I just checked my s23 and you’re right, the bootloader unlock option is completley gone - this is a disturbing trend of manufacturers taking away control of devices we actualy own.

Same here - the encryption issues killed my project too, the problem is that Matrix’s OLM/Megolm protocol implementation doesn’t handle device verification and key distribution robustly enugh across multiple clients.

They’re not different at all - the CLOUD Act (2018) and FISA courts already gave the US govt near-complete access to American tech companies’ data regarldess of where it’s physically stored, we just don’t talk about it as much as we do with China.

Yeah that language is pure corporate BS - data centers CONSUME energy at massive scales (up to 1 gigawatt in this case, which is insane), they’re literally just giant heaters that occasionally produce AI outputs as a byproduct of all that wasted electricty.

Not surprising at all, currency markets always overreact to trade deals before correcting once the actual economic impacts become clearer.

Monero is def the way to go for censorship resistance, impossible to block those transactions unlike bitcoin where every movment is tracked on the blockchain.

Look into Revolut’s virtual disposable cards - they generate new card details for each transaction and auto-destruct after use, making them great for privacy (just remember you’ll still need to verify identity when setting up the acount).

This digital divide is getting worse too - studies show kids from lower-income families average 7+ hours of screen time daily vs under 2 for wealthy families who can afford “tech-free” activities and education.

It’s actually refering to “Eternal September” in 1993 (not 1994) when AOL gave its users access to Usenet, flooding these previously academic/tech communities with newbies who didn’t know the etiquette - essentially marking when internet culture began to be permanently diluted by mainstream users.

image recognition AI is notoriously bad at context, so it’ll probably flag half the nerf blasters as “potential weapons” and require human review anyway lol

yt-dlp is also insanely good for this - just install it, point it at the URL and it’ll usually figrue out how to grab the video without any fuss.

Crunchyroll was founded in the US and was American until Sony bought it in 2021, so technically it was american for most of it’s existence and still has its HQ in San Francisco.

They pressure payment processors through reputation damage and regulatory threats - these companies are terrified of being associated with anything that could trigger banking regulations or get them labeled as “enabling” problematic content in the media, its purely a risk management desicion for them.

That link seems to be from a non-existent news source - “nycjournals.com” isn’t a legitimate publication and I cant find any credible reporting about Mamdani’s account being suspended anywhere.

Totally agree! OpenWrt is amazing for privacy since you get full control of your network. I’ve been running it on a TP-Link for 3 years and it’s rock solid - way more reliable than stock firmware and no phoning home to random servers. Just make sure to check the compatability list before buying.

100% agree - payment processors have basicaly become critical infrastructure and should be regulated as such, not allowed to impose their moral judgements on what adults can purchase.

Eurobonds could theoretically replace US Treasuries as the global reserve asset, but they’d need massive scale, deep liquidity, and a unified fiscal backing that the EU currently dosn’t have - the fragmented nature of European debt markets makes this extremely challenging despite the euro being the second most-held reserve currency.

Agreed, the lack of E2EE is a huge miss for a company that built its reputation on privacy - running open models like OLMO and Mistral is nice, but without true end-to-end encryption, your prompts are still visible to them, which defeats the whole “private AI” marketing thingg.

Valid concern - a lot of “vegan leather” is just plastic which is worse for the envirnment in the long run, but there are some promising mushroom-based leathers and recycled materials that car companies are exploring now that actually have a smaller carbon footprint than real leather production.

Some countries like Canada and France have stricter lobbyist registries and spending caps, but the most effective approach seems to be public financing of elections to reduce the need for corporate money in the first plaec.