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What else are you an 'early adopter' of?

2016 sats \ 51 comments \ @birdeye21 14 Aug 2023 tech

Besides Bitcoin, what are some other trends that you've caught onto early before they took off?

Any past trends or future ones that you've adopted now?

"AI" lol

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163 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Aug 2023

Sovereign individual. You can't fully use Bitcoin / be a bitcoiner if you are not also a sovereign individual.

168 sats \ 0 replies \ @rijndael 14 Aug 2023

Of course you can.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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206 sats \ 0 replies \ @0245bdaef2 14 Aug 2023

Ditching seed oils

200 sats \ 12 replies \ @siggy47 14 Aug 2023

Graphene, maybe? The one I'm most proud of is watching Breaking Bad from episode 2 of the original run first season.

27 sats \ 8 replies \ @nullama 14 Aug 2023

I'm also a happy GrapheneOS user.

I've been running it for about a year and it's been great. I've discovered many Open Source applications that make my life easier and I don't even need big tech any more. I don't even have the Google service compatibility layer(or anything related to it) installed.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sahil 14 Aug 2023

I don't even have the Google service compatibility layer(or anything related to it) installed.

GMS!

Android xposed was way early. I guess their privacy modules were amazing! Even before GrapheneOS. I still miss it!

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 14 Aug 2023

You're way ahead of me. I'm also going the non google route. I am finding Obtanium really helpful. Please post any good software suggestions!

496 sats \ 5 replies \ @nullama 14 Aug 2023

Here are some useful applications:

Aegis.

Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.

AntennaPod

AntennaPod is a podcast player that is completely open. The app is open-source and you can subscribe to any RSS feed. AntennaPod is built by volunteers without commercial interest, so it respects your privacy while giving you full control.

Simple Calendar Pro

A simple calendar with events, tasks, customizable colors, widgets and no ads.

Catima

A Loyalty Card & Ticket Manager for Android

Simple Contacts Pro

Easy and quick contact management with no ads, handles groups and favorites too.

DAVx5

Sync your contacts, calendars and tasks. Get live-access to your WebDAV Cloud files. All-in-one CalDAV/CardDAV/WebDAV solution for Android

FairEmail

Fully featured, privacy oriented email app for Android

Florisboard

An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.

Simple Gallery Pro

A premium app for managing and editing your photos, videos, GIFs without ads

Loop Habits Tracker

Loop Habit Tracker, a mobile app for creating and maintaining long-term positive habits

KDE Connect

Enabling communication between all your devices. Made for people like you.

OpenKeyChain

OpenKeychain helps you communicate more privately and securely.

Organic Maps

Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data.

RHVoice

RHVoice is a free and open-source multilingual speech synthesizer.

RunnerUp

A open source run tracker

Vynil

A material designed music player for Android

Voice

Minimalistic audiobook player

Geometric Weather

A Material Design Weather Application

And of course, Open source lightning wallets with on-chain support

7 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 14 Aug 2023

Thanks for all this great information!

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 14 Aug 2023

Just realized this might be useful to other people as well, so posted a new topic with it

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 14 Aug 2023

Good idea. I zapped it to get it rolling. I betvyou get a lot of useful replies.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @sahil 14 Aug 2023

In short everything from https://f-droid.org is good!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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107 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Aug 2023

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgy 14 Aug 2023

Yes, degoogled phone in general

73 sats \ 2 replies \ @benthecarman 14 Aug 2023

i started playing minecraft very early on

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @CheezeGrater 17 Aug 2023

Alpha?

I remember when it was just trees, dirt, stone, and zombies, but man was it immediately addictive!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 17 Aug 2023

sometime in beta, i started right after they added beds

75 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @jerrywilliampolley 14 Aug 2023

Anarchy

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 14 Aug 2023

I was using MP3s way before they were mainstream, my friends were asking me where did the music come from...

I was also doing my first web ads when CDNOW was a thing, I was getting many free CDs from them and lots of credits, Amazon bought them soon after:

In April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, the company was valued at over $1 billion. In July 2000, it was acquired by Bertelsmann Music Group for $117 million; shortly thereafter Amazon was contracted to operate the website.

Maybe a few other things I forget...

45 sats \ 1 reply \ @sahil 14 Aug 2023

Privacy? I still remember my IRL friends saying to use things like FB, snap, Insta, Twitter etc!

Tried educating them but failed at it :( Like about data brokers, using custom ROM, about giving permissions etc.

But now some are realizing about it now!

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @afterhours 14 Aug 2023

same. I tried and left the big social networks years before my peers. attempt to preserve my privacy as much as possible:

ask who is called if someone calls and asks for me
fake number for all rewards, or no rewards
unique email per service
block js by default
block entire CIDR blocks etc

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @hardran3 14 Aug 2023

MP3. I had Winamp running in early 1999, blew people's minds. Had a 2nd Gen iPod too, I remember being told how dumb I was for spending that much on a music player.

Avoiding seed oils and sugar is another. I made the switch 10 years ago. I have maintained a weight loss of 40% over that timeframe, so I think it works.

And now bitcoin! I get a lot of the same feeling from bitcoin & Nostr. It's why I'm so bullish.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym 15 Aug 2023

-Internet (been on it since the time you had to write the dial-up command for your modem); -3D printers (my first one was still an MDF kit thing);

Guess that's it.

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 14 Aug 2023

Ideas

Some trends I was in on before it was cool: libertarianism, Austrian economics, anarcho-capitalism, peaceful parenting, anti-IP, stoicism, veganism, decentralized networks.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 14 Aug 2023

Apple products but I'm mostly just vulnerable to their marketing I think.

Maybe standing desks?

I think I'm mostly a post-hype, pre-peak adopter.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 14 Aug 2023

I was the first person I know to start using Brave browser.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 14 Aug 2023

PC at home in mid-1990s (it wasn't mainstream thing at least where I live), Internet at the end of 1990s / early 2000s (the same).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgy 14 Aug 2023

Mostly using Tor for basic surfing.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 14 Aug 2023

The Internet, in the early 90s.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @teodor 14 Aug 2023

The first Real Estate Corporation of People, out of ugly moguls and evil magnates. 😁

21 sats \ 9 replies \ @groeneboon 14 Aug 2023

I predicted the Ukraine invasion

7 sats \ 8 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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7 sats \ 7 replies \ @groeneboon 14 Aug 2023

I'd say the odds are small that Russia will invade either Poland or the Baltics, as it would trigger Article 5 and NATO would step in. What I expect is that Russia will hold on to the territory they have now in the Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhia (plus Crimea) and possibly conquer the parts of these regions they don't possess yet.

I see Poland taking part of north-western Ukraine (Lviv oblast, Volyn Oblast and possibly more) and Hungary the part of Ukraine with a large Hungarian minority (mainly Zakarpattia Oblast). Romania will probably take (part of) Odessa Oblast. What's left will be the new post-war Ukraine, if there's an Ukraine at all.

7 sats \ 2 replies \ @kristapsk 14 Aug 2023

odds are small that Russia will invade either Poland or the Baltics, as it would trigger Article 5 and NATO would step in.

Russia don't have enough available troops and equipment currently to even try to have a fight with Poland currently. Unless you are talking about nuclear war.

I see Poland taking part of north-western Ukraine (Lviv oblast, Volyn Oblast and possibly more)

I think you see it totally wrong. Every nation in region have had past conflicts. Even Baltic states between themselves. But things have changed. Currently Poland is one of biggest supporters of Ukraine in this war against Russian aggression.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @groeneboon 15 Aug 2023

As to your first point, we both say exactly the same thing, I just gave a different reason as to why Russia would not invade, so there's no disagreement there.

As to your second point, you're right that every nation in the region has had conflicts with neighbors. What you seem to forget, however, is that the borders have changed after almost every conflict throughout history and to think that we are special is, in my view, naive.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 15 Aug 2023

It was before Helsinki Accords that most of the signatories try to follow, as it's not worth having small regional teritorial gain at a risk of losing some territory elsewhere. Border changes in Europe afterwards has happened by either countries uniting (Germany) or splitting apart (Yugoslavia, Soviet Union). Except for what Russians do.

7 sats \ 3 replies \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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7 sats \ 2 replies \ @groeneboon 14 Aug 2023

I think so because of the historical ties these countries have to the mentioned regions and the respective minorities (Hungarian, Polish etc.) that live in these regions. Apart from that, I think it's just a matter of opportunism and the fact that almost any war in history has ended in a similar fashion.

7 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 14 Aug 2023

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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @groeneboon 14 Aug 2023

Yeah, anything can happen really, lots of unexpected things have happened in the course of this war, but I wouldn't be surprised if this takes place.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshirespector 14 Aug 2023

carnivoure. its just as good as bitcoin

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @darknostr 15 Aug 2023

I've been mining PI for several years now

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @nightsofbitcoin 14 Aug 2023

CNN+

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @designsats 14 Aug 2023

Nothing comes to mind.

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgy 14 Aug 2023

No Microsoft anymore, FOSS only

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @wikparclones 14 Aug 2023 freebie

Where's my data uploaded? It's Centralised or Decentralized, Question that? And you will see thatsygone be a trends next year. #nostr is just the beginning