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whirlpoolbrewer

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  • [System32] No but like for real

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  • I will throw this idea into the ether and hope someone with more time, knowledge, and talent than me builds on it: swap the brains of an HP Printer with a raspberry pi. All the motors and wiring are in place, and HP sells the printer for cheap to screw you on ink and software. You'd probably want a new source of ink and a way to refill the cartridges to fully cut out HP. I feel like this would get you pretty close at an affordable price.

    The whole world wants the Linux version of a printer, we just need a couple people to get together and figure this out.

  • Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government

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  • No, you can't go back to Constantinople

  • Fund managers worry Trump might be “insane”

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  • These are people who come from wealthy families and spent their whole lives paying tutors to help them cram just enough to get their degree. They had family friends working at big companies who hired them based on who they know not qualifications. They go to expensive bars and clubs together and all that matters is who you know and how wealthy and well known your family is.

    That is who the trump family is, and it describes a large portion of these financial institutions. I'm citing Gary Stevenson as my source for this.

  • How should we approach taxing the wealthy in a practical manner?

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  • First, thank you for the thoughtful and detailed comment. It was really well thought out and really hit on some excellent points. This is the feedback I was hoping for. I'm a software developer by profession, not someone who writes legislation, so the whole proposition is basically spitballing until something usable comes out.

    You make some really good points and I agree with them for the most part. I'm going to sit and think on this some and get back to you after I've had some time to digest it more.

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    How should we approach taxing the wealthy in a practical manner?

  • Donald Trump just proved he’s an economic idiot. Again.

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  • When you understand that crashing the economy makes him and wealthy investors richer, it makes sense what he's doing. The sane washing is because the people telling you it makes sense are owned by people who stand to make a lot of money. If people lose their homes, that building doesn't just disappear. It gets bought by investors for cheap who then rent it out. Collapsing economies is how wealthy collect more assets and passive income. A great explanation here by Gary Stevenson: https://youtu.be/XCnImxVWbvc

  • What can an individual do to fight against tech billionaires?

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  • Thanks, I'll give Samba a try as that seems to be a free option for me to dabble with. If it seems to work well, maybe I'll explore this further. Samba seems like a good starting point though. I appreciate all the help with this! I may ask for more guidance later depending on how things go

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  • What can an individual do to fight against tech billionaires?

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  • Tailscale does sound pretty cool, and could be an option. It sounds super easy to setup which I like. I have Comcast as my service provider, so I'd have to see what they offer DNS and Static IP addresses.

    I have not looked at what all my fileshare options are but doing a bit of digging it sounds like maybe I should look at Samba and see if that would work. They don't mention mobile device support, but it is free open source software, which I love. I wonder if having a Samba service just for local network file sharing is a security issue. I would assume it is not, but I could be wrong. I'm willing to bet I'd need to be cautious with the configuration of Samba.

  • What can an individual do to fight against tech billionaires?

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  • Oh no need to sell me on Linux, I'm a fan of Linux Mint and Ubuntu, but my current laptop is an Apple M2 Pro, so if I can keep using that as my daily driver, I think I will. I'm most interested in more of a file sharing server type of service perhaps. Some way I could decouple from Google Drive for file storage is probably a good entry spot I'd think. I have an Ubuntu laptop with a dead battery I've not turned on in years I could repurpose as a server I'd think. It started it's life as an MSI "gaming" Windows laptop, so it should have enough horsepower to be a file server if I knew what software to use and how to safely configure it and what software to use on my other devices to safely access it.

  • What can an individual do to fight against tech billionaires?

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  • I'm interested in this a bit. I worry about setting up some sort of server that is going to be facing the Internet though. Is there a good guide or starting place for something like this? If I just want an easy or approachable solution with some limitations as a trade off for easy and safe setup? I feel like I've heard of Plex servers before, but no clue if that's the best way to go or not. Where would one start to learn more?

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    Does the Fediverse give you hope?

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  • Using the Fediverse feels like a small step in the right direction. Big changes are built on lots of small steps. I would say move in the direction of using the Fediverse more, the old alternatives less, and think of more small steps in the right direction you can do. I don't think just using the Fediverse is enough, but it is an important step to take. Keep going.