Monopolies

+1 Bron/Broen. I am a big fan of Scandinavian series, and can also recommend:

• Follow the Money (Bedrag/Deception)
• The Killing (Forbrydelsen)
• Trapped
• Exit

Hetzner storage box

Often thought of the same thing. So leaving this comment here in case someone got a good solution that don’t involve big tech.

When I get the time my plan is to read up on big techs solutions, fx Google and Apple, who as I understand can give your family access under certain conditions if your’ve passed.

EDIT: And replicate their solution using FOSS / self hosting.

He made the world a better place.

Something that would do that neoliberism in the 80’s with Reagan and Thatcher would not become the dominating political and economic theory it has been since that time.

Merino ski underwear is dry in no time 🙂

Ski underwear and socks made from wool / merino / synthetic, and top layer wind resisting running set. Plus something to keep hands and head warm. If too cold add additional layers of t-shirts in beetween. For night runs a headlight is a life saver.

Forgot to say to get osmand and organic maps on f-droid

Don’t use it for hiking but seem to remember it coming up in that context: Open Street Maps. AFAIK it has PC apps, android apps (osmand, organic maps etc.) and web. I use osmand a lot for maps, POI’s and navigation. Organic maps is great too. Simpler and more polished.

Nice try, Microsoft

A Library. Or if digital, Wikipedia and Archive.org.

Thanks for sharing. Was looking for something like this so I don’t need to have multiple beefy gaming PC’s.

XMPP / Jabber with OMEMO encryption. Lots of free servers and clients.

Agree on privacy. And why bother when Intel/AMD have their Management Engine (ME) and AMD their equivalent.

But why support a company like Microsoft when they have a long history of prioritizing profit over user freedom (FOSS/EEE), security and privacy?

I applaud Linux on as many laptops as possible. But given Microsoft’s history of EEE, bad security practices and multiple and on going privacy violations I would really not recommend using anything Microsoft. If you must use fx Surface I would recommend buying a used one. Or better yet a used Thinkpad or similar enterprise laptop used.

As far as possible I try to avoid:

• All things from big tech because privacy, see Schrems II and their terms on use of personal information for own purposes

• Non Open Source tech because privacy or other malicious functions

• Tech that are prone to planned obsolescence because of special batteries etc. and can’t be fixed with for example a custom ROM on Android

I know I am way out there. But is it possible that actual human interaction could have a positive effect on loneliness?

And you can always change career path if something else is seems more interesting at a later time. I did at a relatively late age and know of plenty of other people who did the same. It’s never too late to try something else if the first thing doesn’t works out.

Microsoft is a privacy nightmare though.