Has that been tried since 1790 when the french decided to behead all the rich people?

I wouldn’t know, I have a lot of adblockers etc. But it gets to me via word of mouth. And it’s been in the media a lot this year. Due to their business decisions, new approach, novelty… That’s something they did very well. They also took care building some hype and anticipation with their invite-only period. Mastodon has also been in the news. But that was yesterday’s news and I suppose everyone forgets yesterday’s news.

It’s shiny, they advertise, put in a money to spread the word. And the onboarding process probably is way easier?! Also back when Mastodon was in the media, it wasn’t yet the right time. Now, especially with Musk, it is. And the attention is on Bluesky since that is newer and what’s hyped right now.

Organize. Gather some people. Maybe start a new political party and get Bernie Sanders as a consultant.

Take a cooking class. And/or maybe do it together wih some friens/relatives, so they can manage the responsibility and you can get familiar with the equipment.

What exactly are you afraid of? And is there a specific cause to that? If there is, that probably changes how to approach it.

Any good recommendations how to do that on the internet?

I think that’s always been the allure of IRC in modern internet times… Keeps the normal people away and makes it a place that’s more exclusive to nerds. It’s scary, you have to learn a few things, has it’s own etiquette and you can’t just use it from any phone.

No specifications of the chips?

Just make it a good amount of buttons. Not 500 that all look and feel the same. And it’ll be alright. My car is old and has very few buttons. Plus a radio and 3 large knobs to control the AC. I think that’s the best concept. I don’t even have to look at them most of the times, because it’s not that many similar ones.

Btw, there are like 10+ different camera apps on F-Droid that are Free Software.

Fair enough. Take care. Glad you learned something. That’s the most important bit. I was a bit wary at first. It’s too easy (generally) to just blame someone else, not learn and repeat the same mistake. And I wasn’t sure if you were doing this. The only correct approach is to instead have a good look at ourselves and ask: “What could I have done differently, to prevent a situation like that from happening (or escalating).”

When doing experiments and handling dangerous stuff, it is of utmost importance to factor in mistakes and even unlikely scenarios. You always need more than one layer of protection/safety. And generally don’t do things unless you have a good grasp of consequences and what might go wrong and how to mitigate for that.

Stay safe, and a speedy recovery.

I really can’t tell if you’re being serious. I strongly suspect this is some rage-bait or excercise in creative writing… In case it isn’t: I’d advise you to re-watch the old Mythbusters episodes. See how they do experiments and treat safety and dangerous things. You generally also don’t look down the barrel of a loaded gun. Sure, it isn’t supposed to go off and blow your head off until someone also pulls the trigger… But: This is how accidents work. It’s literally the definition of it. And accidents do happen. Every single day.

And you’re constantly begging for more accidents to happen. Your friend wasn’t supposed to print it in PLA… That ABS wasn’t supposed to do more than crack… The design should have worked…

And then you do the experiments and find out what happens in reality. That’s the scientific approach. Your friend didn’t use ABS, layer decoherence is a thing and even ABS will exhibit catastrophic failure on first try and not just crackle. The whole design might be a failure. I applaud you for learning things… But just don’t have your fingers and limbs in-between you and that learning experience! Idk, clamp it down with a vise and use a rope to pull the trigger. Watch the Youtube videos of lots of other 3d printed guns explode… Hide behind the shed so the fragments won’t hit your eyes.

And in case this is some creative writing project: I’d recommend you to visit 4chan. That’s more a place to post gore, bait and you’ll find some people who like this kind of stuff.

And you’re absolutely sure it had turned out differently with ABS? I’ve tried different filaments and to me it seems they’re all just plastics… I tried some mechanical parts and they all broke soon enough. So I’d say it’s likely an ABS gun will explode, too. Don’t try that with your other hand! This is more Darwin award level, than infuriating.

Nah, Those were different times. You can’t directly compare a time when is was perfectly fine to own people, or have them die in large quantities while working in the mines or building the railroads, to modern day neoliberalism and turbo capitalism. I mean a lot of time has passed since then. And we invented social capitalism, workplace safety in the meantime. We kinda agreed that forced labor is to be frowned upon. That is all connected and has it’s roots in industrialization. Yes. But living situations changed massively. The way companies are set up changed. And we’re generally not living in the age of industrialization anymore.

I’d say it has happened in the latter half of the 1900s, after WW2. At first there was an economic boom in quite some areas of the world, people got wealthier. Way more educated during the early 19th century. Especially in the USA. Wealth was distributed more evenly. And sometime after, things took a turn for the worse. For example the US disconnected from the rest of the western world with life expectancy. Healthcare was made into a rip-off. Education decreased. Newspapers, access to (neutral) information which flourished at times, became the media landscape it is today…

That all happened within the last 60 years or so.

And isn’t signing over the country to corporations something that’s been going on since the 1970s or something? I mean that comment is wrong on any level.

The Internet Archive got hacked in October. I didn’t follow the news that closely but maybe there are still issues…

I don’t think recognition by law is super important to that cause. I mean it’s not like they’re part of the system in that way. On contrary, they do illegal things like ask people not to come to their workplace. They threaten employers, demand change like workplace safety, … And employers don’t listen to them because they’re required to by law, but because their production will grind to a halt if they don’t. So ultimately a workers union just needs to be backed by the workers, or at least a good amount of them. That aside, we of course need some structure to things, so legistation might help. But it’s not strictly necessary. And I don’t think it even started like that. It’s mainly a means to get heard, because a single individual can be f*cked over more easily than an organized group of people. Everything else is just details.

But I really like OP’s idea. It’s nothing new, just re-inventing what we already had in the late 1800s. And it already proved to be an option. And is in use in other parts of the world.

Use that learning opportunity for your future. That’s the main thing. And maybe a change of scenery won’t hurt. I doubt you’ll reconcile with your manager and coworkers, so you might as well take the other job offer, if it’s alright.

Not enough time? Biden withdrew. It was less than 4 months to election. No one had prepared and there wasn’t many people prepared to step in and take over. She kinda was, so it was the obvious choice. If they had started a lengthy process or demonstrated to be weak and a t odds, that would have made them lose the election right then and there.

If it’s a good escape plan you might help someone. I mean as long as it doesn’t require concealment to succeed. And I guess a lot of plans like “find a job abroad” don’t really need to be kept secret.