Fascinating! Thank you for sharing!

I wonder how much of that oil is just used to send planes flying.

I know what a tool is. And while I admire the ideals of renaissance men trying to become proficient in every possible skill, I would not trust a person who watched few videos and tinkered a bit with every single situation in my life.

I guess anarchism isn’t something I would be able to work with.

Internet, of course!

By central authority in this case I mean any list, forum, chat, collection etc. that gathers information like “A person X has competences Y and office in place Z with contact number Q”. Whoever manages, control that list becomes effectively able to dictate who and why should be accessible to public.

By saying that you search online you support Google, Bing or any other specific search algorithm as the global central authority

Yes, but wouldn’t whoever creates and manages that list became new equivalent of authority? They decide who is worthy to get on the list, and who can access it.

Part of anarchism that bothers me is that without central authority keeping track of everything my ability to find specific help I need would be solely dependent on whether I or any of my friends know person with that particular set of skills.

Not a high bar to pass. Ubuntu installed on a dead rat’s brain would run better than Windows11 on anything.

But think how much money it all made for mysterious shareholders! /s

Media been minimizing crimes for years through the concept of “sensitive topics”. Many users are so used to them they even self-censor. There is no murder or rape in media nowadays, people are simply “unalived” or “having involuntary sex”.

Bar to become enemy of British crown is getting lower and lower…

I’ll be frank with you. As long as my customers are captive on either Apple or Google platforms I can’t do shit.

Regulate advertising space and personalization algorithms.

Yes, it will kill a large portion of current economy, so maybe do it slowly. But generally speaking you should be able to find what you want on the internet, not what advertisers want you to see.

I second that. I was initially skeptical about switching to Linux Mint, but every game in my Steam library works perfectly the same as on Windows.

Sitting at home with my kids while my wife takes another course about horses. I think this time is for license to be a judge at competitions.

I like writing stories.

With a little help of AI you can also try indie game dev. My advice - use it as an interactive tutorial and better search engine. You can learn a lot when AI gives you examples and then do your own thing.

Problem is - if you look at how “World Powers” behave, do you really wanna live in such countries?

Which Europeans would just love to invade neighbors like Russia and USA?

Which Europeans would love to deregulate their countries in order to enrich elites like USA?

Or perhaps which Europeans would love to live under state surveillance while their country buys out foreign infrastructure like China?

I use Linux Mint

Steam games work on Linux Mint without issues, or at least I was lucky enough not to have issues so far.

Linux alternatives to popular apps are very good (Libre Office, Inkscape, Gimp etc) and they don’t try to shove AI down my throat or demand subscription.

I also would like to include that in terms of ease of use and interface familiarity Linux Mint looks quite a lot like Windows XP.

From home since epidemic started and I would want to hug covid if it was a person.

My productivity in office was always low. Too many distractions, too many inconveniences. Then there is an issue with getting to the office - it’s an additional hour of my life they are not paying extra for. And of course - at home I can work while doing simple chores. But the most important is that I can be with my daughters, instead of being just another father that spends half a day at work and the other half sleeping.

I use it daily as a glorified search engine. Ever since Google decided that showing ads is more important than showing search results ChatGPT is much better.