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Ick. Agreed. All of these biometric methods for authentication continue to train people to just give it away. You'd think people would learn from the constant breach and leak data with all of their KYC data, now we will add your face scans or whatever else (DNA sequence ?) we will have to give away. Also, the more governments and services request/require facial scans the less we will be able to decline.

If you follow the rules, government names and home addresses. Eeek.

Replying to Avatar Luffy

Oh no

Yeah this was sad. May the library of the Internet win a future appeal...

....sigh.....

The internet is such a depressing wasteland. Can we please win it back together friends?

Agreed -.-. --.- -..

(a little pre-sos, for the kids)

Be honest, you're using Big Tech because:

a) You think it's hard to switch

b) You think there won't be the software you need on Linux

c) You think nobody is using encrypted messengers

d) You say privacy is a nice idea, but I don't really need it

e) You tell yourself you'll learn later, which turns to never.

But every one of the statements is a lie.

It's NOT hard to switch,

Linux is easy man, my mom uses it, and she's older than computers existing. Linux Mint looks just like Windows. System76 PopOS can be made to look just like Mac iOS. The same way Apple has an "Apple store" for software, Linux also has an app store! And you can even use it in a graphical box. You don't need the command line.

The software you need IS on Linux.

Linux has software for web browsing, chat, and editing text (even microsoft word files can be opened). Adobe Photoshop is actually HARDER to use than open source GIMP, and it does the same things. Kdenlive is FASTER to render videos than Adobe Premiere of EQUAL OR BETTER QUALITY.

You don't have to go cold turkey, if you want to still chat with your friends on Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, that stuff all works on Linux and Degoogled phones. But you'll be surprised at who you will meet on freedom apps..

You are scared away because you think there's no help, no support group. But there's more of a Linux community than anywhere else, because the people genuinely care. Our SimpleX room has 600 people, and you will get replies. We also host an active Linux group on Session. There's the Linux.org forums. There's dozens of companies with paid support including mine.

You tell yourself you'll learn under better circumstances later, but eventually you have to realize that nobody is coming to save you.

The political situation is only getting worse. The data collection and the overreach from big tech is only further chipping away at your freedoms every day. You think you have Bitcoin, but without privacy you don't even own those private keys. You think you have a Nostr account, but you need open source operating system for that to have meaning. Otherwise, it's just the same as a big tech platform because Google, Microsoft, and Apple see your private key, your conversations, and the sum of every thought in your brain. They own your life.

But it doesn't have to be this way. I'm telling you that you have way more power than you realize. You're telling yourself you're not good with tech, but you're smart enough to read my words on Nostr now. That's better than like 95% of people out there. You know to an Amish farmer, you're pretty slick.. It's all about what you're used to.

Every one of the those starting statements is a lie. And the only obstacle is in your mind.

Love you bro, stay safe.

Let's go people , ditch the windows it's spyware. Come on. Macos ain't far behind windows either.

Regardless of cli usage, just take an old computer and try it. Some UI/UX loss is worth beginning to take back control of your digital life.

It's also a safety issue; malware and other issues exist for Linux, yes, but you will be safer when you get away from the closed source ethos of window and mac.

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Sir, might you be referencing the seminal work of Justin Timberlake and Andy Sandberg? Because if so, I can guess step two.

Finally, glimmer of hope!

Sadly encryption is not allowed on American amateur radio bands.

However, in the ISM band (around 900MHz in USA) you can use this allocation of unlicensed spectrum, with almost anything you'd like.

Checkout LoRaWAN and TTN (The Things Network) for a good example of this modulation scheme over ~ 900MHz in USA (other countries use 433MHz and other frequency allocations for ISM).

I recommend getting a license even though it's an auto-dox, as your license is tied to your name and address in an open publicly searchable index....thanks FCC...

The process of studying for your license teaches you so much about RF and electronics; want to cypherpunk? Want to go independent of filthy cellphone radios (yes they are radios!) Start here. It really is eye opening. Get the technician lay-flst spiral bound ARRL book and a free app to study.

You can also apply for itinerant frequency allocation and use encryption there (commercial not amateur). Good luck!

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Replying to Avatar NEW1

Mmmm....the looting of the cultural history of the world....

I think it's kind of a battle between the German Tuxedo, 'merica System76, or the venerable Thinkpad P or T series. Really which ever one you can jam 64 GB + of RAM, few TB of memory, and while having a discreet graphics card sounds fun, using an integrated GPU/CPU means you might havea lasting battery charge. Also OLED might be beautiful, but again battery life might make more sense.

Do you use any front ends for ollama? The cli is nice and there's is a neovim plug I think as well, not sure if it was for ollama or maybe another open source LLM. Love to hear the fan scream when processing