[–] 25 points 4 days ago (3 children)

People are finally realizing that the current state of the world is abysmal for bringing a child into. My wife and I don't plan on kids anyway, but even if we did, there's no way in hell we could afford to within the next decade, not to mention how irresponsible it feels to introduce a new life to this fascist shithole.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The biggest thing I fought with since getting started has been audio. First figuring out how to make an Elgato device cooperate (not exactly the most linux-friendly company to say the least), then setting up virtual sinks and routing everything appropriately, and finally getting my mic to not sound like actual garbage.

    Frustrating as hell and a very long process to get all of that working out, but definitely learned a lot from it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah this is just an AI slop project by the look of it. Realistically I think fluxer is going to be the "winner" when discord does finally implement age verification, and while even that one's fairly vibecoded, it doesn't come close to the levels of AI bullshit in this one.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

    I've been looking at IVPN as well. Nym seems interesting but seems very new and idk if they offer Wireguard configuration files (I don't think they're even WG-based? I could be wrong)

    I'm sitting on Mullvad for a week to do research into alternatives. Apparently their support team is handing out full refunds far outside their typical policy because of this shitshow, no questions asked. IVPN so far is looking promising, but I don't know a damn thing about the company and people behind it.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    They're already practically confirmed to be harvesting organs, and they injected the flotilla crew with some unknown substance after they tortured and raped them. They're absolutely doing some fucked up experiments on everyone they bring in.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Electoral politics means nothing when the entire issue is rooted in the very foundations of the country and capitalism as a whole. One dumbass being elected isn't an anomaly, he's an inevitable symptom of the problems that have been there for ages.

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  • [–] 114 points 1 month ago* (45 children)

    it's not just the one dumb motherfucker in charge, it's practically the entire goddamn government. anyone who isn't vocally outspoken against AI companies and aiming to put a hard stop to their data centers is fully responsible for any and all harm they're currently causing (and the hardware inflation is such a minor part of said harm).

    anyway abolish capitalism and send techbros to the guillotines

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    Over the past year I've been minimizing Google in my life to the point where I could nearly delete my account for good, but I've got two decent roadblocks still - their android calling app, and Google Fi.

    The former feels like the only one that actually filters out spam somewhat effectively and transcribes voicemails to text, both key features. The default GrapheneOS phone app didn't seem to compare last I tried.

    The bigger hurdle is Google Fi. Frankly in the Northeast US they feel like the only actually affordable carrier, comparable plans at the other big names are practically double the cost or more. I've looked into some smaller carriers, but every single one seems to have some controversy or other dogshit dealbreaker.

    Any recommendations for these last two things? It'd be huge to finally break off these last couple things. I don't think I could get to the point where I could totally delete my account (mostly because of a few game logins lmao), but at least I could cut off everything that actually matters.

     

    Full disclosure, I'm pretty new to selfhosting myself, and I haven't written a guide like this before, but hopefully this scatterbrained writeup is enough for someone out there lmao

    This is just what works for me and how I set it up. Always open to ideas for improvement as well.

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