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+ <h1><a href="https://kumardamani.net/post/self-host/">Why do I self-host?</a></h1>
+ <p class="post__meta">
+ Kumar Damani,
+ <span class="date">12 September 2022</span>
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+ <section class="post__summary">
+ <p>My reasons for self-hosting.</p>
+ </section>
+ </article>
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+ <header class="post__header">
+ <h1><a href="https://kumardamani.net/post/programs/">Programs and Equipment</a></h1>
+ <p class="post__meta">
+ Kumar Damani,
+ <span class="date">12 November 2021</span>
+ </p>
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+ <section class="post__summary">
+ <p>The programs and equipment I use on a daily basis.</p>
+ </section>
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+ <p>The programs and equipment I use on a daily basis.</p>
+<h1 id="programs-and-equipment-i-use">Programs and Equipment I Use</h1>
+<p>I&rsquo;m about getting things done quickly and having as little space between
+my thoughts and actions on the computer.</p>
+<p>I like having vim-like bindings and prefer running programs in the terminal for simplicity&rsquo;s sake.
+That said, I&rsquo;m very much against the cringe meme that things in the terminal are &ldquo;cooler&rdquo; or &ldquo;nerdier&rdquo; XD.
+Terminals are good for most tasks, but useless for others, for example, browsing the web
+(I admit this unfortunate fact with much consternation) or looking at maps.</p>
+<h2 id="software-i-use">Software I Use</h2>
+<h3 id="os-distribution">OS Distribution</h3>
+<p><a href="https://manjaro.org/">Manjaro</a> (stable) though this is a bit of a moot point since there&rsquo;s been a lot of convergence among the
+popular distros recently especially since they all offer some dedicated channel for getting up-to-date
+software. The real day-to-day difference to workflow comes from the choice of desktop environment.
+I do like Debian, and Fedora as well.</p>
+<h3 id="desktop-environment">Desktop Environment</h3>
+<p>I&rsquo;ve settled on <a href="https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/">KDE Plasma</a> w/ Wayland after many years of hopping.
+Plasma comes with all the tools you&rsquo;d expect to see in a modern desktop,
+and for the most part these tools are perfectly capable of doing the task they are meant to do.
+Prior to KDE, I&rsquo;ve used Dwm/Bsmpw + Sxhkd, i3 etc. I&rsquo;m glad these exist and people get
+use out of it, but for now I do not miss it - I&rsquo;m sure that will eventually change too.</p>
+<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/KDE_Plasma_5.25_screenshot.png" alt="KDE Plasma"></p>
+<h3 id="text-editor">Text Editor</h3>
+<p><a href="https://neovim.io/">(neo)vim</a>. Less of a text editor and more of a lifestyle. Check out my dotfiles for this.
+No, I&rsquo;m not going to ever switch to emacs.</p>
+<p><img src="https://neovim.io/images/showcase/telescope_helptags.png" alt="Neovim"></p>
+<h3 id="web-browser">Web Browser</h3>
+<p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/">Firefox</a> /
+<a href="https://brave.com">Brave</a> /
+<a href="https://vivaldi.com">Vivaldi</a>.
+I have tried, Chromium, Qutebrowser in the past.</p>
+<h3 id="file-manager">File Manager</h3>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/jarun/nnn">nnn</a>. Yes, I have used ranger.</p>
+<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/kOld6HT.gif" alt="nnn"></p>
+<h2 id="where-can-i-find-good-software-options">Where can I find good software options?</h2>
+<p>The program of your dreams is probably listed below:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>The <a href="https://suckless.org/rocks/">suckless</a> website&rsquo;s list of programs that &ldquo;rock&rdquo;.
+Generally minimalist programs.</li>
+<li>A more comprehensive <a href="https://github.com/mayfrost/guides/blob/master/ALTERNATIVES.md">list</a>
+of minimalist software.</li>
+<li><a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page">FSF&rsquo;s Free Software Directory</a>.
+Emphasis on libre software (although most software in the links above will have free licenses as well).</li>
+<li><a href="https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software">Gentoo Wiki Recommendations</a>
+A good mix of programs for novices and advanced users.</li>
+</ul>
+<h2 id="hardware-i-use">Hardware I Use</h2>
+<h3 id="laptop">Laptop</h3>
+<p>The main laptop I use is the <a href="https://frame.work/">Framework laptop</a>.
+I&rsquo;m a huge fan of the whole upgradability concept coming from a few generations of ThinkPads.</p>
+<h2 id="what-i-dont-use">What I don&rsquo;t use</h2>
+<p>Proprietary software.</p>
+<p>I&rsquo;m not going to endorse proprietary services that have gone out of their way to spy on or politically
+suppress their users, just as Facebook, Discord etc.
+One of the many take-aways you should get from me is that the use of libre/free software,
+by its nature, is more constructive and extensible; and <strong>that&rsquo;s the point</strong>.</p>
+<p>There are philosophical reasons for this I&rsquo;ll talk about in time, but for now,
+suffice it to say I will not endorse the usage of proprietary software.</p>
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+ <p>Overview for the programs and equipment I use day-to-day.</p>
+
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+ By Kumar Damani,
+ 2021-11-12
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+ <h1>Why do I self-host?</h1>
+ </header>
+ <div class="content__body">
+ <p>My reasons for self-hosting.</p>
+<h2 id="digital-freedomindependence">Digital freedom/independence</h2>
+<p><img src="freedom.jpg" alt="Freedeom pic"></p>
+<p>To put it simply, if you use a service such as Lastpass, iCloud, Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, etc.
+to store your data, <strong>you do not own it</strong>.</p>
+<p>You are <em>trusting</em> corp. X to store it, secure it, and make it available to you.
+Beyond the obvious privacy pitfalls with this, there are many other things that
+could go wrong with your data being stored this way:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Corp. X could vanish/close/&ldquo;declare bankruptcy&rdquo; (as with many crypto corps. lately), and you lose your data.</li>
+<li>Corp. X could make a policy change and lock you out from accessing your account.</li>
+<li>Or you could &ldquo;forget&rdquo; to pay the bills a few times and get locked out.</li>
+<li>Corp. X could get hacked, and your data gets stolen. This is the latest trend!</li>
+<li>Many other doomsday 💀 scenarios.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Personally, I don&rsquo;t feel comfortable depending on the existence of corp. X <em>for data that is important to
+me</em> i.e. a lifetime&rsquo;s worth of documents, memories, and passwords etc.
+I 💤 much better at night knowing I am avoiding most if not all of the risks above.</p>
+<h2 id="privacy">Privacy</h2>
+<p>Normies often ask me some variation of:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Why do I care if corp. X has my data? I have nothing to hide!</li>
+<li>Since I&rsquo;m aware of targeted advertising, it won&rsquo;t work on me,
+so why should I care if corp. X has my data?</li>
+</ul>
+<figure><img src="why.jpg"
+ alt="my pic" width="75%"/>
+</figure>
+
+<p>To such questions, I follow-up with:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>Do you want to contribute to a dystopian (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian">Orwellian</a> future?</strong></p>
+</blockquote>
+<figure><img src="police.jpg"
+ alt="thought police" width="75%"/>
+</figure>
+
+<p>If your answer is <em>yes</em>, then no need to read further, the following will not change your mind.</p>
+<p>If your answer is <em>no</em>, but you aren&rsquo;t convinced that/how these are related,
+then the <em>argument goes something like this&hellip;</em></p>
+<ul>
+<li>We live in a world of mass data-collection/surveillance.</li>
+<li>This enables corp. X to use techniques such as ML (Machine Learning) to build/train models (or &ldquo;AI&rdquo; -
+Artificial Intelligence)that aim to predict human behaviour.</li>
+<li>That by itself is not a problem here.</li>
+<li>The problems arise when corp. X use these techniques for profit without
+regard for the harm they cause at a <em>population level</em>.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>I have unfortunately lived through enough of these cases to be able to cite a few recent examples:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Instagram (etc.) designs its apps/products optimizing for maximum <cite> addiction<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></cite>.
+Think slot-machines.
+You might think you are &ldquo;too smart&rdquo; to fall for these tricks, and you might be right,
+but what about the millions of adolescents using these platforms who aren&rsquo;t as wise as you?
+The data collected, and techniques developed from <em>your usage</em> enables platforms
+to target not only you, but <em>all</em> users on the platform, including the most vulnerable.</p>
+<p>Unfortunately, many of these kids will end up suffering from mental-health,
+body-image, self-esteem <cite>issues<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup></cite>,
+and for some it <strong>will be fatal</strong>.
+I do not think this is morally acceptable, and is primary reason I refuse
+to participate in social-media platforms.</p>
+<p><img src="6imv05.jpg" alt="Depression"></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>You could say &ldquo;well that&rsquo;s due to bad parenting&rdquo;, but the point remains that
+more and more of the digital world is having <em>real world</em> negative consequences regardless of
+your individual participation level. Another example:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>By now its well known that Facebook&rsquo;s (etc.) targeted advertising
+played a significant a role in the 2016 US <cite>Elections<sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup></cite>.
+Facebook was able to do this thanks to its users voluntarily giving personal information for two decades.
+However, the policies that come out of this election has real world consequences to millions
+(if not billions) of people, regardless of their <em>individual</em> Facebook usage, which
+undermines the very purpose of a democratic republic.
+Regardless of your political affiliation, it should worry you that this <em>can</em> happen.</p>
+<p><img src="elections.jpg" alt="Elections"></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>To summarize, it might not be a problem if individuals disregard their
+privacy at the individual level, but in aggregate, a <em>population-wide</em> disregard
+has dystopian consequences.</p>
+<p>So the question you have to ask yourself is:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><strong>What can I do?</strong></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Start by <strong>valuing your privacy</strong>.
+Then, follow some of these tips to <em>say no&hellip;</em></p>
+<ul>
+<li><strong>Limit your exposure to these services.</strong> If a friend stops talking to you because
+of this, then congratulations, you&rsquo;ve just gotten rid of a fake friend. You&rsquo;re welcome.</li>
+<li><a href="https://wiki.r-selfhosted.com/getting-started/what-is-self-hosting/">Self-host</a>
+as much as you can.
+You can see how I <a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/vps">implement</a> this and replicate it yourself,
+though it is a bit involved for normies.</li>
+<li>If neither of the above work for you, then you&rsquo;ll need to do some research to
+find an alternative source that you can trust isn&rsquo;t doing the same thing.
+Use <a href="https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted">this</a>
+as a starting point and try to search (Ctrl+f) for your service. For eg. Twitter, and
+Instagram both have popular options available.</li>
+<li><strong>Stop using Chrome.</strong> If you must use it, use <a href="https://brave.com/">Brave</a> instead.
+I advocate for <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?redirect_source=firefox-com">Firefox</a>.
+Neither are perfect, but both offer privacy respecting options in their settings.
+Specifically disabling cross-site tracking is important.
+Beyond that, install an ad-blocker extension such as <a href="https://ublockorigin.com/">UBlock Origin</a>
+on both of them. Don&rsquo;t forget to do the same on your mobile device!</li>
+<li>Things get more complicated on cell-phones.
+I suggest switching to a privacy respecting operating-system such as <a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a>
+Short of this, you can only limit your usage.</li>
+<li>Support government policies that respect user-privacy.</li>
+</ul>
+<figure><img src="office.png"
+ alt="office pic" width="75%"/>
+</figure>
+
+<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes">
+<hr>
+<ol>
+<li id="fn:1">
+<p><a href="https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/">Smartphones and dompanime</a>&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
+</li>
+<li id="fn:2">
+<p><a href="https://onlinedegrees.unr.edu/online-master-of-public-health/impact-of-social-media-on-youth-mental-health/">Mental health and social media</a>&#160;<a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
+</li>
+<li id="fn:3">
+<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16761016/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society">Excerpt from Facebook ex-exec</a>&#160;<a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p>
+</li>
+</ol>
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