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Clever 8^)

But I still have to install FF from time to time, like I did today — best way to spend one's Sunday, reinstalling the Mac :/

Speaking installation, whenever I do an installation Firefox is always the second app I install on fresh machine. The first one being my password manager.

What exactly would you call a federal government?

I would call it a (federal) government, not a country.
How would you call it?

I more than disagree with what our government is doing in my country (and how they are doing it), do you think I should dislike all the people living in it, and all the places of that country because of me disliking a bunch of politicians and their politics? I don't.

Like, you’re taking it as “people from a country” and trying to be high and mighty about it. When literally no one else is having that conversation…

Like, do you really think it's healthy to only answer what people are expecting?

and trying to be high and mighty about it.

In our days and age of constant hastily proclaimed condemnations, I can appreciate you taking the time to better know me before expressing your informed opinion on my person.

None.

Countries don't have a unique identity I could like or dislike as a whole.

They can vary widely from region to region, city to city, block to block, street to street... heck even person to person. I may not like some people, or at worst some region because of this or that reason but that is all.

Not sure to understand your question but if it is about finding local stores, here is what I do:

• At anytime anywhere I'm, I take notice of any new shop that may interest me. It's easy for me as most of the time I will be walking, leaving me plenty opportunities to look around. I also listen to what people say.
• When I need something specific I will check (online or by asking around me) for local shops that may have it and I... call them. When they're not too far, instead I'll walk there to ask in person — which is always interesting to get a feeling for the place and see how customers are dealt with. As a bonus, it's often a good opportunity to discuss and ask questions about whatever it is that you're looking for and maybe get some suggestions for alternative/cheaper/better solutions/products.

I hope Lemmy doesn't bow to the I want reward, I need my shiny recognition ribbon trend.

That's 100% infantilization of participants. Even on the few reddit subs I'm subbed to (on average, those have real high value content), I can see a few people focusing on that karma thing and that's sad to watch and, well, not flattering for them. It's also a lot of useless work more to do for those mods that try to maintain a certain level of quality, which is not a great thing.

Imh(and admittedly naive)o, people should post based on what they're interested in and based on what they think they can bring to the discussion and not in exchange of a tap on the shoulder, or some good grade — unless they're still kids going to school, doing homework and passing exams but even there... maybe one day, we will realize focusing our attention on grades more than on understanding/learning was a huge and costly mistake.

Edit: mistakes and clarifications.

I don’t really understand all these articles explaining how to switch to Firefox. You install firefox and use it, that’s all.

They don't give a crap about the article usefulness, that's just more ads to sell.

Why do you think the web is so much riddled with crap content? More and more of it generated by clueless AI? It's not to be helpful to their readers, that I can tell you ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser ;)

Sorry, I can't switch to Firefox, as I've never not used Firefox.
I used it already when it was called Netscape. Before that I used Mosaic, which itself is not entirely stranger to Netscape creation.

Also, FF is not "a great alternative to Google Chrome". FF is a great browser in its own right. (Almost) always has been. And how could it be considered an alternative to anything when it was there first (or second, right after Mosaic)?

You're welcome ;)

If you decide to give a try to a Zettelkasten and if I was to share a single advice it would be to keep it simple. Ignore all subtleties, you will know it when you need them.

The day I find a cabinet like that at the local “marché aux puces” I will probably do a paper Zettel as well. It’s beautiful and fulfilling.

Allow me to correctly rephrase that sentence of yours: "the day you find a cabinet like that at the local “marché aux puces” you instantly send me a message to ask me if I want it". Which I am, and I will thank you wholeheartedly, even though I had no idea where I could put it in our small apartment ;)

Ah oui t’es un jlailu toi aussi, j’avais pas remarqué.

Neither did I realize you were too ;)

I do love my obsidian Zettel for one useless function: The graph view that looks like a brain with synapses etc 🤷🏻‍♂️

Obsidian has a lot of qualities. It's just that... I find it was incredibly overwhelming when I first installed it. I spend an entire week just getting familiar with it and learning its base procedures. In comparison, getting familiar with a pile of index cards and a fountain pen took me... a few seconds.

And then everything is flat on a screen, and intangible and stuck withing that limited screen. You can't touch it, you can't easily put it in whatever order — or disorder — you fancy or drop it wherever you want. I like to spread my cards on a couple tables and then mix them as ideas and connections start to fuse. I also enjoy flipping through those cards like I would flip through the pages of a book (it's generally when the most interesting surprises will happen) much more than I appreciate being able to Ctrl or Cmd-Search for an exact keyword.

Anything 'collectible' has become a no-go for me. Simply put, anything that is collectible has turned into a business, with more or less artificially created scarcity and with entire businesses thriving on people gullibility, FOMO and with their obsession with making a quick and easy buck. There is no way I want to participate in that scam.

On a more personal note and experience:

I was a book and comics collector for many decades myself. I started as a book-lover teen and and then as a student, selling used books and comics as a way to earn money and then pay for College. It was a lot of fun, back then. Like really. And exciting too.

Then, as a young adult earning more than a decent living, I started spending serious money in rare and original editions, this time without any idea to make money out of it. It was just my hobby and I earned enough to not worry, and it was still fun and exciting too. At least, it was fun in the beginning.

Still, a couple decades ago I donated my entire library (3k+ books) to a charity because... Well... Money was king everywhere. And what I used to love was now making me feel so sad.

Sure, I should be happy as I had accumulated a small fortune on my shelves but I did not enjoy it the slightest. People (like myself) were not giving a crap anymore about content or the authors they once genuinely admired, they only worried about the books value. Realizing I was that kind of person myself made me feel very ashamed of myself. I wanted to get back to what really matter, the content, the text, the art. and not their fucking retail value as collectibles.

Getting rid of my entire library (save for very few books, not even rare) was liberating and, so many years later, still feels like the best decision ever. I don't care the slightest about those books potential resale value anymore. I barely own any books myself nowadays, I read most of them from the public library, and I've rediscovered the unadulterated and incomparable pleasure of enjoying reading.