The decision to go redrum on technology was many years in the making, but a few things burst the damn. Number 1:The internet is broken and JavaScript killed it. Seriously in the few days that I have actively not got on the internet, or played a YouTube video, my brain seems much more relaxed, and I can only assume that not being on the internet was the salve that soothe it. Secondly, Google thinks it knows what I want more than the person who it is servicing. If google had an "f-u I know what I am doing button" I would use it. It doesn't. I find myself arguing with Google products more than I argue with real life people. Thirdly, Google tracks you. The internet is good for one thing, tracking you. I know, the phone I have is tracking me also, but unfortunately I can't get rid of it. Number 2: in lieu of all of this, I switched to a linux distro a couple of years ago, but even that wasn't good enough. In short, I recently installed an OS that is essentially what a computer was originally designed to be which was basic input/output OS and ditched my web browser in the process. I have been browser-less for over 4 months now. The os of choice is Openbsd, which is basically an overpowered text editor. It can do a lot more than that, but as I am working on a book, learning basic unix unix commandline commands has made me extremely organized and productive. With a unix-based OS, I am in charge of my files and not the other way around. I have hated Microsoft Word for years because it told you what to do, so the first thing I always did with Word was to shutoff all of its suggestion-based tools, essentially making it a text editor. Anyway, to the question at hand: since I went dark I have discovered a few of the old standbys, namely: newspapers and magazines. My question is what are some of the best magazines to buy? I am already planning to get the New York Times and probably Time as well. Any suggestions?
Honestly your big mistake was switching to Linus OS -- the favorite OS of black hat hackers. If you had gone all in with Samsung Dax you'd be a very happy netizen right now.
Dang you know all of my previous threads. Unix is not linux though. Although, and this is scary, even though my computer is not connected to the internet, somehow my clock still works.
Remember when we used to use computers without internet? You’d have to take the day’s newspaper and stuff it in the disk drive to keep things fresh and up to date. Otherwise the BIOS would beep.
Only @what would go on an internet message board to leave an easily findable message about how he's going off the grid with technology, as much as possible, and how the internet, and all the tracking involved with it, is the devil.
Im on the internet until the 14th as my cycle will run out. Also an acceptable response: im giving the people what they want: more WHAT!!!
Every time I start my truck, the clock is flashing 12:00. I got tired of constantly resetting it, so now I just use it as a timer to see how long I've been driving.
Wow, thanks. The first person that actually read to the end and answered the question. The nyt is ridiculous, they want $20 a week for a subscription, thats more than I was paying for internet. Not that I am doing this for money purposes, but I think not. Even the Sunday paper is $24 a month. I can get Time for about $50 for the whole year. So, you know. I still will probably get the nyt Sunday edition. Its a good paper.
You’re welcome. I don’t understand going Luddite as technology = efficiency for me, but good luck to you and I hope to hear some feedback on how it goes.