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xubuntu, or debian xfce.

puppy linux or damn small linux are strong contenders but you don’t need to go so far with 2gb of ram.

yeah that’s part of the issue of letting google unilaterally control the most popular browser by far.

webgpu makes me apprehensive. more precise fingerprinting and worse exploits could potentially be a thing.

the oligarchy as it currently stands precedes the capitalist state as we know it today. some of them even come from the very same families, like they are fucking kings (they are)

and yes, despite capitalism having changed over time, its basic power structures have remained the same for the last century or more.

and that’s nothing, if you consider feudalism lasted even longer while also changing but keeping more or less the same types of power structures. don’t quote me on feudalism though.

the state does a lot to give them that monopoly

yes that’s precisely what i implied, because they control it in the first place. companies like amazon are more powerful than nation states, and they exercise that power.

if they make a big mistake or want labour law adjusted, they can get the state to coddle them, because they privately control, say, the entire food supply (ie the means of production) without which the state is meaningless.

this has been the capitalist state’s modus operandi for more than 100-200 years. and the oligarch’s power precede it, they shaped it that way back then.

aaron schwartz was literally just a dude, not remotely comparable to oligarchs.

its almost like their monopoly on the means of production made them powerful and they used that power to control the state. 🤔

power already did find a way, and thats called privatization.

may open

its worse, snowden has already leaked they do open it.

no need for further ‘proof’ of something he just up and said himself in a couple of tweets. with a service you don’t host yourself, you have to trust they won’t do funny business.

here is the thing: you should be questioning that trust when their ceo feels like publicly praising a fascist who is already doing a lot of damage to whats left of the privacy he was supposed to uphold. it goes without saying but total surveillance and open fascism won’t do well to mix.

because of that even if the dude is doing that by ignorance (and time may tell anyway), the trust in their decisions is still eroded, except its out of ignorance instead of malice.

the ceo is potentially fascist. they might be ok now, but there’s not way to trust it long term if that’s what you are hiding from.

if you are coming from gmail or hotmail, its gonna be better, but that’s kind of a low bar.

pretty stupid that we can print in 3 dimensions well, while 2-dimension remains locked behind capitalism.

you mean you dont like my plumbus? what about glorp?

it gives me a general “its probably entirely shit”. that’s really a bad name.

layer lines can be sanded down during making and/or improved upon massively if you are fine with it taking much longer to print. or own a better printer.

the price is steep, but its pre-made and post processed. i think the real value of it is in making it yourself for the price of the components and raw plastic if you already own a printer.

to be fair, and playing a bit of a devils advocate, but i think privacy is a nightmare on most places on the planet with enough tech infrastructure to make surveillance happen.

i came to say something similar. its kind of bad. this comm’s logo would probably make a better flag.

thus turning computers into phones, where you have to do a complicated unlocking/rekeying process to install your own OS.

if only people had predicted this way back when it came out

plus: https://github.com/hacksider/deep-live-cam

oh if it isn’t a greedy little piggy