grow if only for one reason: I don't care being part of any niche (no more than I care being part of not highly popular communities, mind you). I enjoy exchanging ideas and chatting with interesting people much more than I need to feel 'smart' myself because of the tools I'm using and for any chat to happen one first have to meet people. So, the bigger Lemmy, the better for me ;)

I joined Lemmy/I left reddit only because I realised I was not OK with the way reddit changed policy (the way they control our content) and because I was not happy in the way they made their website evolve. That said, I do miss the few subs I was following and participating in on Reddit. I miss them a lot, as they were/are often very interesting and rich.... of their participants.

Can Lemmy become comparable? I don't know, I have some doubts but I also have very little intention to come back to Reddit, at least not until they change a few things.

After I announced I would not be posting on those subs anymore, a few months ago, two people contacted me to tell me that would be some kind of a loss and they were sad to see me go, asking me to reconsider. As far as I know, none have created an account here on Lemmy so we could keep on discussing stuff. Of course, I can't be sure of that but to be 100% honest the opposite would have surprised me a lot more. I had the same lack of reaction a few years ago when I quit Twitter and the likes. That's fine.

Changing habits is hard. Even more so online, I reckon.

That's no red slug. That's a timid but exhibitionist snail ;)

Mes vieux (comme mes arrière-vieux) sont probablement plus anciens que les tiens?

• Recycler les vielles envelopes et le dos des paperasses pour en faire des papier brouillon ou bloc-notes.
• Mettre un gilet quand j'ai pas trop chaud, plutôt que de monter le chauffage.
• Utiliser les bons de réduction que nous filent les magasins.
• Tisane, le soir.
• Aller faire nos courses à la même heure où les jeunes les font aussi, et prendre notre temps pour payer à la caisse, comme ça on est sûr de leurs pourrir la vie ;)

Taxes. They have an incredible talent to raise new taxes.

And, more seriously, like already mentioned in another comment: destroying public services. which is a real sad thing to see happening, if you ask me.

continuer tellement les changements ne me plaisaient pas,

Pareil ici, sauf que je l'ai regardé seul (ma moitié n'en avait pas grand-chose à battre, de Fondation... avec ou sans Asimov) et que je l'ai lu pour la première fois y a plus de 20 ans, ou 30 ? Ouch, je me fais vieux ;)

Ils auraient du changer le nom de la série, ça aurait été plus correct par rapport au cycle d'Asimov et ça aurait laissé une chance à cette série, qui n'est pas Fondation, d'exister par elle-même. Enfin, peut-être parce que bon, même en oubliant que c'est Fondation, j'ai eu du mal à trouver à cette série le moindre intérêt et j'ai surtout arrêté de regarder... par lassitude.

I refrain from participating in and even from looking at any community that generates anxiety and/or anger, or that encourage or don't oppose what I consider destructive or hostile behaviors. I consider time too precious to waste mine with the kind of persons who enjoy those things.

It is not related to any specific place, though. It's mostly a question of the persons participating and of the moderators.

100% with you.

I'm 50+, I'm not a geek and for the last 35 years or so I mostly was an happy Apple customer/user (I only used Windows for a couple games and, recently, on a PC laptop). I was happy using Apple and even earned decent money doing so but, a few years ago, I grew tired of seeing Apple acting like a dick — more and more greenwashing while at the same time making it impossible to upgrade or fix hardware, and then they released the turdiest keyboard ever created on this planet (yep, looking at you Butterfly keyboard) and insisted on using it for years, despite so many of us complaining. So, I decided it was time to try something else. Windows did not impress me much. Then, I tried Linux and was so impressed how simple it was to use (I don't do fancy stuff on my computer, I write) and how I could (more or less simply, but quite often it's simple) tweak it to do exactly what I wanted, and how nice it was to run even on very old hardware (making for less e-waste, which is a good thing), I was sold. Plus, I won't lie, the whole freedom and privacy considerations, the GNU philosophy, were becoming an important factor too as I realized how we were increasingly deprived of those.

I still own a Mac today but, unless there is some kind of revolution at Apple's HQ, I don't see myself buying a new Mac after this one dies of old age. My main computer is now my Linux machine. I keep the Mac out of laziness and habits... Also because I would miss one specific app: Scrivener, a writing app I've been using probably for the last 15 years, if not more. And, yep, I've tried many alternatives available under Linux and they don't cut it for me.

Setting up a new laptop - How do I get around needing a Microsoft account?

I use Linux. Not trolling, it's just what I decided to do so I could avoid Microsoft spying craziness... and their bloatware, too.

If Linux is not an option for you, maybe an utility like Win11Debloat could help you use Windows whiled minimizing (removing?) all the spying and bloat? https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat