Honestly I cannot think of any right now because I am so fed up with corporate proprietary crap.

I don’t see this functionality in Lemmy. Mastodon has settings where you can limit your posting visibility to only those who follow you. But anybody that you don’t expressly block will still be able to see your profile. More privacy features mighr be in development.

Probably your best bet is to keep your fediverse handle as anonymous as is possible. That would be the best advice I have to give. Also, don’t give clues as to your whereabouts in your posts. Nothing on the Internet is trult private and infosec is hard. Always assume that a fediverse instance could be compromised at any time. Use some common sense and basic operational security and you should be okay.

The only DDoS that I can half-way tolerate is ones that go against corporations/governments that do evil shit. And even then, those attacks had better not effect people’s health and welfare needs. Yes, assholes abound.

I currently use Libby without a SIM card.

Definitely! All it requires are having a Google Account.

I hate assholes that do this. Why? I mean really why?

Check out The Odin Project. It is a free full stack developer course. I’m going to give it a try myself.

Ah thank you. I clearly had no idea. 😹

Lemmies? 🤷

In Lemmy, subreddits are known as communities. You join a community by its name, for example !mycommunity@example. Do a search for that community, click on the search result, and you’ll be given an option to subscribe. Note that the search might come up as 0 results even though you got the community name right. It’s just taking longer to find the community.

I’m glad you point that out. I frequently have to catch myself accidentally exchanging the word quick for easy. They’re not interchangeable, and in the wrong context, can be insulting.

I can relate! The best antidepressant for me is immersion in my hobby of open source software and computing. I also enjoy learning for its pure sake.

What’s really funny is cheese whiz on a steak sounds nasty. But biting into one is like a small piece of heaven.

I like them both for different reasons and depending in what I’m in the mood for.

I totally forgot about Detroit-style. It’s good too!

Your experience is the exception rather than the rule. It’s been shown that rags to riches is a myth perpetrated by capitalism. At one time I had your level of success. It was all taken from me when I became disabled. As a Canadian, you have the distinct advantage of at least some social welfare assistance whereas your neighbor to the south has virtually none.

I reread your comment and it was actually I who misunderstood you. Apologies for that.

I wish I could remember the place my Chicagoan friend took me to but it was great. In my area on the east coast we have a chain called Pizzeria Uno which has a reasonable facsimile of Chicago deep dish. But nothing beats Chi-town’s sourdough deep dish pizza!

There is and I just discovered it this afternoon. Go to your profile settings and it will be there. Look for Type and Options fields. Hope this helps some.

I don’t know. Maybe don’t go on here? 🤷‍♂️