It turns out that people are better at most things than non-people.

Thanks, I appreciate the detailed reply!

“Get back in here ya jerk… I can’t afford this right now.”

TOS: “Mr. Spock, it seems that this species doesn’t understand free will.”

TNG: “Are you saying we never left the Holodeck?”

DS9: “Captain Sisko, it looks like the interference from the doohickey and the sigma waves caused another time paradox… Here we go again!”

VOY: “This is a version of the continuum that your kind can understand.”

SNW: “We have to abide by their legal proceedings.”

Thanks for the heads up. This may still be the best option for me, but it is good to stay ahead of these things.

There is something in the quoted Masto thread that suggests realtime video is inherently insecure? I have to be honest that I didn’t really follow it.

The info from SimpleX reads as though they are using crypto donations rather than more traceable cash, which mostly makes sense to me. The NFT tech that they describe is not for trading purposes, but to anonymously verify payments. It would be used to connect an account to a payment through zero or minimal knowledge. I don’t really understand the tech, so please let me know if I even understand what they are suggesting.

This is just for family chat, so total black box security is not a priority.

It can absolutely be local.

For podcasts I use AntennaPod, for news I use Feeder. Whatever your use case, there is probably a local, well-made FOSS option.

Nonlocal uses have additional capabilities, such as syncing across multiple devices. I also use gpodder.net for podcast syncing, although there are self-hosted options for this as well.

Yep. It’s the same reason everyone has to pay more for RAM now, even though consumers didn’t cause the shortage.

Naw, they’ll just declare bankruptcy and the municipalities will foot the bills for the infrastructure debt.

Basically, have you even seen the Simpsons monorail episode? It’s that.

Sure, here are a few.

Nine UNRWA staff members ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 attacks

Detailed findings on attacks carried out on and after 7 October 2023 in Israel

A U.N. inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence

UN Report: “sexual violence occurred during the 7 October attacks in multiple locations … including rape and gang rape”

Topologically, people are toroids.

I do like living in the USA. There is generally a reliability and safety that I haven’t seen in many other places. There are big problems for sure, and being married to an immigrant is worrying at times. We absolutely have backup plans but so far we have not seriously considered leaving.

There have already been several.

Yes, we are still trading on the same five acorns that were originally used as currency. /s

Yes, most of the wealth here is stolen, but the statement that wealth is zero-sum is absurdly inaccurate.

Somehow I feel like they will be fine when the bottom drops out and ordinary people will be the ones who pay.

Thanks I never heard about this one.

There are some issues with that, since someone else could access the phone number in the future. Using a number that you don’t have exclusive access to opens up a security problem when it comes to account recovery, etc.

This looks promising. I Like that it has group video as well. Thanks.

Thanks, I’m going to check this out. Seems pretty straightforward which is good for the family to use

The yacht crowd isn’t really concerned with national borders.