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[โ€“] Ultra980@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a minor, so I can't have a job in tech, but I am really tech-savvy (I use NixOS and like to tweak every system I have)

[โ€“] techconsulnerd@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that you mentioned it, I wonder how many kids are using Lemmy. What attracted you to be here?

[โ€“] Ultra980@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well, I used to use reddit, but you know what happened with it... So I switched to lemmy.

The first account I made was ultra980@lemmy.ml (and same username on lemmy.one as a backup), but then I switched to kbin. Now, after kbin is glitching out more than ever, I switched back to lemmy, but now on .world.

I'll also set up my own instance at some point, NixOS makes it possible with just a few lines in my config.