Yeah, if they’re not lying it will be the worse phone ever made. The US-made Purism Liberty is $2000 and has similar specs to the Asia-made, $800 Librem 5, which is already overpriced compared to Android devices.

Yeah but if the script which initiates the connection to the local server is blocked there’s no connection to intercept in the first place.

Nah, the script connects to a server run by the Instagram or Facebook app and feeds it info, bypassing isolation mechanisms entirely. I think ublock or other script-blocking add-ons might work though.

Yeah the point is just to soften the populace to the idea. Our fucking PM covered for pedophile priests in a Catholic school 30 years ago, he doesn’t give any fuck about kids.

That’s just not true, chatgpt & co are hugely popular, which is a big part of the issue.

Why bother switching then?

I know, I meant that although I’m interested in the tech I’ve barely tried it.

Well I do want this, augmented/virtual reality is exactly the kind of shit I dreamt about as a kid during the 90’s, and having a huge screen available anywhere I go is pretty fucking cool.

But yeah, I used a VR headset exactly once for like 5 minutes, and there’s no way in hell I’d buy one from meta or apple. If Valve releases good XR/AR glasses I might consider it.

Same plan but 10€ since I’m also a fiber subscriber.

I can work at my desk using only my laptop. Do I want to, and is it my actual setup? No, and no. My laptop is plugged into my ultra wide screen, my mechanical keyboard and my mouse. That’s what he meant, and that’s what I found interesting.

Yeah that’s a nice reaction, the other dude wasn’t being a jerk so no need to make him feel bad about it.

Yeah, at best they’re assholes, at worst they’re criminals.

Nah, he (and Trump) will say we’re being unreasonable and he’s bombing Ukrainian children because of us.

Jesus.

He’s not even part of their tribe lol

But tbh ignoring history and crying “it wasn’t me, I shouldn’t feel bad” is short-sighted and how y’all got here in the first place.

That’s not what I’m saying. Sure there are a lot of people like that in France and in Europe. Still, France gives billions of euros each year to developing countries, and welcomes quite a few refugees. This very post is about France and others fighting for the rights of Palestinians. As it should.

But you know what’s equally short-sighted? Saying that Islam is totally harmless, and that white people are the cause of all problems. And honestly, that’s the vibe I’m getting from these answers.

Yes I did learn about colonialism in school. I don’t get your point though. I should personally be ashamed, and tolerate people teaching their little kids to light girls’ hair on fire, because of colonialism? How is that different from demanding every Muslim to apologize for terrorist attacks?

My children are half-cambodian, just this week my 7yo was told to go back to her country by some asshole kid at her school. The normalisation of the far-right and the prospect of a RN presidency is a huge concern for me, as is the fact that the left calls me a racist when I mention the very real Islam-related issues I personally encountered.

No, I’m saying that if only the Nazis talk about an issue, people who are concerned about this issue will listen to them, and then vote for them. Which is obviously bad, so I’d very much like the left to pull their head from the sand and face the problems caused by Islam, like they faced the problems caused by Christianity, so that we come up with a sensible and compassionate alternative to the terrible things the RN proposes.

Sure but we don’t have christians or Jews decapitating teachers for showing pictures, or otherwise trying to impose their beliefs and customs on others. I mean, we had quite a few Christians like that, but we mostly fixed the issue when we hung dozens of priests. The left remembers this fondly, while you can’t say anything negative about Islam without being called a bigot.

Sure, the right sees them that way. I don’t, and I’m far from alone. I have many Muslim friends and colleagues, wonderful people that I look up to, and with whom I’ve had very interesting conversations about religion. Up until last year I accommodated my BIL as best as I could, making sure there were appropriate food and drinks options for him, providing him with a room to pray in, and so on. I have absolutely no problem with religious people, as long as respect and understanding goes both ways.

But as you say, there are radical Muslims, and it’s not racist to be concerned about this issue and its consequences. A teacher was decapitated for showing fucking pictures to his class, because a student lied to her father who was all too happy to launch a hate campaign against the teacher. Many people cheered at the news on social networks. In my daughter’s school, a fucking 6yo was caught lighting a girl’s hair on fire because girls are supposed to cover their hair. Is that not concerning?

But sure, you can dismiss it all as islamophobia, and then wonder why more and more people vote for the RN.