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create_accounts··on Thunderbird Littering My Home
I don't launch them as root. That defeats the purpose because they would write on the ~ folder. ZSH Terminal grumbles when launching but why the hell does it want to log my every command?

only 1 app has failed to launch and I barely need it anymore.

if it is crucial, I give myself permission to edit the folder so the application can create its folder for dumping rubbish

create_accounts··on Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models
If you want to independently audit it from the outside, then you might not be an expert for Apple
create_accounts··on Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models
fair and square, indeed
create_accounts··on Thunderbird Littering My Home
there's a stupid solution that I put in practice out of helplessness. I remove the writing permission on ~ to my user, only sudo can write on ~, so some apps simply fail to launch
create_accounts··on Thunderbird Littering My Home
I cant stand apps littering my home folder, regardless of if they are invisible folders or whatever. I am looking forward to deleting my operating system, or just the user account, and only installing apps in a virtual machine
create_accounts··on Charging a Phone with a Hamster [video]
"now my hamster's life has a purpose"
create_accounts··on You have to have an account to read IMDB reviews now
this closing down of the web, which began with FB, has taken another step during twitter's demise into what it is now
create_accounts··on L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility
It would be great to have a terminal compatible Wordperfect alternative, like in the MS DOS days. Can you use Vim to edit documents for printing?
create_accounts··on The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner
I hate it when bureaucrats ask me to send e-mails because they are not encrypted. Specially my ID. It's a security risk, indeed