Probably just go extinct very quick

Eh, some people don’t want to be asked, but also, if they can’t handle being asked (especially for the first kiss. Later kisses rarely need to be so explicit) then you’re probably dodging a bullet anyways.

Lots of caveats to this so don’t just blindly go around asking people for a kiss or whatever, but for a date, especially the second half or end of the date, I think a good rule of thumb is to assume they want the kiss/hand hold/etc, BUT the critically important thing is you should just ask first and respect whatever answer they give. “Can I hold your hand?”, “Do you want to kiss?”, etc. If the women in your story and ops had done that, they almost certainly would’ve gotten what they wanted, but often people expect men to be the one to initiate, and no matter what gender you are it’s scary to do anyways.

Proactively seek out relevant info, proactively update based on new information, and murphy-jutsu/pre-hindsight (imagine the situation has failed horribly. What went wrong?), to name a few things that help

Also you can put the url bar on the bottom 😍

https://divestos.org/pages/browsers the recommended changes from default settings section should have everything you need to know

In that case, secure wipe should be more than enough

also, if you’re getting rid of them, there might be a charity you can donate them to rather than just tossing them. Idk any off the top of my head, but it seems worth looking into

It depends how badly you need that data to never see the light of day again. Most likely, you’ll be fine to erase the drives with secure erase options (where it writes 0 and then 1 to the whole drive, and back and forth a few times depending on settings), but if you really really need to 100% guarantee there’s absolutely no chance of recovery, then you’ll need to destroy the drives physically

True, but part of the reason they don’t go for it is hardware things that are missing

That and supporting grapheneos would do it for me

It’s less about the watch, more about the watchband. Generally nylon, fabric, or elastic/stretchy fabric ones will be the most comfy, and usually it’s pretty easy to swap bands (or jewelry shops should be able to do it)

Also thrift stores have cool art sometimes!

For me, no. I used it for several years but their linux support is not good enough for me. The linux vpn client depends on networkmanager, but I use iwd, so I was sol (loading wireguard profiles is not a good enough solution, too much of a hastle). They also don’t support ipv6 for vpn. Their linux email client doesn’t exist, and on android their app depends on google play services and they refuse to put a degoogled version on fdroid or host their own fdroid repo.

i switched to mullvad for vpn (linux app works great, they have ipv6, and since I don’t use vpn that often I save money on the months I don’t use it) and tuta for email (they have a decent email app on linux and android, works great without google play services and is on fdroid, and their servers use green energy)

for pass, I’ve used keepass with syncthing and keepassxc on linux and keepassdx on android so proton pass wasn’t a bonus for me anyways

Absolutely. Everyone started somewhere, vast majority of the time everyone at the gym is rooting for you. And the people who aren’t are probably not worth respecting enough to care at all about their opinion

it can be scary to talk to strangers at the gym, but I’ve had nothing but good experiences asking for help whether it’s form checks, spotting, asking to work in if the equipment you need is being used (help them load/unload their weight if you do this!), or even asking for help finding some weights or equipment (i wasn’t sure if the gym I was at had 2.5lb plates, asked, dude helped me look between his sets and found some). Of course there are always the occasional assholes, but I think they’re pretty rare, especially if you’re not an asshole first

Are sigmas the weird uncle?

Tuta has a linux desktop app, and their android app is on fdroid and doesn’t depend on google play services. Plus they use green energy for their servers

I was tired of proton because their linux vpn app is pretty awful, especially if you use iwd instead of networkmanager like me. Plus they don’t even support ipv6. So I was switching to mullvad vpn (which has great linux support and ipv6), and then for the price of just email tuta was cheaper and better on all the things I mentioned without any downsides (to me), so I switched.

I prefer tuta over proton, but both are good

Idk, I feel like an adult. That’s not to say I have everything figured out, but I’ve thought a lot about who I want to be, have done (and continue to do) a lot to get closer to being that person and keep growing, and I’ve successfully navigated a variety of situations and feel confident in my ability to handle unexpected circumstances going forward. I also have a lot of autonomy and when I want something I can usually figure it out or make it happen

Not trying to brag, this probably comes across that way but idk how else to put it 😅

I think lesswrong has an “agree/disagree” vote as well as a “this comment is/is not high quality and relevant button”

Quad9 or mullvads dns