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strong middle class creates the best average conditions for civilization
The middle class is where civilization happens. Not because middle-class people are saints, and not because rich people are all stupid or poor people are all broken, but because the middle is where human beings are most likely to stay proportionate. You have enough stability to think beyond survival, but not so much excess that…
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It’s terrible to see…
It’s terrible to see that so many people really do lack critical thinking, empathy, or even the smallest amount of reflection and understanding. If it really is millions and millions of Americans — people who have freedom, access to a variety of information, and a relatively healthy information environment — then it’s truly awful to…
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Age Verification
GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws Good! Fuck age verification, its stupid, inefficient, just harmful. Instead of seeking true freedom and privacy progress, those small brain dumbfucks trying to enforce another surveillance bullshit masked under ‘we politicans care about children‘ (Epstein files) Its all that techno feudalism and late stage capitalism corruption dirt, and…
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Possessions and consumerism
The fewer things I own, the freer and wiser I become. Possessions and consumerism weigh you down more than they improve your life. I’ve tested this many times in practice. That’s why I always get rid of everything unnecessary as much as is practically possible; I become freer, stronger, and lighter.
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Linux CLI + AI = Ultimate Computer Power
I’ve been using Linux since 2007, when I was a teenager. My first distro was Fedora. Almost immediately, that same year, I started experimenting with deep system stuff and tuning, because I’m a minimalista and a hacker by nature. It has always been great, and I’ve always been saying that Apple and Microsoft suck dirt.…
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The other huge side of common evil
The villainy of a government or a corporation is never only its face — never only a few specific bastards running that rotten thing. Always remember the other huge side too: the crowd, the herd, all those simpletons and conformists who, for the sake of comfort and pathetic illusions, destroy society by obeying and agreeing.…
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Fuck You, Apple, Spotify, Google, and All the Same Parasites
I’m done with greedy big tech music-streaming platforms like those mentioned. Starting today, I’m boycotting them. From now on, all 240+ of my albums will be available exclusively on Bandcamp, and soon on my website as well.
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Simplicity
There is no perfect ideal, you see… except maybe in simplicity
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On True Nobility, Great Leaders, and Bad Actors
The EU is compromised by corrupted, bad actors such as Hungary and Slovakia.The US is compromised by corrupted bad actors (the current administration and in general the very corrupted class of ultra rich, read: toxic oligarchy). And there are tons of examples like this. A seemingly “good” system, idealistic in the minds of its supporters,…
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LABEL AI CONTENT
UK Plans To Require Labels On AI-Generated Content It’s a complicated issue to try to block and fine everyone who doesn’t label AI-generated content, but overall I still can’t shake the feeling that normal, working law really could help with one of the most underrated AI-related threats: spam, misinformation, slop, junk, and all the other…
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Reddit and OIL funded Propaganda
Despite being a daily Reddit user since 2008, I’ve actually stopped using the website. It’s full of stupid Iran and Palestine propaganda. Pathetic masses. Arab oil money doesn’t smell. I’m not Jewish, and I don’t care about Israel, but you’d have to be an explicitly dumb idiot to think Hamas or Iran are good. They…
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Developers: Resist and refuse
https://keepandroidopen.org
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Another Spider-Man movie. Another recycled corporate product dressed up as an “event.”
https://reddit.com/comments/1rx0ef1 (New Spider Man Movie Announced) Another Spider-Man movie. Another recycled corporate product dressed up as an “event.” At this point it is hard to call this culture in any serious sense. It is not imagination. It is not artistic risk. It is the industrial reproduction of familiarity by studios too greedy and too cowardly…
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The United Kingdom is escalating its censorship and mass surveillance.
Yes, I noticed it too. It’s stupid, no doubt. You don’t playgames with privacy and security; these are two of the main pillarshuman society stands on. The UK doesn’t seem to be in its bestform today. The United Kingdom is escalating its censorship and mass surveillance. When Mullvad tried to address this with the TV…
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If he knows he is wretched
“Man’s greatness lies in the fact that he knows he is wretched.” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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It’s time to Leave Google Behind
Google is tightening the cage again. Now they want every Android developer to identify themselves, register their apps, and pay tribute just to distribute software. Not only inside the Play Store — the pressure is creeping toward the entire ecosystem. Let’s stop pretending this is about “security”. It’s about power. The original idea of Android…
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American Movies
Never been watching American movies, with very few exceptions — a couple of early-early Hollywood detective movies + David Lynch. I prefer French/British/Italian movies spanning around the 1950–2000 era, that’s what I really like. No jokes, I am a big fan of those French movies. Random circumstances led me to watch some Apple TV and…
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What phone I use?
Answering recent tech related questions: I got a random Pixel 6 (not Pro) from a guy for about $150 or so. It works great with the latest GrapheneOS. Everything is perfect: the battery lasts a long time and the phone never gets hot. I have all the apps I need, including books (Librera), maps (OsmAnd),…
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Style
Too much of one brand is always bad style, need to keep variety to get it all better.
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Stability Without Openness or Progress Is Slow Decay Made to Look Respectable.
After spending time in places like Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and to some extent Brazil, I came to a hard conclusion: closed and protected systems do not only damage the economy. They also damage everyday life, public expectations, business culture, and even the way people think about what is normal. This is not about saying that…