Is this interesting for infosec reasons?

I guess that’s the implication. Unless Hamas loves affordable iPhones idk what the big deal is.

Well, yeah, built-in entry for Pegasus and other Israeli military malware.

>democracies aside from the US.

I mean, I guess from '65 to around 96? We had a good run.

The Butlerian Jihad will come to pass, I reckon.

reference?

Dune[1]. Herbert's world destroys its AIs when they get too smart.

1: https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

Don't the machines and cymeks purge and subjugate humanity? That's a bit different than "being too smart" innit?

This resonates. The after effects of age verification and the general exclusion of freedom loving coders is going to leave me standing here in the tumbleweeds with my 90s toyota and laptop with solar panels and unregulated radio frequencies my only communication with the outside world.

Its like those movies coming true. I've already had casual user accounts frozen just for accessing via VPN, or some other inscrutable reason.

I'm with you and the only solace in this dystopia is the fact that I increasingly feel like I just don't care. I don't really like using computers anymore. I liked them when they represented freedom and creativity.

So fine, exclude me from all your platforms, there's nothing there for me. It's all bad content from bad people (or increasingly: not even people) running on bad software. I'm not giving up my freedom to partake in that, I'd rather just stop using your shit.

(But I would very much like to be able to pay my bills and buy my train tickets, so I'll play your game and have a smartphone. Fine. You win this round.).

looks pretty cool! Ive definitely been wanting some improvement in file discovery and exploration

>It really isn't.

They way people reveal themselves is a pattern worthy of taking note.

"Prices will reach a permanently high plateau"

Ninety-nine dreams I have had

In every one, a red balloon

It's all over and I'm standin' pretty

In this dust that was a city

If I could find a souvenir

Just to prove the world was here

And here is a red balloon

I think of you, and let it go

This is suddenly an amazing proof of concept for Vouch

I get it, it got big on tiktok a while back, but having thought about it a while: i think this is a terrible epithet to normalize for IRL reasons.

yeah, some people are weirdly giddy about finally being able to throw socially-acceptable slurs around. but the energy behind it sometimes reminds me of the old (or i guess current) US.