If a defederated game/app store comes out that any company can put games on, I might make an account for that.
Walled gardens run by Corporate entities, though? I'll pass.
I watched though about half of it, before concluding that this video is only going to be a summary video that won't answer my questions fully.
Digital ID and Digital signature are absolutely necessary, though depending on how those two are implemented I could still see fraud and vote manipulation being feasible. I was hoping someone with more knowledge about how Estonia is doing its security and verification systems to ensure records aren't being modified maliciously.
Time to liberate the Russians from themselves.
Maybe get some of that oil. Yaknow, freedom it up.
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It's a good thing the US has equipped every satellite with a concealed carry weapon /s
One thing I commonly hear as an argument against electronic voting is security and ease of vote tampering. Is Estonia solving this issue and, if so, how?
I remember this from a couple years ago. Article from 2021
Monolithic Archive systems like Internet Archive are cool, but we really should be pushing for better localized infrastructure usage for this kind of archiving, IMO.
That's another potential defederated API to build out. I doubt it will end up developed, since most opensource devs are already busy on other projects.
I've learned that most of the time I'm just going to have to break down what I mean. I've gotten pretty good at getting what neurotypical people mean first try, but that door does not swing both ways.
It makes forming relationships much more difficult, but once someone understands they'll need some patience I can just explain things till we both get what I'm saying.
I've heard that neurodivergent folks understand each other immediately without issue but that there's a barrier between the two sides communicating. I'd believe it. I run into other neurodivergent people sometimes and am able to just immediately click with them.
Sounds like the Palmer raids. 6,000 arrested, and though I don't think any US citizens were deported, over 550 people were.
Have you read about giraffes?
They weren't okay even before interaction with humans.
Nah, this is just South America during the cold war.
And with big sticks.
A Useful heuristic for refuting conspiracy is the scope of logistics.
It's one thing for a single organization to lie about its internal affairs with none of its personnel blowing the whistle, but as a conspiracy grows it takes more organizations and individual personnel keeping mum to keep the secret from being widely known.
Flat earth would take the US government and all universities working in lock step. The globalist agenda takes pretty much every world government and all academia.
In contrast, MK Ultra was essentially done with only members of the CIA in the know, and it was still known about by many before it was declassified.
You cared enough to challenge 'centrist' as a bad thing, so I explained why I viewed it as bad.
Comedy is always used as a political tool, and that was the case then too. Being critical of all media, including comedy (even when satirical). We have the
MAD was highly influential back then and no doubt formed in part the current centrist white liberals who are now opposing anything outside the status quo given its large teen audience back then.
I'm currently trying to get better at reading and am doing that by accumulating a library of public domain books, since they're free and easily available.
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If you have a specific work you love that was published pre-1928, or is currently not under copyright, feel free to comment it down below.
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if you have any authors you think are worth reading, also post them below.
I'm currently reading Jack London's "War of the Classes", and I have "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde downloaded for later.
I got a Fairphone 4 after security updates were discontinued on my Samsung Galaxy S9 and I figured out it couldn't be flashed with a new OS (it was a fantastic phone while it lasted- was honestly Underutilizing its overall power. Got 5 years out of it).
TLDR : read the last paragraph
I am honestly taken aback by the transparency in regards to the FP4's construction. The repair manual gives the part number, quantity, and purpose of every single component on the PCBs. You get the full schematics as well.
Obviously I can replace any major part/board until support stops (they're saying they'll support it for 3 more years minimum), but I imagine that I could stock up a couple spare parts and treat the device well and get much longer from the hardware. As for support for the OS, I got the phone through Murena who put their own custom OS on it, but I imagine I could flash a new OS onto it without much problem.
The things I am thinking about are past that point. If replacement parts no longer get sold and something fails on one of the boards, I don't know the feasibility of finding a replacement component. Like, I imagine getting a matching capacitor wouldn't be an issue, but can you even find a replacement snapdragon or WiFi chip? And while we're talking about hot-air soldering on replacement parts: do PCBs have a duty lifespan? Is it more likely that my screen'll just die long before anything else?
Basically, assuming I treat this phone right and don't break anything in a drop, how long can I glide this fella out? what's the shorest lifespan parts that'll fail first - and what kind of lifetime can I suspect? What are parts I could consider replacing with a similar part? (I own a 3d printer and do diverse material fabricating as a hobby).
Just got done installing the new shell from JSAUX! Had some pains to go through that I want to let you folks know about.
First and foremost, if you have the 512GB steam deck that comes stock with an anti glare screen, DO NOT pry from the side that JSAUX shows in their video. Pry from the other side. They are using the standard screen in that video.
For reference, if you look at the 512GB steam deck screen, and go to part only, and look at the rear-side image, there is a "buffer space" on the left side (opposite the ribbon cable) of the screen for prying under the adhesive (for whatever reason they have the screen upside down in the image). On the 64/256GB steam deck screen, the buffer space is on the right side, with the ribbon cable. If you try prying under the right side of the anti-glare screen, you immediately run into the ribbon cable and are likely to damage it. I just barely had to buy a brand new screen to finish this project because of this. ! !
Second thing. When trying to pry the screen off the adhesive, it is very easy to completely slide your spudger directly in between the shell and the screen. You should reference where the positioning triangles are on your empty shell, and pry at one of those locations. It greatly simplifies removing the screen. !
Lastly, when removing the triggers, do as shown in the video carefully. The hall effect sensors (tiny little chip on the board under the trigger magnet) used by each trigger on the board are very exposed. if you force one of the triggers off, you can easily knock that hall effect sensor off. I only noticed the little chip sitting on my desk during reassembly. I managed to hand solder the little guy back on and it ain't a pretty job but it works.
Hopefully this hard-knock wisdom helps some of y'all avoid my mistakes.
People commonly quote Marx communicating that the possession of firearms must not be infringed, but I'd like more general principles and justifications than an appeal to Marx.
I've done some reading but when I cannot I just think about things on my own, maybe bounce ideas off a friend.
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The view that I've come to currently is that violence (defined in this case as the obstruction or frustration of another's plans and ambitions) is a core universal tool which all living things employ. Language and cooperation were evolutionary evolved as a complement to violence (communication and cooperation allowed group violence which greatly improved survival odds). However, in cases where communication/cooperation with an outgroup breaks down, violence in some form will be fallen back on.
What's more, between two non-cooperative groups, if one group can obtain what they want through violence without losing more than they gain, they'll quite often choose that option as it is enticing.
Because of this natural progression, force-on-force is almost inevitable. To prevent being trodden upon by others, it is wise for a community to arm itself and train, thus greatly raising the cost of confrontations, hopefully beyond what others are willing to pay.
I would like to hear more from folks though, maybe just wise words on operation, maybe some sources to check out in my free time. Anything to better build my understanding is welcome.