I like the idea of someone getting a card in the mail saying “youve been selected for senate duty” and them groaning and having to call their boss to tell them they cant come in on time next Wednesday because they have to vote on whether or not KOSA should pass

It also scares the lower class undereducated Americans as well.

Costco is a part of the surveillance state companies like Flock are building, so I wouldnt necessarily say you should respect them.

You’re welcome!

There are people who voted for him thrice actually

I’d just like to throw out PlugBrain and DigiPaws,two open source apps similar to the one youve linked :)

IronFox over Fennec

Yeah I totally hear you on the time thing. I think the stuff on Apple Photos should be relatively easy to import to immich and ente just based on a quick skimming of the guides. But like you said, having to find the time is understandable. I wish you luck on your journey to becoming a real linux boi, lol

Your original example made sense I just wanted to share something in case it was helpful, your new example makes sense too though :p

I’d just like to bring Immich (Self-Hosted) and Ente (Service or Self-Hosted) to your attention as ethical alternatives to Apples walled garden Photo storage. Hope you have a nice day :)

Like I just said, Sceptre does. :P

Thrift stores usually have some older dumb TVs if youre okay with 1080p, and Sceptre still makes dumb consumer-grade TVs if you are willing to shop on Amazon or at Walmart

CoMaps is a good alternative to Waze. If you think it isnt make an OSM account and help make it a good alternative :p

ho-ly shit. this was a good read and it damn well predicted where we are almost 9 years on. 2 things that stuck out

1. “It’s not like I’m predicting that airliners will fly slower and Nazis will take over the United States, is it?”
   this one… just like, reading it was like oh boy little do you know.

2. “It might be Facebook or Twitter messages optimized to produce outrage, or it could be porn generated by AI to appeal to kinks you aren’t even consciously aware of.” This one really hit the nail on the head. Whether its boomers on Facebook watching fake baby interviews, or everyone else on Reddit and TikTok falling for rage bait (and the gooners on X). Just… man. Why don’t people get off their asses and fucking do something about this stuff? Why didnt they? I try to vote, and call local electives, participate in my community and keep people informed but Jesus. i dont know where we’ll end up by 2036 if we aren’t enslaved by that point.

I’d love to get my family off the disinformation train, but when they’ve come to believe Facebook Sora slop more than their own flesh and blood it becomes easier to stop giving a shit and just hope they get fucked over by what they’re voting for, rather than even attempt to play psychologist and figure out what stupid way to word something so it sticks in their thick god damn skulls.

Are you calling me a doofus, the person who deleted their comment, or are you talking about yourself?

edit: guess it was 2 doofuses that deleted their comments.

It is in fact something new. A security camera, or red light camera is not connected to a national database that anyone with a subscription to that database can access. Flock Cameras cost something to the tune of $2.5k per year per camera. Multiply that by 10-100x, and thats tens to hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars being used to fingerprint you. They allow the customer to search the database utilizing AI, tracking your every move via car & facial recognition. They are a dragnet security half measure that will get people killed. They’ve already been used to stalk citizens and arrest people seeking legal abortion.

https://deflock.me/

don’t think this issue won’t eventually affect you, unless youre one of the people using it.

(And yes, Lowes and Home Depot have deployed them as well. Ive subsequently stopped shopping at those stores.)

Counter point to all the pro-costco sentiment, they’ve implemented what looks to be flock cameras on their properties. Its in their Privacy Policy, look for “ALPR”.

Hi, your link is a google tracker tied to your identity. I recommend either turning it off or switching to another browser like IronFox for Android, Cromite for Android, or SnowHaze for iOS

iodeOS is around, not as secure as Graphene but its google free. LineageOS can also be used without GApps or with MicroG. Theres also a project forking DivestOS but i cant remember if it was axpos or voltageos. Calyx, might come back lol.

Ive heard people on FPs usually have a better time on LOS or iodeOS than on stock also.

im stuff