orange pi running samba as a file server. it’s behind a wireguard vpn.

huge improvement in my quality of life.

AMD seems to be doing great: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4718576-amd-stock-ai-accelerators-drive-revenue-and-margin-outlook-upgrade-buy

everything. There isn’t one particular technology driving this. My hometown of İstanbul has been transformed. Modern buildings are replacing horrible slums, there are new subway lines opening every year and almost everything is improving over time.

millions of people in the third world are growing out of poverty thanks to the advance of technology.

does your supermarket accept payments in Monero?

No. Privacy is illegal in the banking/financial system.

The Jewish homeland was formed by killing and kicking out people who were living there.

Because they believe in a 3000 year old fairy tale that gives the ‘promised land’ to them, and condems all non-believers to death.

oh no, what will I do if you don’t talk to me! The horror!

If the total number of employed people doesn’t change, what is your problem? They are not eliminating jobs, they are relocating them.

You are just a racist. It offends you that people in the developing world are getting jobs.

It also creates new jobs for thousands of other people. Why do you hate those people?

The net number of jobs does not change. They are not eliminating jobs, they are moving them. The same number of people are employed.

There is nothing morally wrong with outsourcing.

Americans are sore losers 😂

You are the one making up a fantasy scenario to satisfy your authotarian urges.

Dis you miss the entire Snowden revelations? Western governments are hostile to online privacy and freedom.

This is the standard excuse for authoritarian governments. Use a crime category no one can object to.

ANYONE who understood how telegram works and also felt it was a tool for privacy doesn’t really understand privacy in the digital age.

Telegram is the most realistic alternative to breaking Meta’s monopoly. You might like Signal very much, but nobody uses it and the user experience is horrible.

there are plenty of clear cut examples of where telegram should shut down channels - CSAM etc… that’s what this arrest was about; the rest is academic

Was it? The French authorities did not provide any convincing evidence, just accusations.