Perryapsis's recent activity

  1. Comment on ProtonMail on all the data that Outlook collects about your email in ~tech

    Perryapsis
    Link Parent
    I've been looking for a VPN and been told to be wary of free ones because of the typical "If you aren't paying, then you are the product" concerns. I know that Proton says that their paid users...

    You can start with [Proton's] free-tier VPN service

    I've been looking for a VPN and been told to be wary of free ones because of the typical "If you aren't paying, then you are the product" concerns. I know that Proton says that their paid users subsidize the free ones, but how could I be sure that it actually works that way? Then I might try it out.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on What are some things you do "the old fashioned way," which might come with unexpected benefits over the modern, "improved" way of doing things? in ~talk

    Perryapsis
    Link Parent
    Is it feasible for someone who has only ever driven an automatic to learn to drive stick by themselves? A car is too expensive to try it out and return if I can't get the hang of it.

    Is it feasible for someone who has only ever driven an automatic to learn to drive stick by themselves? A car is too expensive to try it out and return if I can't get the hang of it.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What are some things you do "the old fashioned way," which might come with unexpected benefits over the modern, "improved" way of doing things? in ~talk

    Perryapsis
    Link Parent
    Same here. My laptop suddenly died in late 2019, and I figured that, since I never took it anywhere anyway, I may as well get a desktop and get a bit more power for the money. Now this one is...

    Same here. My laptop suddenly died in late 2019, and I figured that, since I never took it anywhere anyway, I may as well get a desktop and get a bit more power for the money. Now this one is getting old and I don't have the skills to ship-of-Theseus the parts, so I'm looking to getting a new desktop. But when I go to places like Best Buy, it looks like specs haven't really improved much for the same price points.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v3) in ~tildes

    Perryapsis
    Link
    Hey, I received an invite during the reddit API mess, but haven't been very active. Some sub-tildes (what is the proper name?) for my interests are not very active. I don't want to spam a page...

    Hey, I received an invite during the reddit API mess, but haven't been very active. Some sub-tildes (what is the proper name?) for my interests are not very active. I don't want to spam a page with my own posts, so I feel discouraged to post things into nearly-dead communities and clog them up with my own stuff. What is the proper etiquette here if I want to post several things about a given topic?

    8 votes