reddit was relying on donations and banner ads for the longest time too. i honestly don’t think a text-based forum will be that expensive to run until its very full of people, i guess well see how instances react over time to an increasing userbase.

they are trying reagan era tactics to reindustrialize. from the looks of things rn, hes definetly taking down the empire at least a couple of notches.

no step on snek 😠

make the services we use sustainable

we can start by not relying on startups and corporations at all.

federated solutions like lemmy or matrix have the advantage of not being a capitalist scam with conmen at the top. i’m sure better decisions will be made here when we need more money.

i know the nsa has that capability but aren’t stingrays still a thing? those are sold to and operated by leo, which is scarier and more relevant for the average joe imo. think situations like patrols, protests, ice raids and stuff.

heat is the worst. theres only so little clothing i can get away with in public and even then some days need a fan on 24/7 if im not to be drenched.

yes, i was referring to them. im pretty sure the cellular network exploits still exist, and still available commercially. they don’t even need to physically have your phone. and modems are locked down tight on phones too, arent they?

i did a bit of back and forth with a couple of debian based distros in the past but it always ended up buggy and weird. it was a desktop install though, i imagine servers would be simpler.

theres pain but its also very satisfying to pull this kind of stuff off. im more of a stable system kind of guy these days tho.

thats one of the many downsides of making everything computer

i’m on the third world, so im fucked.

i like what i do, in general terms. but getting exploited and being on call 24/7 for dissapointing pay is awful. it pays the bills but is it worth it to give them your entire adult life? i dont have much choice, but still.

seems like you can’t really have both in capitalism anymore.

i meant more with nsa type surveillance, they pretty much have a little leg on every us corporation. it seems they really want to start utilizing that data more against its own populace now.

also they have cyberweapons that can exploit their way inside most common phones anyway.

in the likely scenario people are using google or cloudflare dns, which is what usually comes by default, i don’t think it matters.

so… dummy phone? even before that, don’t they have access to your cloud stuff?

you can either have a system to learn on, or a stable system to work on.

ugh, i fear cars will turn into smartphones. its gonna suuuuuuuuuuuuuck

some of them are if you are willing to take it apart and replace the individual cells.

yes.

wait do you guys really sort colors to wash clothes?

i just throw them randomly in the washing gauntlet.