[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 1 points 19 hours ago

Maybe I'm missing the point (or a joke) but could you explain how this will save us from governmental monitoring?

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Thanks. And fuck this.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Forgive me if this is an obvious stupid question, but with all this talk (again) about the EU trying to force chat platforms to check the content of its messages, I can help but think: how are they ever going to prevent me and my friend from sharing public keys and using them to encrypt our messages to each other? In other words: how are they ever going to be able to ban encryption?

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 21 points 1 week ago

It is sad that this is apparently considered to be impressive or even noteworthy.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/crypto@lemmy.ml

I am interested in buying some PoS coin like Cardano's ADA.

I do not want the wallet to be tied to some browser. A simple desktop application would be best. If necessary CLI.

I am running NixOS.

I would like to remain completely anonymous.

What do you recommend?

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Reading this article reminds me how much our ability to send each other money relies on the willingness of the institutional middlemen who control our money.

Although I believe there are good reasons to control the flow of Big Money, I can't help but feel that it is especially Big Money that manages to escape all institutional control, while it is small money - e.g. the money supporting bottom up resistance and solidarity networks - that is facing all the suppression.

Given all of this, what are the most promising ways for bottom-up networks to share resources in an anonymous, sovereign way? Without e.g. the interference of Zionist, fascist, bootlicking intermediaries?

Is it sending envelopes with cash? Or is this maybe a reason to (cautiously) get into crypto? If the latter, what would be the way to go?

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You cannot be active on all fronts. You have to pick your buttholes.

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 19 points 2 months ago

I wonder what the "I" on the top left means.

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[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 16 points 3 months ago

It is wild to me how Americans forget that they built their "nation" upon the genocide of earlier (first) nations, which were there for thousands of years.

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I'm reading here:

As Starlink’s user base grows, the Iranian government is likely to intensify efforts to restrict satellite internet access.

How could they do so?

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 61 points 6 months ago

Is this true? Can anyone confirm this?

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Hi all. For several years I have been together with my partner, who is from a different country and speaks a different language. Together we mostly speak English, but her family does not.

We quite regularly go on holiday with her family, and this is what my question is about: about (how to change) the social dynamics of such holidays.

The point is: together her family has a lot to talk about, even if it is about nothing. They have their internal jokes. They are all very much "tuned into" each other.

As a result, they find it very hard to have attention, time or space for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't have to be in the center of the attention. And yes, I guess this discomfort is partly the result of the privilege of being accustomed to more open, social dynamics that are more inclusive (with my own friends and family). But after several days without talking and without being talked to, it gets quite tough.

In "normal situations" I consider myself quite social and open. But in these situations, after some unsuccessful attempts to "join a conversation", I usually just withdraw in a book, or in my computer.

My partner is aware of this and sometimes tries to get them to involve me, but it's very hard for them to create and maintain space for me.

I can imagine all kinds of reasons: as a family they have withstood hardship that created strong bonds. Also they don't see each other that often. And finally they are used to me not speaking their language (in the beginning), which means that they are used to leaving me outside their conversations.

The point is: I believe they are nice people, and that they are not actively trying to exclude me. I believe (hope) that there are ways to change things around, without undermining the thing that they have going on among each other.

So this is where the question part starts: how to do this?

I was thinking of maybe proposing to play a game in the evening, in which everyone gets a turn to do or say something, which would then also involve me. Does anyone have any suggestions for this?

Or maybe you have other suggestions?

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This pest is kind of beautiful but also terrible. What is it? Any tips for how to get rid of it, besides cleaning all the leaves?

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 23 points 8 months ago

You found some great words.

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Americans will be like, haha look at this tiny car, while this car is still twice as big as your average European one.

[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 51 points 9 months ago

I showed this to my girlfriend and she was like, "I don't get it, why are you showing this to me?"

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

This is not a science meme.

I just want to take a moment to thank @fossilesque@mander.xyz for providing us with so much quality content.

Really improves my day!

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A close up of the flower:

Thanks!

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