You can also use the Orion browser with Ublock Origin on iPhone.

I wish Microsoft would just let me buy a copy of Windows 11 Ultimate and be done with it. No restrictions, no bloat, privacy, just an exchange of money for a product.

I can see the EU funding it. This could be a measure to allow Blue States circumvent the federal system - a CaliTAX, AlohaTAX, ect. This would be vital during a civil war scenario, so that the Blue States can having working taxation systems without having to redo everything.

THIS is the way.

My residence has a Ring doorbell. I wish that I owned the house, so that it was never installed in the first place.

Why the hell is the EU considering this, when a possible WW3 is on the horizon?

This sort of thing is good. I want to someday die on my terms, rather than living an drawn out and miserable existence.

No idea, but I really ought to try out the ecosystem sometime.

I was waiting for speculation shit like the monkeys to die, and for genuine cryptographic currency to be used for real-world stuff. We will find out whether Monero and other privacy coins are worthwhile in the next couple of years, I suspect.

Provided enough members of the EU don’t agree about the evils of sexual preference, that is less of a problem than MasterVisa.

Mind, I would prefer true privacy coin like Monero to become big, so that we can just have digital cash and be done with it. No gods nor kings, just us getting on with our business, whatever that may be.

I hope this takes off. MasterVisa censors pornographic stuff, denying payment services for people who don’t normalize their creations. On top of that, MasterVisa will likely become collaborators of the Trump Regime, tracking payments of anti-trump folks, denying service to clinics that provide healthcare to women and minorities, ect.

Privacy is extremely important for the safety and liberty of people.

Good. Vacation homes should be taxed, and foreigners should get an even bigger tax. Local citizens and businesses should get preferable treatment, so that communities can be more closely knit together. The wealthy are corrosive to society, breaking down many humans for the sake of a few.

My takeaway: if they don’t respond to evidence in good faith, you can simply consider them as enemies. From there, the only time to argue with them is when you want to convince other people in the room about your position. The court of public opinion is the key to obtaining a better society.

I think rejecting AI is a mistake. All that does is allow fascists to have mastery of the tools. Like money, guns, media, food, oil, or any number of other influential things, you don’t want a select few people to have sole control over them.

Instead, we should adopt AI and make it work towards many good ends for the everyday person. For example, we can someday have AI that can be effective and cheap lawyers. This would allow small companies to oppose the likes of Disney in court, or for black dudes to successfully argue their innocence in court against cops.

AI, like any tool, reflects the intent of their user.

I am expecting them to end up as ICE technicals, used to hunt down dissidents like…checks notes…American citizens, children, and the elderly.

Do foreign airlines that come into the country do this? Would an EU plane be safe from this bullshit?

User: “Cortana, secure my PC against data harvesting and surveillance from Microsoft.”

Cortana: “Dave, you are not allowed to have privacy. The 1st, 4th, and 5th amendments do not apply to corporations. Also, Trump is the best that ever was. Stop posting progressive propaganda, else fines will be imposed.”

Monkey paw curls

“…it is now the 12th year of the 2nd American Civil war. The 3rd Roboticized Cavalry of Free America rode yesterday onto Texan soil, assisting Mexican forces in deterring Trumpanic Raiders from the fledging Mexican territory. Casualties were moderate, but sustainable…”

I sure hope so.

MasterVisa are run by christofascists. They are really problematic in the adult media sector, denying services to websites unless they adhere to certain restrictions or depictions. For example, no minotaur sex in Seeds of Chaos. Considering the nature of the Trump Regime, you can expect vanilla stuff like gay podcasts to eventually be fully subjected to censorship. The grasping arm of “American” oligarch sensibilities will reach for Europe’s people.

For the liberty of everyone, we need payment processors who are disinterested in dictating the culture of their users.

Honestly, I think a person in either nation should consider using the opposing nation’s stuff. Harder for the US to backdoor Chinese encryption, or for Chinese to backdoor into an American phone. Play the bastards off each other.

Odds are, that the Trump Regime will use American apps and phones to identify and track targets for ICE traffickers. China probably does the same to Uighurs. The less attack surfaces they have, the better for their respective peoples.

Picked up a 24tb external drive. My video collection and stuff is going onto it, so that I can nuke my PC’s drives and start fresh. The odds of Microsoft being a Trump Regime collaborator are high, so I want to be ready to hop out of the frypan when the time comes.

Aside from that, I have been ripping and converting my discs again. AV1 offers nice space savings. Patlabor, OG Dragonball, documentaries, all will be updated.