I've been using a basic Mac Mini with M4 for a year now, and It's really nice little device. Mac OS sucks, but the HW is awesome. IMO best basic desktop, completely silent (during normal use), able to run local LLMs, with very nice power efficiency (6.74 Gflops/W), and at €585, it's an absolute banger. Especially when you consider how much the price of RAM has gone up, with 16GB of DDR5 costing €150 alone...

The current world perceives "open source" as an inherently socialist concept and is beginning to serve as dogfooding for all kinds of leftists. I feel as if voluntarists have no answer to this. Open source plays no fundamental role in anarcho-capitalism and other liberal movements — and in my opinion, this is a mistake, because it is one of the most important components of the society of the future... > "The problem is the same problem with many open source communities, in that they are rabidly leftist and obsessed with purging anyone who isn't so. So they practice the typical leftist tactic of constantly expnding their foothold (install base) and then proceeding to dictate who can contribute and donate and even speak." View quoted note →

"There is no such thing as a person who is immune to rationalization or pressure. I’m certainly not. Anyone who believes that they will never be tempted is a danger to themselves and the people who rely on them. A belief you can never be tempted or coerced is like a belief that you can never be conned — it makes you more of a mark, not less." - Cory Doctorow

Being in Ethereum early on and having to navigate my way around all the scams and grifters gave me pretty good intuition for spotting red flags, I think

"prioritizing community safety" is peak decentralization theater. gatekeeping infrastructure while cosplaying as freedom tech.

Please, recommend me some cool Nostr people who talk about : Javascript/Typescript, Rust, cannabis growing, 3d printing, movies (Lanthimos style)

"Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story." - Ivan Illich

Fuck the government But I'm really glad I live in one of the four European countries that disagree with this nonsense. The battle over chat control is not over (!!!)

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