Encryption.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2024
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photoshop. i've used it pretty much daily for 30+ years.
it's my magic wand, and there's just nothing quite like it.
PaintTool SAI 1 is my beloved, I don't care how old it is, I love it and it's just so comfy to me!
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Python
Python is underappreciated
The kernel. I can take or leave most things, but I'm not going back to the days of writing directly into memory-mapped registers.
Someone always beats me to the funniest response!
Oh, don't worry. The guy who answered vmlinuz beat me to the joke in general :)
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bash
Going back to a "normal" text editor after using Vim for a few years would be horrible
Life without qBittorrent would also be pretty difficult, hell no, I'm not paying for DRM content that requires proprietary software to watch
After 20 years on vi/m, I recently moved to vscode with vim plugin and I have to admit.. I really like it.
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KeepassXC + KeepassDX
KeepassXC + Keepass2Android with the Inputstick plugin to let me type passwords into other devices using my phone.
Nice, someone else with an InputStick.
Ayy, I respect your taste.
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Firefox, emacs, restic backup, bitwarden, linux/bsd
Android. As bad as it is, if I had to use iOS or Linux phones it would be even worse, at least with the current state of Linux phones.
But actually, maybe if Android didn't exist, the FOSS community would focus more on Linux phones and they would be an actually good option. Maybe Android shouldn't exist?
Maybe just a feature phone and tether it to a laptop?
For me itโs iOS, funnily enough. I use Windows for all of our video game machines and Linux for everything else, but I donโt use any Google products or services. After messing around on my computers all the time, I donโt want to even have to THINK about doing things to my phone to make it go. My current phone is six years old and the only reason Iโm upgrading this year is to get a 120hz screen, USB-C, and for better low light pictures of cats. And a terabyte would be nice.
Google is a bad company, and Apple isn't any better. Probably the best option for you would be GrapheneOS on one of the latest pixels, they have intuitive software, 120hz screens, have had USB-C for years, a good camera, lots of storage, and most importantly GrapheneOS doesn't use Google or Apple, it's FOSS.
GrapheneOS is awesome, but like I said, no google products and I donโt want to fuck with my phone at all. Apple isnโt perfect, but itโs leagues better than stock Google with app permissions and overall privacy. My six year old phone is still fully supported for at least another year, and I enjoy the OS for the very few things I do on my phone. This is definitely the best option for me.
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vmlinuz
The entire world would shut down if this disappeared overnight.
There's always BSD, Hurd, Darwin... or NT ๐คฎ
I'd be out of a job too
I think the last thing you'd have to worrh about is your job when nearly all infrastructure collapses.
My brain slides toward traffic lights and air traffic control and then I realize traffic control probably wouldn't matter because any late model car and airplane would probably already be down for the count. No internet, hell no SIM cards.
Bitwarden. Otherwise I wonโt be able to log on to any of my accounts.
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Firefox. I hate how inflexible other browser are.
Speaking of which, user scripts. So useful at un-enshittifying the web. Or just personalizing it to scratch those little design itches that annoy you.
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