Signal, yes…

Or snikket (xmpp).

Or delta chat (email).

The three are good.

Though, if we compare nowadays distros like Bazzite with Windows 11…

I’ll probably never trust anything they’ve touched until I’ve taken it apart and put it back together again.

Me too. But the vast majority of users need guardrails, and have a different threat model. Even those that also care about privacy, if they just want a solution that comes by default, this adtech ‘fake’ or ‘superficial’ solution does provide something. And anything is more than nothing.

Interesting! Python and Bash do the same as British.

Oh c’mon the headline is clear. Get pregante XOR go home!

Yeah. And, leave the other at home. Somehow, that mutual exclusivity between devices made me write “or”. Hehe.

Taste the rich, om nom nom.

Or get a burner

Now that’s rad. Been consuming leftist niche internet for a while, never read such connection. You’re a poet. Thanks!

Emacs has panes. Is this supposed to imitate a fraction of the holy power? ;)

The Age of Forks

Maybe won’t be all entirely too bad or doom… I would like to see a silver lining, some FLOSS developers are smarter than trolls.

Here’s a book for a different audience. Explains in layman terms why to be wary about this tech, https://thebullshitmachines.com/

I just wanted to clarify the confusion that was in my head for a moment after going after the truth and fact checking. If I buy a pizza with Bitcoin and Lightning Network (which is the only one in use at most legal places), it’s not like I’m using 1600 kWh… The original message is misleading in that regard… Practical and concrete reality are different. But theoretical, if that pizza wanted a normal transaction it would use such amount of energy and take days (that’s why they wouldn’t use that)… So… There’s that.

Anyway, the dichotomy ‘AI or Crypto’ is false. I am not taking sides. But you do you, enjoy.

That’s not true if you were to use off-chain transactions (i.e. lightning network)

Copyright is always stupid

I bet other vendors implemented similar optimizations and have the same issues. That’s how it’s been in several occasions…

Continued expansion or ever-increasing profits is a definitive characteristic of the system though. Enshittification is just the latest feature it found, for software-based companies.

One could also argue that enshittification is independent to software, like diluting juice or other “innovations” that products received…

I use KDE and just reverse all the colors with a configured Custom shortcut.

Still waiting for the year of the linux phone…

Reminded me of results at https://marginalia-search.com/explore/random albeit on a modern take