I'm not maga, not even close (and not American) but am struggling to see how does this sound like a future magat. But idk, maybe it's there and I'm getting old.

It's probably meant to say"no excessive sugar" which isn't a lot

You have to keep your allies in check when negotiating, otherwise what's the point.

I'm running it. Unfortunately "partial" in this context means: audio calls go through (i can answer to a friends call and vice versa) but there is no functioning audio. I'm on pmOS edge branch. Speakers altogether started working just a couple of months ago. development is done mainly by a single guy, Luca Weiss, and is done mostly on fp5 AFAIK which then bleeds to fp4. Fp5 is in a daily usable status (again, AFAIK) but I wouldn't call fp4 as a daily driver. (still, I'm stubborn, and using it.) fp4 most crucially has broken audio on calls (voip calls work AFAIK) and a broken camera.

Idk but this is perfect for me today.

audio is only broken on sim phone calls. Otherwise audio works (audio stack is different from the usual pipewire/alsa stack) and that means that bluetooth devices work too. I just played music on a bluetooth speaker from youtube, works flawlessly. And the device speaker also works. But it's something to do with audio calls that, I think, makes it so that audio is routed somehow via the modem or smth, so it takes a bit more time to get working. But as I see it, I think we're not so far from fully functioning calls.

And about the camera. It works technically, but image quality is unacceptable (it's got this greenish effect), and zoom/focus doesnt work. But technically i've been able to capture images with it, and you can make out e.g. letters from a document, if you take a picture of one.

Yes you've understood correctly. :) You can call, and the other one gets the call, can be answered, the connection happens, but audio doesn't work. And yeah, the use of headset/bluetooth devices doesn't help here, because yeah I think that the problem is routing the audio via the modem. That was something I glanced on their matrix channel, I'm not a developer myself, just an enthusiast.

I just stumbled upon this, but to me it looks like you're the one who's upset...?

I get what you're saying.

I like ProtonVPN. It seems to be the only reasonably trustworthy provider that also supports port forwarding, which is crucial (IMO) when torrenting.

Here's the fix: (or rather workaround, released by CrowdStrike) 1)Boot to safe mode/recovery 2)Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike 3)Delete the file matching "C-00000291*.sys" 4)Boot the system normally

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about?

I unironically like this

Has anyone coined a term like "digital imperialism"? I think it's quite fitting.

Look up Kenneth Copeland. The pastor dude.

I sometimes refer the US in discussions as "worlds richest 3rd world country"

"People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs."

-Banksy

There's this old Finnish saying: "Nuha lähtee nussimalla" which translates roughly to "Fucking gets rid of flu". Guess there's some truth to that, then.

Why is it underwater then?

edit: ahhhh shit there's insects in the water! I'm dumb

Holy shit, this is full blown verification can shit.