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  • Hello friend. Indian American here. My parents immigrated here, and their ticket in was education. I understand your grades aren’t great, and I also acknowledge that my parents did come from middle-to-upper-class privilege.

    I work for an IT company who employees (not outsources) individuals in India. Several of them have left India to come to the U.S. or Canada. For all of them, education has always been the way out. They knew they wanted out, so they grinded hard in the short-term, and applied aggressively abroad for graduate-level education.

    Find a niche in something that does interest you. It seems you are very socioeconomically aware, consider something in such a realm that makes you stand out (yes, I understand this is easier said than done, especially in a nation of 1.3…1.4? billion).

    Saying that, also understand that STEM-related expertise areas are much more sought after. So it might not be a bad idea to focus on that side and/or diversify.

    I won’t contest a lot of what you said about India - much of that is accurate. Some of that is more cynical than necessary. But change is slow and it would be wrong of me to tell you to stay and change a nation in a region notoriously resistant to change. Unless you’re the next coming of Barack Obama charisma, in which case, please help change India, hahaha.

    You’re young, you have plenty of time. So don’t feel burdened not finding a spark at this era in your life. My Mom immigrated here only after marriage, when she was 28. The coworkers I’ve mentioned have all been in their late 20s or early-to-mid 30s.

    I want to add - you’re not worthless. Don’t devalue yourself needlessly based on the decrees of an unfair and unjust society or uncaring peers and family.


  • If you are on iOS, I recommend using the following:

    https://ente.io/auth/

    It’s open-source and recommended by PrivacyGuides.

    I’m on Android, where that’s also an option I believe, but I’m using Aegis.

    Bitwarden also came out with an open-source MFA app, though it’s a bit new so I’d recommend waiting to see what folks say about it.

    Raivo uses to be a good (and the only decent) choice for iOS but I believe it was acquired by an insidious company.


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    4 months ago

    As a huge fan of Star Wars content from before Disney got involved and poisoned it (notable exceptions of Rogue One, Andor, some of the animated shows, etc.), I utilize warship names from the Expanded Universe (now called “Legends”) - what I like to call True Star Wars.

    My main server is Chimaera. My backup server that also performs as an NVR is Lusankya. My separate mostly-NAS server away from my server rack is Admonitor.

    I have sci-fi themed names (not all Star Wars - two other franchises represented here, virtual kudos to those who can identify) for the storage pools too (using TrueNAS SCALE on all three servers):

    • Chimaera (Main Server)
      • Star-Forge (Apps/VM Pool)
      • Holocron (Data Pool)
    • Lusankya (Backup + NVR Server)
      • Shadow-Broker (Apps Pool)
      • Resurrection (Backup Pool)
      • Spynet (NVR Pool)
    • Admonitor (NAS Server)
      • Mount-Tantiss (Apps Pool)
      • Datacron (Data Pool)



  • Instead of LineageOS, see if DivestOS exists for your device. It’s more secure and private than LineageOS, and forked from it.

    For your launcher - try Neo Launcher and its companion, Neo Feed.

    QKSMS is best for SMS at the moment.

    For contacts and phone, try using whatever comes stock with DivestOS. It’s probably the AOSP base of what Google uses for Google Contacts and their Phone app.

    I use Google Camera for my Pixel solely because of the processing you can’t get elsewhere that lets me use my phone’s camera to its full potential.

    Otherwise try Secure Camera from GrapheneOS team, and/or Open Camera.

    The FossifyOrg forks of the Simple Mobile Tools suite is also worth investigating.