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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No love for the dollar as markets fret about Fed independence⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
All fiat is going nowhere but down. I have stopped measuring my net worth in fiat entirely. Instead i measure my net worth at the 1 year simple moving average of Monero. That murders the volatility and shows me that all prices are falling over time.

For example, my house used to cost 950 Monero. Now it costs like 500. That is over like a 3 year period
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I said nothing about the agency whatsoever. I don’t give a shit what they see as compliant or not. If it’s not open source, I won’t fucking use it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
As long as the wearable contains open source software and preferably open source hardware, then sure, I’d be willing to do so. Because then I could know that I could control where the data went.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Imbezzled. Money was used to pay for somebody’s vacation.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, a cell phone tower is basically a Wi-Fi router for a bunch of people because it has a connection to the internet via a fiber cable and then broadcasts that out over local airway spectrum. The exact same thing as your Wi-Fi does except for longer range and higher power and higher locations.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Actually they say in 2028 they will have ladybird production version on windows
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming overtakes cable and broadcast as the most-watched form of TV⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly, I’m a little surprised that it’s taken this long to accomplish that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That’s a feature, not a bug.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your household smart products must respect your privacy – including your air fryer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I completely agree. If it’s a household appliance, it better not fucking connect to the internet.

I just recently started getting into smart home products such as smart plugs and stuff and I absolutely make certain that they don’t have internet connection and use home assistant to keep the data local.

I will only use Zigbee or Z-Wave devices so that there’s no way they can connect to the internet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Techlore, futurism, jeff geerling
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I have already started finding peertube replacement channels.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I have already started finding peertube replacement channels.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Maybe they need to send something out to residents every six months or something, letting them know about the non-emergency number because I have this exact same issue. I’ve lived here for three years and have no idea if a non-emergency number even exists. It probably does. I just haven’t looked it up because I haven’t even thought about it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly, I didn’t even notice.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CBDC Explained : Can your money really expire?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
CBDCs could well take the prize for most dangerous thing in our lifetime, similar to nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

I’m thinking of that line from the song in Les Mis. Look down, look down. You’ll always be a slave. Look down, look down. You’re standing in your grave.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russian ruble: The curious case of the world's best-performing currency this year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Are you sure? Because I’m pretty certain that both Bitcoin and Monero have outperformed that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump bill set to add trillions to US debt pile – can America stop it climbing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The answer to that question is a firm resounding no. No matter whether it’s a Democrat administration or a Republican administration, the debt is going to go nowhere but up. So the only option is to completely opt out of the US dollar and US dollar denominated assets, which is what I am doing.

I get rid of US dollars just as fast as I possibly can like fucking hot potatoes and only keep enough around for an emergency purpose.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If your work requires you to use specific software, make them purchase you a device to run that software on and leave it at work.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m sorry, but in that case, it wasn’t worth running the app to begin with. You can either find a third-party app that lets you access the same content, such as Newpipe and YouTube, or you can use it from a web browser, such as your bank, and if you can’t do either of those, then just don’t fucking use that service.

I was willing to totally switch banks because my previous bank required me to use a mobile app and I did not want to do so. If I must go through some annoyance to use something that works properly, I will.

For me at least, running as much open source as I can possibly do is worth more than the inconvenience caused by not being able to use these shit services.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
From what I can tell, all of this shit is on Google versions of Android. If you are on AOSP such as lineage or graphene, from what I understand this has no effect whatsoever.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True Wireless Power is FINALLY here (building a TRULY wire-free desk setup)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Math, since it has a 10 watt minimum power draw, that would mean it would use 7.5 kilowatts per month just to have it turned on. Now at least where I live, that’s $1.11 extra.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
For my wallets
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is good to know. I might need to upgrade the storage for my Monero node.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New fuel cell could enable electric aviation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Um, hold up a second. That snippet of the article said that it produces something that’s commonly used as a drain cleaner. That does not sound safe. I don’t particularly go around breathing drain cleaner fumes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Which is why they take the bribe in monero
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The value of the dollar is dropping. What does that mean for Americans and the world?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not all of crypto is a scam. I can think of three projects that I know are not. Monero, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. Monero and Bitcoin are both decentralized enough that the US government cannot shut them down or influence them and Ethereum is more of an app platform anyway.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Wants Access To Encrypted iPhone And Android Data—So Does Europe⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Want in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why 3D-Printing an Untraceable Ghost Gun Is Easier Than Ever (Podcast 18mins)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Which is obviously why you buy them with Monero instead.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The voltages involved are more likely to cause the transformers to explode rather than just tripping the breakers.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
During a normal power outage, you’re right. That does keep you isolated on your own island. But in a case like this, the voltage is likely to spike to incredibly high levels on wires that aren’t meant to carry it and cause arcing and possibly fires. That’s why you want to be physically disconnected.