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Who's a figure you used to respect that did excellent work but jumped the shark or otherwise lost it completely?
What do you think happened?

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Looks like DOGE was just an over-hyped distraction to placate MAGA supporters while Trump tightened the noose of the technocratic surveillance state.

#TheFreeThoughtProject
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tech bro used to mean frat bro culture in tech, now it just means anything at all.
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WEF Launches Connected Future Initiative to Promote Global Digital Public Infrastructure with Backing from UN, EU, and Bill Gates

reclaimthenet.org/wef-connecte

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@VD15 @coolboymew @hfaust I tried to paste an image into a Teams chat and it won't do it because it says it needs permission to use my microphone.

@phnt @PurpCat @RustyCrab @arcana @nemesis @Suiseiseki @sam @waifu @adiz @branman65 @mischievoustomato Still better than having one DOS-like and one Unix-like and trying to bridge compatibility with Wine.

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>a WINE/Proton userland shim for a Windows desktop environment with under-the-hood Linux OS integration

That's honestly not a bad idea, better than ReactOS's recreate WinNT from scratch approach.

@adiz @mischievoustomato @PurpCat @nemesis @arcana @phnt @sam @RustyCrab @Suiseiseki @waifu @branman65 It would probably be better if there were a few distros and Unix-like OSes that remain niche while certain Linux distros like Ubuntu or Mint went mainstream compared to having Windows be mainstream because there would be better compatibility between both the mainstream OSes and niche OSes.

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@phnt And if DWM wants to do that, that's fine. Most new users of Linux are going to stick with something coherent to them like GNOME or KDE. @PurpCat @RustyCrab @arcana @nemesis @Suiseiseki @sam @xianc78 @waifu @branman65 @mischievoustomato

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@phnt There are benefits and detriments. One can always gate off one's own. Look at the Fediverse, different levels and layers of gatekeeping from different groups. However, we all benefit from greater Fediverse adoption and development therein. The same is and can be true with things like Linux. Projects or distributions ruining themselves with CoCs and injecting ideology and politics isn't good, but in this space it's all FLOSS which can be forked and modified and developed and utilized piecemeal---greater adoption and greater development and greater overall support is nothing but positive, compared to things like Windows or macOS centralization. If you want to gatekeep your own project or distribution or software or network, nobody is stopping you from doing so. But, you shouldn't opposed greater, wider adoption and support. @PurpCat @RustyCrab @arcana @nemesis @Suiseiseki @sam @waifu @branman65 @mischievoustomato

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@mischievoustomato Exactly. And, not just Linux---any alternative OS from the current computing software oligarchy. Gatekeeping only does a disservice to everyone. And, almost all popular Linux distributions running GNOME or KDE will be more than suitable for basic computing for the average user. Supporting normies to try it and explore it should be encouraged. @PurpCat @nemesis @arcana @phnt @sam @RustyCrab @Suiseiseki @waifu @branman65

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>Gatekeeping only does a disservice to everyone.

Which is exactly why most of us are still forced to have a separate Windows computer, partition, or VM for work/school. Many software companies aren't going to waste time porting their software to an OS with less than 5% marketshare. Whatever normies use is going to affect you, whether you like it or not.

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@sun do not bring aral balkan near me for there will be heavy consequences if you do
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Translated from: https://t.me/majestic12hubchat/978284

FIGHT AGAINST EXPENSIVE "ULEZ"

London, 2025

The campaign against the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London continues. Here, three camera masts are being taken down simultaneously by so-called "blade runners."
How does ULEZ work? Cameras read license plates. Depending on the vehicle's year of manufacture and emissions standard, a hefty bill arrives in the mail at the end of the month. Each individual day of road use is charged. This is intended to protect the environment and reduce car traffic, but it is a green-coated form of social exclusion for working Londoners who depend on their cars. The older the car, the more expensive it is. And this in one of the most expensive cities in Europe.

A remarkable reaction from the people of London to the excesses of the green agenda.

Prospects for all EU countries? https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1761460595590172672
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@xianc78 @PurpCat @sam @lewdthewides @nyanide @sunmcnukes @mischievoustomato listen up sweaty, carbon credits and ULEZ cameras are DEMOCRACY and everyone against them is a FASCIST!

@PurpCat @sam @lewdthewides @nyanide @sunmcnukes @mischievoustomato He will never tell you to break the code if it involves some carbon-based social credit score or ULEZ cameras, but when it comes to software being used to deport illegals he will start calling for sabotage.

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People should start writing crypto and AI software in Hare just for the lulz.

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