That really reminded me of that southpark episode, where the scientist guy was creating monkeys with many asses :D

Best keyboard I ever used and need - Hacker’s Keyboard: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard

VPN is basically just a encrypted channel between 2 systems, while one of them forward traffic to the internet and unless they block/filter every encrypted connection, there is no way to block it at mass…

Reddit has adds ? Never seen one, uBlock doing its marvelous job…

But then they also have to add a wiper to those cameras, they will get bloody from all those massacred bodies run over…

But the governments prefer the current situation, as they have channels to ask for removal, but have zero liability and the company is covered, as they can do as they please, because its their private platform where they are allowing them. So I dont see why would the government declare social media as public squares…

• CORRECTION: The EU governments want action against disinformation on the Internet.

yes, and that command I pasted will run that /stop command inside the docker container. The same way you can list files or do any other commands on a running container:

# docker exec heimdall ls -la /
total 148
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root  4096 Jul 14 07:09 .
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root  4096 Jul 14 07:09 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     0 Jul 14 07:09 .dockerenv
drwxr-xr-x   1 abc  abc   4096 Jul 14 07:09 app
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root  4096 Jun 17 15:30 bin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 12288 Jun 17 15:30 command
drwxr-xr-x   7 abc  abc   4096 Dec  3  2022 config
drwxr-xr-x   1 abc  abc   4096 Jun 23 20:35 defaults
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   340 Aug 19 04:52 dev
-rwxr--r--   1 root root 18257 Jan  1  1970 docker-mods
drwxr-xr-x   1 root root  4096 Aug 19 04:52 etc
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Jun 23 20:35 heimdall

just run docker exec mcbe-world /stop then just wait a bit till it shuts down cleanly and then start it again…

Was it on a vacation, that it returned all of a sudden ?

Hey, you can edit config files in GUI 😄

Thats why Element(Matrix) is the way. Ideally selfhosted+federated, but even the default matrix.org is much better than most other chat apps.

Its actually pretty simple, the same blanket rules which most governments try to push doesnt work, just for a simple fact, that the diversity of environments and needs coming from that cant be captured and decided by centralized point of control. Lets just take guns - most city ppl try to ban them and reduce, because in crowded environments, even if a cop trying to stop someone, he can often put others in to danger just due to how crowded those places are. But on the other hand, if you live on a remote location, where all kind of wild life threatens you, and any help hour away, not having a gun is basically a death sentence. Yet, governments trying to push a blanket policy for both - and that simply shows how ignorant that centralization can become. And this is true in basically all aspects of life, which more and more the government try to regulate.

There can be some level of centralized coordination, but it always have to be tied to the needs of those smaller local units and they have to have the last say in it and it must be a hierarchy of this control coming from the bottom…

Im all for it, if it means that government 3 letter organizations cant demand block of users either…

There is this app https://www.gadgetbridge.org/ and it supports quite a lot of smartwatches, which you can pair up with it. Gadgetbridge doesnt send out any data and gives you full control.

that impulse came from the socialistic Canadian government mainly, so tying them even more with state doesnt come with more freedom, but just more restrictions and control… Without their approval and suggestions, that would absolutely not happen.

We basically need fragmentation - to small local counties, instead of a multinational hegemony.

We can use new technologies, but we always should have a fallback option, in this case cash, otherwise quite bad things usually happen if the technology fails. Planes also have multiple backup systems, many even systems which can work during total electrical system failure. One would expect similar levels of redundancy in other crucial systems, but somehow this is not really the case.

Lets not forget another scenario, if there is some large scale issue - massive internet outage for whatever reason, you are done in cashless society… You cant buy basic stuff…

And such scenario is not out of a scifi, it happened in 1859 - Carrington event - a solar eruption so large, it completely crippled the whole telegraph system, which is much more resilient than our current electronic age… And its not a question if it happens again, but when…

But we dont even need to go that far, just look at Hawaii - large part of it is out of service due to current fires…

Thats why I would never abandon physical money completely…

Yeah, you can totally trust government and big corporation, just like in Canada. /s

web.archive.org/web/20220317115211/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html

Canada banks froze hundreds of accounts during trucker protests, some of them were just some random supporters which sent some bucks to support… So its not propaganda, and its enough to read history, there are plenty of examples, how governments struck down on its own people, why do you think there is a second amendment in US constitution ?

if by better reaction you mean never ever return there, then for sure…