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  • Security WriterSecurityWriter@infosec.exchange
    Nov 13, 2026, 11:35 PM

    @ErickaSimone I went through a real rough patch earlier this year, looking around at an industry of science, engineering, and mathematics that I once loved… and just feeling empty.

    I then went through a process of just getting everything I used online out of the big tech giants and onto community hosted or self hosted services, bought my media from artists directly, and I’ve actually started to look forward to using computers again. Not too much though, as nobody can afford to replace them.

    Not preaching, too many people are locked in to suggest they ‘just change to X’, but for my personal usage I’ve bee feeling almost positive about technology.

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  • Michael KohlmanNoRomBasic@mastodon.world
    Nov 13, 2026, 11:46 PM

    @SecurityWriter @ErickaSimone

    I'm a 2nd gen geek (Dad was a programmer in the 60's)

    My most memorable presents were from Heathkit.

    So, it would be fair to say that this hasn't just been a passion, it's been my life

    Yet - I still have a workstation at home with ~50TB of storage and the power to locally create my own content. All of my media is also bought directly from artists where/when I can and stored in local, physical form

    Virtually nothing is kept in the cloud

    Right there with you...

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  • Michael KohlmanNoRomBasic@mastodon.world
    Nov 14, 2026, 5:05 AM

    @ErickaSimone @SecurityWriter 50TB of Disk. RAM would be something, huh? 😁

    I do have 128GB of DDR5 6400 however -- got it at $329 late last summer. Not going to see that price again anytime soon.

    I'm the home user that apparently is causing Sam Altman some real angst....

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