On Sunday 20 November 2022 12:20:36 Thierry de Coulon wrote: > On Sunday 20 November 2022 21.01:43 William Morder via tde-users wrote: > > Well, as somebody else said earlier in this thread, these smartphones are > > becoming necessary for almost everything. True, I am getting old enough > > that I can avoid being forced to change my way of life, > > Yes. Just had to "activate two factor authentification" just to be able to > order a new microwave... I am thinking about a solar oven. But now I hear that Jackery (among others) has a 2600W power bank (whatever is the proper term?), with solar panels to match, etc., etc. This is a portable solar generator setup, and it is almost enough to run a whole house. So I am thinking to keep anything that can be powered by my solar setup. > > But there are things I refuse. Whats app is such a thing. If they don't > send e-mails, I'm out (and willing to remain). I do send SMS message on my phone, because I have contacts who are too lazy or not smart enough or just unwilling to use XMPP/Jabber. However, except for those few laggards, I try to stick to messaging only by Jabber, which I use over Tor. > > Luckily my school did not choose to use Teams for messages, but others seem > to make this choice: you sens a mail (with an M$ address because it's for > work) and you get an invitation to an online meeting... This is another perk of getting older. I can only say that I am glad that I missed all that, because I know that I would be even more unemployable in that glorious future that I can already see here and now. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
