Replying to Avatar Dr. Hax

You may have heard of the "slippery slope"

First, you discover #nostr, then #LoRa and #Meshtastic, then things built on top of these like #reticulum and #nomadnet

After that, you decide to stick it to the closed source software. You purge Windows and macOS, switch to #GrapheneOS and #Linux.

Then you start purging the simple closed source #hardware starting with all those IoT devices. #Nest ain't hoovering up your data anymore. You tell #Ring to GFY. #OpenSource everything.

Next thing you know, you're driving around with your #phone in airplane mode. Good luck tracking your every move now, overlords.

Then you're biking & walking with your phone in airplane mode instead of driving. High gas prices, drivers licenses, car insurance, #ALPR systems... they ain't gonna stop you.

Then you start your own #garden and learning how to preserve food. 50% inflation on food? Not a huge deal. You got this.

Later your leaving all #electronics at home and paying for everything in cash. You know the routes that minimize exposure to security cameras. You're nearly a ghost.

I'm not sure what comes after that, but I'll let you know when I get there.

These may happen in a slightly different order. Each person has their own path. But once you start going down the "STOP FUCKING EXPLOITING ME" path, and stop paying the people who are doing it, it's extremely hard to stop. It feels so good to be free from all that nonsense. You want to keep going and never look back. #cypherpunk

Take the plunge. Start with just some small things. You won't regret it. And if I'm wrong, you can always turn back anytime.

Next step is getting rid of all those led bulbs in your house and using candles in the evening.

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LED manufacture has a multi-continental supply chain, which may not always be there when we need it.

Candles and oil lamps have truly rubbish efficiency, but store well and can be DIYed.

Incandescent has much better (but still lousy) efficiency with a short supply chain and widely proliferated tech.

Gas discharge and microwave-sulphur-plasma can almost compete with LED on efficiency, and with incandescent on supply chain length. But don't scale very small.

Cathodoluminescence, now that I need to experiment with :p

I have to add that candles are useful for some limited heating purposes. Yes i know it sounds odd, but there can be a difference. A candle lantern (like the big from uco for example) can produce up to 5000 btu.

Yeah, but two candles uses as much oxygen as a person.

Can't be having that in your secret underground lair.

An underground lair has stable temperature, doesn't need heating really 😀

True, but some might need it for dehumidification, depending on local climate and geology.

Not every underground doomer/villain lair can be built into a salt dome under Mount Olympus :)

Yes humidity might indeed be an issue. But it is ok then for aging your wine 😀

Need? No. But I certainly do *prefer* a temperature above 16°C.

It's nice after coming in from a hot day on the surface in the summer, but in the winter it doesn't exactly feel "warm". 🤣