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Nagaram

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Tech/history/politics guy, still in his Elon hate era.

"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum." - Lucretius

Ask me what my plans are for my home server

Gun rights are minority rights. Now more than ever

Currently obsessed with Western Esotericism/witchcraft/the occult. Specifically the uses of each as a means to regain the feeling of control in chaotic times

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@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

I have a coworker who is genuinely worried about my soul because of my love of the occult.

And that's not upsetting to me, it's why I'm so open about the things I read and learn.

I want to get them asking about their gods and questioning how that relationship works. If I can live a life of presumed heresy and sin while being maximally happy and un-bothered by an afterlife then they can too.

My usual go to question is something along the lines of

"Why would god punish me for being my authentic self? For pursuing what brings me joy?"

It always leads into a fun theological discussion.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

Honestly, good. I'm glad Discords are going to die.

Make your forums public!

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

New post!

Today I outline what sorts of things I look for when deciding if an Esoteric/Occult/New Age tradition is worth investing my time into.

I contemplate capitalism in New Age culture and Bigotry in it's history and modern sects.

There are means to identify what is a good spiritual work verses something with a bigoted agenda or a capitalists scam.

I even talk about getting scammed myself! Several times!

https://thinkstoomuch.net/post/agethicsofpractice/

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@terminaltilt/115896899179047548

"The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data."

New life motto

Nagaram ,
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@Admin@startrek.website avatar Admin

:apusheennoodles:

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

Being proud and identifying with an inherited culture is fine. It has always been fine.

The problem is that White is not a culture.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

Its the most distressing fact that the US right now, even in a red state, is the best possible place to be by almost any measure.

And I hate that

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

I do hate that Vegan and Carnivore have become a polarizing phenomenon.

It really does feel like Vegans popped up and slowly a reactionary movement formed to troll vegans and then started unironically eating raw bull testicles.

This is one instance where I think a more centrist approach is correct and the flexitarians are the ones who got it right.

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Which is why I tend to agree the flexitarians got it right. We should be vegan first but also be okay with eating meat.

Its portions and frequency that cause health problems with meat.

Its lack of essential nutrients in vegan diets that causes health problems.

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I tend towards vegan because I'm convinced its a better balance of healthy and empathetic towards animals and the environment.

Whereas the carnivore diet is very firmly in my mind as a selfish philosophy. Its expensive, its bad for the collective humanity because of the environmental impact of meat dependency, and it means we need a lot more animals to go through the horrific conditions of the global meat packing industry.

That being said, I also think both extremes are unhealthy and require serious supplement regiments to be sustainable. And I don't think humans should be reliant on supplements.

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I have seriously considered hunting and fishing as my only source of protein in the past. I still consider it, but its such a time sink for basically a mindfulness exercise

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

I've accepted that posting to the internet in a microblog is not an expert opinion.

Like not even verifiable experts giving their opinion on something is an expert opinion.

You don't have to simply accept something is true. You can ask follow up questions.

vkc , to random

Does someone make a Wago-style (lever nuts) connector for low-voltage wiring in solid white?

I'm doing some indoor accent lighting and in one particular spot, the connector is going to be visible if you're shorter than like 5'2". I'm hoping to blend it into the surroundings as much as possible.

In the US Wago isn't as much of a thing, and all I can get is the standard bright orange lever nuts (which are awesome but a bit visible). Worst case, I'll paint them since it's low voltage.

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@vkc

Something like this fucking thing I found rewiring a business?

I wish I found the brand cause they looked high quality.

Unfortunate about the use here.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

Me: "Aw hell yeah! Buy nothing day! I can totally participate in that. That's so based!"

Email: "You've won eBay auction of 'lot of vintage glass medicine bottles' for $1. Please pay"

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , (edited ) to random

Logging on to Mastodon dot com with my chums

New wave French cinema still from Jules et Jim. Three happy folk run gaily along an overpass bridge in French smart casual wear.
ALT
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@sheddi
@TheBreadmonkey

Took me a long time to learn the British didn't dress like this in the 70's

Still don't believe that's true though.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

Picking out a campsite that I'll use when going to see my parents.

My old bedroom is there and they do offer it to me, but I don't have the heart to tell them I have trauma around the cockroach infestation we had while I was growing up.

Its under control now. The house is reasonably bug free. But my fear of waking up to a roach biting me is real.

So, naturally, I'll sleep in a hammock outside in November instead.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

I've always disliked DEI/Affirmative action type deals because its not solving the problems they're allegedly trying to solve. They're almost always just marketing techniques.

"Buy from us! We hire black people!"

look inside

Warehouse workers 90% black while office workers are 90% white

C-Suites have no moral back bone. They're just saying the statistically correct thing at any given moment.

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The CEO of my work place spent the first 4 quarters of my time here going on about how diverse our company is and the last 2 offhandedly saying we "didn't need that DEI crap"

And there are no corporate changes! Like were still hiring just as many brown people and women. Arguably were more diverse than we were 10 months ago!

But that's just how it is in a field that's built on government contracts. You just have to constantly gaslight that you've always had [current executives] values.

@emma@orbital.horse avatar emma , to random

You're not going to like this but I think that weed and LLMs are two sides of the same fascist coin.

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@emma

I'm very intrigued by this thought. I think I agree, but I'd like to know you're reasoning

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@emma
Fair. I wouldn't say LLMs are escapism necessarily though.

Or are they for approval seeking? Cause that makes sense. I joke all the time about how LLMs cured my imposter syndrome because that's funny.

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

I just bought 4 more

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Welcome @Nagaram thanks for interacting about the Framework Computers stuff. Not looked at what your profile has beyond that. I'm off to bed... What the heck, how did it get to be this time...

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@JigmeDatse

Hopefully I'm perceived as cool enough, lol.

Get some sleep homie!

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

To understand the politics of the people defending Nirav's "big tent" position here.

One of these posters characterized what Charlie Kirk previously did for a living as "Just having conversations with people"

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

fails for me a lot but I still use it.

It is useful to me as a rational starting point but is not usually the useful answer.

Take for example the following scenarios.

I'm at work and a colleague in a different department in a different building who doesn't know what I do day to day makes a comment too loud that they "don't believe he even works here." Meanwhile I had been busting my ass on a project they're not involved in.

The stoic control test says they are outside of my control and therefore I shouldn't be bothered.

Another scenario.

A remote project manager is unhappy with my responses to his questions because I am busy working a major project and simply don't have time to talk. I don't report to him or his department but his pull at the company meant that when my project was finished and I was up for a raise, it was denied because of his input.

Now the stoic control test says I shouldn't let that bother me. I should simply work harder or leave.

But that simply isn't satisfying.

The stoic control test is a good means of calming me down but being unbothered isn't what I want. I want to harness this injustice. Use the corporate resources to skill up. Become imbedded in vital work flows. Then demand double the raise once I've secured a better offer.

Hell, maybe I'll even try to unionize.

I don't want to be tranquil about this I want to be mad damn it!

@Nagaram@hachyderm.io avatar Nagaram , to random

The absurd late capitalism ritual of the good morning Teams message in the department chat is my favorite performance to have mastered.

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services avatar FediTips , (edited ) to random

Do you want to make sure you notice posts by certain accounts?

If you're using Mastodon, go to the account's profile page and click on the 🔔 bell icon. When this is activated, you will be additionally notified every time that account posts anything. Their posts will appear in your timeline as normal, the bell just adds an additional notification in your "Notifications" section too.

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-when-someone-posts-on-mastodon

Nagaram ,
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@FediTips

I have this activated with your account so I can stay up to date on features.

Thanks for all you do!

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , (edited ) to random

Honestly, I think it's very funny that Pig Empire liberals have the entire concept of elections backwards. I mean it's obviously motivated reasoning but a very large number of people have absolutely lost the plot in terms of "how elections?"

I cannot stress this enough - it is the candidates job to get elected. If people don't vote for you, if people vote for a third party, if people tell you to kiss their luscious bunghole and fuck off, that's a sign your CANDIDATE failed. Not "voters."

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@AnarchoNinaWrites

I'll own it. It was actually the left's fault for not wanting to decide between 90% support for cops and genocide versus the 100% that Trump pushed.

Maybe our stance of "Genocide is bad actually" was a little too radical.

/s

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random
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@molly0xfff

The constant failure of libertarian philosophy to acknowledge critical theory will never not be funny.

They will sell the revolution to you and that's so much easier when it was always about making money

@mcc@mastodon.social avatar mcc , (edited ) to random

Exasperated and disturbed the new IP license in the Mastodon TOS has no termination clause.

https://mastodon.social/terms-of-service/2025-07-01

Facebook and YouTube have terms saying you can intentionally remove your IP grant by deleting the content. Twitter lets you remove your IP grant by deleting your accounts, which is punitive, but possible to exercise (I did). It's very good Mastodon's grant is limited-use—but so was Tumblr, and it eventually abused its. I want Mastodon to be as pro-user as Facebook and Google.

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@mcc

Interesting. I wonder if it's worded this way as a practicality. As far as I understand it, there's not much built into activity pub to guarantee the removal of ones content.

I thought that if I repost your content onto my private server it's not guaranteed to be deleted on my server. Or did I get that wrong?

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

How many times today you figure someone has had to explain to the Klepto Kaiser that he probably can't drone strike Elon's car right now? I mean it's gotta be at least twice, right?

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@AnarchoNinaWrites

"Something... Needs to be done about EElon. Hegseth, if your people wanted to 'test' some 'equipment' in Texas I'm sure we can expedite any approvals and, heaven forbid, any accidents and their 'investigations'. Isn't that right Mr. Patel... Oo! Or, and stay with me here, maybe we can use one of those Ultra MonkEe whatevers sleeper agents to maybe, 'go mad' and take out a Tesler in a freak accident."

Patel: "...do you mean MK Ultra?"

Trump: "What the hell is that? No Ultra Monkeys sounds better. 'Biden Era Ultra Monkeys infected with Super Monkey pox escape Chinese lab and maul beloved patriot EElon Musk.' So sad. Let's get that going! Bob! We need access to the CDC Monkey Pox Monkeys!"

vkc , to random

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    @vkc

    I don't make video content so I'm curious.

    How long does it take to render one of your videos?

    @AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

    No seriously, all the drama guys are posting reams of screenshots from Twitter; if you were on there right now you could be engaging in an important, culturally relevant discussion about:

    Whether Ye (Kanye West) writing a song about not being able to see his kids and antisemitic conspiracies which contains the chorus, literally, "(n-word) heil Hitler" is "the single most transgressive work of art" ever and it being banned on streaming platforms is a "noticing" (antisemetic nazi dogwhistle).

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    @AnarchoNinaWrites

    I'm waiting for the day when someone cites Kanye for their Nazi politics.

    It's inevitable and will be baffling.

    vkc , to random

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    @vkc

    It's also really funny how specific you have to be to ask for advice on the internet. No wonder people like ChatGPT so much. That bastard can understand context better than the average redditor.

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

    was pretty jazzed to hear bookshop.org started selling e-books, but that DRM is a bummer 😞

    Nagaram ,
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    @molly0xfff What kinda drm is it?

    I think Verso and Haymarket just embed your name into the file name.

    I forgot why I had to break the drm on the book I bought from Chicago press.

    @itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar itsfoss , to random

    Which side are you on? 🐧 🤔

    There are two people having a conversation, the one with the pea-sized brain says, “THAT DISTRO IS BLOATWARE WHY YOU USING IT YOU SHOULD USE THE DISTRO I USE BECAUSE IT HAS MORE UPDATES MORE CUSTOMISATION OPTIONS AND HAS BETTER PACKAGE MANAGER AND A GOOD WIKI AND ALL OTHER STUFF YOU ARE A NOOB ON LINUX”. The other person with a normal-sized brain replies,“I just use the one im comfortable with”.
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    @itsfoss It's me! Me and my Pop!machines are in this picture.

    Yeah it's probably not the exact best distro for my use cases, but it's fine and I'm comfortable with it.

    Distro hopping seemed like a lot of work. So I kinda picked one and learned it's kinks. Pop_OS! Was being shilled pretty heavily in 2019-2020 on youtube so I just picked it.

    I also tried Mint, Fedora, and Manjaro just for fun and they're also fine, but I like Pop

    @Impossible_PhD@hachyderm.io avatar Impossible_PhD , to random

    Saw a thing on tiktok where someone said:

    "The single-sex bathroom argument is as antifeminist as it gets. It's a total surrender to patriarchy, because it assumes that men not only cannot control themselves around women, they shouldn't even bother to try."

    And holy shit that's fire.

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    @Impossible_PhD Judith Butler's "Who's afraid of gender" has a chapter dedicated to rebuking J.K.R. on this premise.

    It's a great read

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    @dansup
    It would be nice to see actual fediverse accounts

    vkc , to random

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    @lisamelton

    Thanks Mom!

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    @eleventy

    I've been wanting to make a proper blog for a while.

    Video tutorial from Linux mom? 👀

    (I'm impatient and will look more regardless)

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    Damnit proton

    vkc , to random

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    @vkc
    But you forgor that making a spelling or a grammar mistake immediately makes you look dumb and my entire personality is trying to make people look dumb. So really who's dumb here?

    /S

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    Vice President Kamala Harris went for ice cream this afternoon with her grandnieces in DC’s Woodly Park neighborhood at Tyra Bank’s Smize & Dream. VP ordered the “Cap Hill Crunch” flavor.

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    @w7voa
    @msbw

    Riveting journalism

    vkc , to random

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    God's aspect ratio