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			<h1>An attempt to establish contact and a point of contact terminated</h1>
			<p>Day 00003: Tuesday, 2015 March 10</p>
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	I attempted to contact Zoho by email today about the broken registration form as soon as I woke up.
	I have not heard back from them yet though.
	I will wait a couple more days, then probably attempt to contact them again.
	Before I can get anything significant done, I need to be reachable by email.
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	I made the mistake of getting an Android mobile a while back, for use when dealing with customer support.
	Customer support doesn&apos;t like much when they find out I&apos;m a Replicant user and tend to refuse to provide support, even when the <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> has nothing to do with the issue, such as when their voicemail system, which is not located on the device at all, is acting up.
	It is not a mistake I would make again, but my term is up.
	They have now unlocked the device (upon my request), and I am once again free to wander between networks whenever I am presented with a better deal.
	Of course, I still use my Replicant device for daily use, both because the Android system is nonfree and because the Android system is seriously lacking in essential features that I have grown to depend on.
	If you need wifi, Android might be a better choice for you.
	but if you need actual control over your device and privacy, Replicant is your go-to system.
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	There is a secret <abbr title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</abbr> network that I frequent, but I have been asked not to speak of what goes on there too much.
	Specifically, I believe I am not supposed to mention names and specific conversations, though I&apos;m almost certain that speaking in the abstract about it is fine.
	I hope it is fine anyway, as this needs to be said.
	I have decided not to go back there.
	The environment was once a mix of beneficial and toxic, but the environment has grown more toxic as of late.
	One user is a hotheaded racist who refuses to bend on many issues even slightly.
	One user is very particular, and is insulting if you are either too free or not free enough.
	One user is an outright troll who once tried to tear the network apart with legal threats just because the head administrator of the network was a nuisance to him.
	Two users are quite literally just robots.
	And the final user is me.
	Everyone else has left, already realizing the toxicity of the network.
	It is time for me to move on and go somewhere that doesn&apos;t weigh me down.
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