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Pretty sure their security concerns aren't nebulous. They only lost 27 million people. Not a big deal to you, maybe. But they will never forget and allow that to happen again. So yes, they are entitled to protecting themselves from that happening again.

If you want to pretend this is solely about abusing Ukrainian sovereignty then that's fine. The west was happy to abuse Ukrainian sovereignty in 2014 when their intelligence agencies helped overthrow their democratically elected government. So really your logic is just a ruse. The facts speak for themselves.

Libya and Afghanistan?

Clearly you are ignoring the history of the conflict and the desires of the Russians, and thereby the entire reason for the invasion. It was explained clearly many times prior to the invasion that they would go ahead and do so if you ignore their security concerns.

Remember when they put missiles in Cuba? We can't ignore their security concerns and pretend facts exist in a vacuum.

I have felt the same way at times. Just not waking up, so nobody can say that I quit.

My advice is to focus on healing your self with therapy sessions. Assuming this might sound like bad advice to someone who is broke try to figure out which free resources are available. Maybe subreddits or users willing to help pro bono.

Just the fact that you want to inquire about social media being weaponized against you is something that I would say just log off, don't let it even get to you. There's a reason why people deactivate their social accounts. Maybe it has happened but that shouldn't concern you. Your well being is and that involves difficult conversations challenging your thoughts and expectations.

Adulthood is more insidious in this respect, yes. Because our country lacks basic things like a national health care system that can help us. We have an infinite budget for wars but the notion of helping one another is blasphemous. So you're on your own in that sense, unfortunately.

The mind is funny, it can be our best friend or own worst enemy. Do everything in your power to love and care for yourself. Everything flows from there. Your situation is not unusual or embarrassing. You're not the first and won't be the last person to experience it. Build yourself up, don't break yourself down.

I highly recommend Doomberg's substack for energy related analysis. His article "Angels on a Pin" explains how storing nuclear waste is not as scary as people make it out to be.

Direct link here: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/angels-on-a-pin

"The United States has a longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances."

https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/

Yes there's a lot of good content now with guidance on setting up one of these pf or opnsense routers. Really cool stuff. And use any old router you have in AP mode and you're set!

Some could argue that your life savings is also at risk in a bank in high inflationary countries like Turkey or Lebanon. I think bitcoin's main argument in its favor is that its supply is not controlled by bankers.

All the risks associated with holding onto it is worth it to me. Anonymous transactions are not interesting to me personally but complete sovereignty is.

The chances of someone guessing your key are very low. But if you are worried about that then you put the funds into a multi-signature arrangement.

It certainly takes time to understand these things but it's worth it for the benefits it brings. Nobody can steal or tax your funds against your will. If it takes 6 months for an average person to wrap their head around all the concepts it's not the worst thing in the world. It takes 6 months, at least, to learn how to operate a tank. But it does slow adoption rates.

Tongue in cheek joke went over most people's heads

You really just closed that overton window didn't you

Don't know if it works for your use case but I've been pretty happy with cardknox

Why doesn't anyone ever consider XMPP using one of the many clients like gajim, conversations, etc.? It's got all of the encryption features anyone would want but has zero mentions as a secure messaging option.

Why not just use simplelogin? Buy your own email domain and you can create random emails on the fly. Like if you're prompted to input your email you can use the name of the prompter companyxyz@yourdomain.com and it'll forward it to your regular mailbox. It's fantastic.

I don't know the app landscape there but assume it's sparse and probably not as easy to use

It's going to be really interesting to see how Jack Mallers' app Strike now entering Argentina is going to change things in the country.

If you'll forgive my naivete here I've been thinking a lot about the FSF philosophy and wanted to ask HN: how big of a project would it be to create a fully libre (whatever you want to call you it) laptop? Like how feasible is it to use "free" components put together into a package and what kind of budget would be required?

I think China has a few companies working on domestic processors. Let's say they are convinced by Stallman's charisma to make chips that are not cutting edge but decent, and libre.

Whatever your thoughts are on China but I would suggest to the FSF to slowly move in that direction. Where all the component schematics are open and viewable. At least to go for auditability since no one trusts the Chinese.

Like I said, forgive the naivete, but it feels like a noble yet lofty goal.

And then proceed to go into every industry with right to repair issues. Deere tractor competitors, home appliances, and so on. In the name of component longevity and repairability. All of this to repudiate forced obsolescence and to promote end user freedoms.

It's a stretch but I enjoy dreaming about it. Hoping a better world is possible.

What does the YComb community think p2p apps like GNU Jami? I never hear much about it and think it's pretty decent unless someone has good reasons to think otherwise. Thanks

They should especially apply that to civil asset forfeiture

It would be nice if there was a Linux alternative to whatever hospital infrastructure is still running windows xp. I mean it would be lucrative, secure, and even help to pay for things like salaries for programmer's wages, support foundations, and so on. And it'd be kept up to date unlike windows xp. Just a thought.

Does anyone else here use Google voice for sms 2fa?

You get another number and you should be safe from sim swap attacks.

I have heard that this is actually better and more secure. Google voice I think isn't susceptible to social engineering attacks like typical phone carriers. Also it's a smarter move to have a separate phone number that isn't related to what a hacker might be able to find out about you just doing basic search engine queries.