YouWillNeverBeAWoman

This unhealthy dependency is not a good development. Not for Germany, not for Europe and in the long run not for the world.

Do you happen to mean https://suckless.org/?

Otherwise, there seem to be an abundance of self curated lists of "high quality" software recommendations out there...

Slightly off topic, but I would welcome an .onion of .i2p link as an alternative mirror for lemmy.ml.

If the configuration isn't too difficult, it would allow users of tor or i2p to browse with more anonymity.

I'm certainly more of an exception than a rule regarding those types of relationships, but I use a personal website instead of any social media to publish my projects (I also refer to it when applying to jobs) and frankly don't give a damn about any childhood friends.

But I can see why, this approach may already be too "radical" for many people.

you’re interested maintaining some sort of connection with them but you don’t have their phone number

Well I'm not an expert on any form of relationships, but why not simply ask for the number?

What do you mean with "honorary"? Ukraine is literally in Europe.

So, which crypto did they use?

Having to work while being in school is not ideal, but also not uncommon. Lots of people (me included) have done it successfully, so it's absolutely possible with the right strategy.

If you already have problems with your mental health, this should be a priority. Make absolutely sure you are fit for uni, before starting! Otherwise the additional stress of the course load can have a big toll on your overall health and make you drop out. Seek counseling before attending.

The problem with multitasking (for a computer as well as for a human) is context switching. Constantly having to change between tasks (e.g. studying/work) costs a lot of mental resources, because you basically always have to focus anew on the current situation. So try to work and save the money during the lecture breaks and vacations, to focus solely on studying during the semesters.

Depending on your program, you might choose which classes to take for your degree. Find out exactly what classes are available and how they will be graded. In my experience classes that have final exams in the end of the semester are harder compared to those requiring the submission of a paper/essay or (group) projects. Exams always stressed the hell out of me, because no matter how good you were during the semester, the last few weeks always boil down to cramming books for different courses while the task of writing papers or doing projects can be distributed over a longer timespan. Choose the classes by the easiest grading methods, not so much by their topics.

It‘s an unfortunate trend, that also kinda feels artificially propagated/normalized by articles like this one.

There are good reasons to personally decide against having children. But this decision should come from one self and not be instilled by fear mongering media or an emotionally skewed perspective on the current state of the world (both seem to be the most common reasons, when I talk to people about it).

In the end, your kids are the best way to ensure your own values and beliefs outlast beyond your life time. And I personally think future generations will be in dire need of good values and beliefs.

People could just uninstall the apps they don’t like

Unfortunately, it‘s not always that easy. Try to get any stock smartphone from the shelf and uninstall distracting stuff like the web browser. It‘s basically impossible without rooting the device and installing a custom OS. And this is something you can‘t expect a non-techie to do, even if they wanted to…

But I‘m totally with you on your notion, that all „bad“ software should be easily removable.

That is highly dependent on your University / program. I went to a German Uni where you can often show Professors your transcript of classes and they can acknowledge them for the program.

It helped that both Masters were at the same department and many courses / Professors overlapped.

One was in general Comp Sci., the other focused on Statistics and Data Science, which was a brand new (basically unknown) field at the time. Good thing was, I was able to transfer more than half my credits to this program, so I only had to do the few math/statistics focused ones (and a second thesis).