I run DNS blocklists on my network and see no ads on this page. I’d recommend it. For a while I used Pi-hole and now I use Unbound blocklists in OPNsense.

So they took 43 days off, worked one day, took another week off, then plan to take a couple more weeks off? Nice life for some.

Yet. Some exec at Microsoft is thinking “the problem is that PCs aren’t locked down like phones and there’s nothing stopping you from running an alt OS on the desktop yet.” If they can’t force everyone to use their AI crap they’ll lobby the US Government and give Donald Trump some fake award, and before you know it desktop Linux will be a crime just like fixing your own tractor is a crime.

Thanks. Both of those look interesting.

I had to set up Windows 11 on a new work computer yesterday and this was exactly the purpose of Edge. It’s incredible how hard you have to fight during the setup process not to be railroaded into accepting settings that work against you and for Microsoft. By the time I was done I felt sick and angry and there was no way I’d use Microsoft’s browser after all that. And then it turned out I wasn’t done, because it had defaulted to putting all my documents and pictures in Microsoft’s cloud even though I hadn’t asked it to, so as soon as I migrated my documents I got a warning that my cloud storage was full and I should pay them more money. So I had to undo all that, but Microsoft already got to see all my documents. Infuriating from start to finish. I am very glad to use Linux on my own machines. Windows feels like a hostile environment with traps around every corner.

Sorry for the rant. I have to go back to that machine today and I guess I’m still angry.

Trump steaks.

You have to admit it’s a bit inspired to turn right around and accuse the Epstein files of being a distraction from the thing that was a distraction from the Epstein files.

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The EU, USA and UK will want to find any way to take down Spain’s government since it has shown itself to be genuinely left-wing and governing for the people not the billionaires. Internationally, Spain has stood out lately in holding sane positions that cast a stark light on the corruption and deceitfulness of neoliberals elsewhere. Anyway, that’s to say that we should read criticisms like this of Spain with that background in mind.

Why would we assume its not consensual?

Trump appears to have been supplying them, and also raping them.

Since they give no indication of how they’re doing it or what information they’re gathering, no one can really explain. It may be some kind of traffic analysis where an AI provides heuristic recognition of probable VPN traffic.

I see they’re promoting something called the Helium network. What’s the relationship between that and Meshtastic? Are they completely different things?

This is common with these sociopaths. Our middle-aged techbro overlords too are hugely ignorant, yet convinced that the only knowledge worth having is what they already know, and the only jobs worth doing are the ones they can do.

Bill Gates walked into the meeting “riding high” because he acquired patents for malaria treatments. Reality beats satire every time.

Bill Gates will never be a good guy.

I’d use a Kill-a-Watt or similar to check how much power it uses, before deciding whether it’s worth installing anything on it. Also check how much noise it makes, unless you have a separate room for servers. Enterprise servers aren’t always a good fit for home use.

Binary on fingers really comes into its own when you need to order 1023 beers over heavy background noise. Except when there’s a mix-up and you end up with -1 beer.

Greetings, fellow Candians!

In my experience many Canadians are pretty loud too. Americans may have the edge though.

Well, I guess you’ve got Karl Marx all worked out.