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Comment · 1 month ago
Not in the developed world (Japan and Switzerland)
Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 1 month ago
If it's any consolation, all other non-California regions in the world lack the privacy protections enjoyed in Switzerland and the EU, but they still don't produce many unicorn startups nor have fantastic salaries for coders.
Comment · 2 months ago
My next phone won't be an android, but a Linux phone, and I'll keep this old phone as a secondary device for banking apps.
Comment · 2 months ago
Same goes for Dropbox - you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CSV on the mounted filesystem.
Comment · 4 months ago
Only Switzerland has a true democracy
Comment · 4 months ago
I hear you — and the problem is real
Comment · 4 months ago
Without it, I was a stack overflow lurker, and before that a forum reader
Comment · 5 months ago
I use a Bigme Hibreak Pro eink phone, nix-on-droid/ssh to home server over tailscale, and a foldable keyboard, to have my coding setup with me and not be tied to where I can carry a laptop.

For foldable keyboards, if they are flimsy or stable matters.

Comment · 7 months ago
Since using NixOS for my home server, I've found it to Just Work™ flawlessly every time.

If anyone reading this has struggled with servers accumulating cruft, and requiring maintainance, I recommend NixOS.

Comment · 1 year ago
My best cardio is doubtless stair machine while doing Anki with headphones and a small Bluetooth game pad in hand
Comment · 2 years ago
Ultimately I can memorise 12 words representing my private key. And when the dictatorship finally ends, or I manage to flee, no government can ever freeze my money.

No tax man, no dictator, and no other thief can distinguish someone who memorised 12 words from someone who didn't.

Comment · 2 years ago
If it's Turing Complete, there will be a LISP for it
Comment · 2 years ago
Feature request:

delta.chat contact field, the best of the decentralised free software messengers

Easy to have multiple identities for public and private use

Comment · 2 years ago
> There is even a dual 13.3” tablet that has two 13.3” e-ink displays and folds in half.

Do you have a link?

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