Everything from calling her a Russian asset to voting abuse.

So… is she gonna be the next president of the United States?

Yep, I’m using qBitorrent + glutun + AirVPN. Works great.

qBitorrent + https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun

Plan9, then you can smugly say Unix systems are sooo legacy.

I had a Model 3 for several years. I didn’t find the quality that great. I actually was surprised how average/slightly shitty it was. The interior of my Kia Niro is way nicer than my Model 3 interior was. Everything feels way more premium on the Niro.

In terms of software, again, my Model 3 wasn’t that great. I constantly had problems with the screen bugging out. Sometimes I couldn’t adjust the air, sometimes ghost cars would appear around me while I was parked, the cars would be twitching out. The worst was when I was driving on a highway, going like 120km/h, and then the whole damn car decides to reboot. Luckily, I was able to continue driving, but the speedometer was gone, the air started blasting (and I couldn’t control it), the radio was stuck (I couldn’t control it).

Yes, the Tesla touchscreen was high res and responsive, but so are modern cars now. I have a Kia Niro with a fantastic screen, high res, responsive, and I can use Android Auto. The interior build quality is also way better than the Model 3 was. I also have an Hyundai Ionic 6, which also has a great screen, also allows Android Auto.

Both the Niro and the Ionic 6 have pretty comparable drive assist features too. Tesla may still be ahead, technically, but other car manufacturers have closed the gap significantly.

I don’t miss Tesla at all.

Hyundai Ionic 6 (sedan) or Ionic 5 (suv). I have the Ionic 6. It’s great! Even better than my old Model 3 because I can use Android Auto. AND I haven’t had the 6 reboot on me during highway driving.

(My Model 3 once rebooted while I was driving on the highway.)

Arch, on well supported hardware. That means no Nvidia. No Ultra 5 series CPUs.

I don’t really see a future of leaving unless they actualy start doing the “internment” stuff, this ICE thing is not “dangerous enough”

That’s the point of OP’s question. How bad is it gonna get? Should people start preparing to leave now? As you said, the process takes a while. By the time they start going door to door in Philly, dragging non-whites to interment camps, that’s a wrap. You waited too long to get out.

I get the allure of American Exceptionalism, thinking “Nah, this can’t happen here.” On the other hand, shit keeps getting worse and growing.

I can’t tell the future. Maybe things start getting better after mid-terms. Maybe Trump peacefully transfers power at the end of his term.

I feel like at least doing a little research into immigrating to another country is a responsible thing to do. IF things get bad enough, I want to have more or less an idea of where to go and how to do it.

Oh, Synology. What’s up with them? I heard they’re experimenting with vendor lock-in for their hard drives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RscBZAiwGkA

He probably found your info online through a data broker. Everyone’s info is pretty available on any search engine…

I had a similar situation once. I signed up for Optery to try to delete all of my info. It worked. Also, keep in mind that you can be tracked via family. So you might delete your data, but some of your info may still be available if they’re able to look up any family members.

This also works in reverse though! If you have any of his info, you can look him up on various data broker sites.

Also, I invested in an alarm system, cameras to sleep better at night. Slept with my phone near and I bought some pepper spray and a bat.

Pretty much my new years resolution right there ^^^

“You blind motherfuckers, you aren’t even good at being racist; do I look Mexican to you?”

Right… because it was only a problem because you’re Asian… the stop would have been fine if you were actually Mexican… gee thanks.

I think most people in the US don’t travel to other countries, so they almost never see a 24h clock. Whenever, we do see 24h time, most people call it “military time”, probably cuz of movies or something.

I wish Hetzner didn’t require uploading my legal documents (they asked for my passport or ID) to verify my account. Otherwise, seems cool. I’m in the US.

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you’ll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

We’re so doomed. A lot of people will probably buy into this because they can’t possibly be inconvenienced by owning a computer.

I was talking about AI with someone the other day and they said, “Wow, in the future we probably won’t be able to work without a subscription to ChatGPT. Oh, well.” Like. wat. teh. faq. People see the convenience trap, but can’t be bothered to do anything about it. I hate this timeline.

I don’t actually own a Meshtastic device… but I did blow off work to do a little browsing and found this:

Meshtastic does not require any license and is open for anyone to use.

• https://www.austinmesh.org/learn/

Meshtastic does not require a HAM radio license to operate

• https://chicagolandmesh.org/guides/getting-started/

don’t need an amateur radio license for the low-power bands used by Meshtastic

• https://centralvalleymesh.net/docs/faq/#q12

setup with no need of complex licenses, it would be interesting

It doesn’t seem like you need any licensing, it’s like a walkie talkie.

it could prove as a useful city project for cheap, reliant, local communications

I’m not sure if that’s the right usecase. Meshtastic seems to be for short-range, line-of-sight-ish communication. Apparently, you can set up repeaters to expand the coverage area, but it seems like buildings, trees, etc will dramatically affect the signal strength. (I think?)

walkie talkie

Yeah, I think so. I saw a video where someone called it “a walkie talkie, but for sending text messages”. People use these for going on remote hikes, hunting trips, or protests. Basically, any area where you can’t use a cellphone. They’re not a replacement for cellphones, they fill a different usecase.

You should consider trying to work for yourself

How do you even start this?

What about connectivity? I’m currently using Tailscale cuz it’s so easy. Maybe I should look into WireGuard? Also, how does Headscale fit into this?