Probably a weird message to see, but I keep feeling so seen by this community. I did the whole prepping stuff, disliking of capitalism stuff, distaste for government stuff, well before I even heard that anarchism was a distinct branch of political thought. It sounds weird to call that a community, but posts like these really just make it feel that way because it's just so me.

I suppose to keep it topical now, dont forget to have plenty of water on hand. You won't need a lot, but more than you'd expect. That goes for most things, even. While it's not impossible for collapse to happen in a day, most times things slowly break down over time. Regulations on what is allowed in water is relaxed, power gets more spotty, internet may take longer to come back on after a storm, food gets more expensive and shrinks in portion sizes, etc.

That long-term storage is good to have, especially in light of longer unemployment times and general economic strain, but what I've found that works well is having a live rotation. This way, you lower spoilage risk, monitor what you actually use, and use today's money to obtain tomorrow's food, which would otherwise be more expensive.

Generally, buffers to have built up are anything you rely on, here's some ideas:

• Food (Pantry, maybe small garden?)
• Water (Countertop water filter?)
• Electricity (Charged battery packs)
• Internet (Reticulum on an ESP32)
• Heating/Cooling (Blankets and Fans)
• Communication (Radio, maybe Meshtastic on ESP32)
• Information (Books/manuals, paper or low-power digital)
• Community (The neighbor you gave those extra tomatoes to)
• News (Radio again?)

But most of all, be there for people. In difficult times, say when a bad storm hits, people seem so naturally willing to help those around them, even if in very small ways. Those little things help ease the mind a lot. Even outside times of struggle, have fun with people, those memories are important and keep us human.

Theirs is so cool, the amount of care they put into that is impressive! Its so nice to see people's personal websites again. Something I keep missing is that feeling of humanism whenever I surf the web. I found someone else's that I keep going back to here: https://vmfunc.re/ They've got some cybersecurity stuff there, but then there's a whole network of personal pages you can dive into by clicking their friends' icons.

Bit of a nuanced take, a trimmed down copy-paste from another comment of mine prior. Tl;Dr: he's a product of the system that left the system.

Snowden was an individual that worked in the intelligence community in the mid-2000s. In this era, the American populace was so afraid of terrorism they signed away freedoms for national security. In this post 9/11 world, patriotism was a given, almost nationalistically, if you were American. It's fair to say that a highly nationalistic media and culture can influence the individual to embrace those mentalities more... even if it perverts your true best interest. Snowden likely viewed service to the NSA as patriotic, and in support of his fellow Americans. While he started off supporting it, he soon saw immorality, and decided to resist against them with what I see as an effective measure. I feel that for most whistleblowers, this logic applies. I wanna say "Good job, but still shame on you for taking the job to begin with," yet this system we're in can cause us to support things we otherwise wouldn't like.

Looking to modern issues: The manipulation of individuals, mass surveillance, leveraging of government by powerful. Critisizim of these was always there, but where it was pointed at and pursued sure felt a lot different after Snowden.

Honestly I'd say the ones who ruined it were the cryptobros who only care about seeing number go up. Gave a bad rep to crypto right outta the gate, especially with causing the (first) GPU shortage. Now if you mention crypto to anyone, even with a legitimate interest, they instantly get a bad taste in their mouth.

It is always nice when some service allows payment in Monero though. The default of bitcoin is still prominent, but thankfully most people are realizing it ain't private at all.

Let's hope this guy stays away from any open windows.

Did I miss something big happening? How is Ukraine in freakin' Moscow? I chalked up a lot of the Ukranian victories in media to a pro-Ukranian bias, but gotdamn Moscow?

Edit: emphasis on Moscow.

Consumerism and materialism really do hold a grasp on the mind for many. Can recount several people I know personally who make really dang good money, far better than I, but spend it all on so much unnecessary bullcrap that they wind up struggling financially.

Found out an hour ago that I'm running with the malware :/

Honestly the most surprising thing to me was that this sorta action doesnt happen more often. Like, this is easy for people to do when angry, and definitely sends a message to someone. Now, it'll be the insurance company that foots the bill at the end of the day, so the specific company owning it won't quite receive the full message of it, but y'know.

Also constructive criticism. Maaayybeee risking the lives of possible hundreds to thousands isn't quite the best idea? Like I know some people would argue it was funny some rich guy's eating his shit, but if you do wanna 'send a message', this guy put his workers outta a job, risked their wellbeing, and that fire coulda spread. Compare that to Luigi Magione, who's only collateral damage was my health insurance costs going down for a few months.

Windows is active spyware, it's well documented that services like their Telemetry function as active keyloggers. The main difference is that the vulnerabilities are likely only problematic if someone is actively looking for you.

As for Linux, it has many different types of OS called Distributions/Distros. You'd likely want to start off on a distro that's beginner friendly, like PopOS. Others work too, this is just my personal preferred flavor of 'just works' distribution. A lot of people will overcomplicate the process of selecting what type of Linux-based OS to choose with loads of technical terms, but you dont need most of that if that's not what you seek to make of it.

My serious answer for running games, as much as I'd like to answer it here, it would likely need a fair sized explanation if you're completely unfamiliar with Linux, just so you can know what to expect. It's more than I feel I can reasonably explain, so I'll recommend you lookup YouTube videos of how to run specific game emulators on Linux, since the video format will likely help a lot.

Pep talk:

An angle grinder can work if you use a cutoff wheel, but knowing the camera's technology, the likelyhood of a vibration sensor pinging back home is too high for my recommendations. Plan to be out within a minute or two, as you wouldn't want a cop responding to it. If it is chopped, dont bring it with you, make sure there is a very nearby method of breaking the camera's innards. Angle grinders do not work as well on plastic as metal in many cases, as plastic will melt from the heat and bind to the disk. A possible solution could be a sledgehammer, if you feel confident in your ability to wield it.

Other approaches can work well too, but it depends on how much damage you want. Some speak about laser pointers, but I advise against that. You'd need an 840-960nm laser of sufficient power, and that can blind innocent people within proximity. What I've seen mention of is a spraypaint can on a stick, but that only damages easily replaceable and cheap covers, so it's only a temporary fix that'd heighten police interest. Nonetheless though, its a low-risk way of telling them to Flock Off.

If you want to stay hidden during night hours, lining things with 840nm IR LEDs will obscure the vision (+920nm works too, but 840nm is the most common). This won't work on daylight hours though, as that uses visual light more than IR.

Also, phone stays at home. Geofencing, Bluetooth signatures, WiFi pings, and SIM tracking, etc. are way too prevalent to risk. And as always, stay safe when using an angle grinder, those fuckers can hospitalize. Park far away, if a car is used, and consider using a "Flock Off" ESP32 device to detect for nearby flock cameras, github page here: https://github.com/colonelpanichacks/flock-you... And I think the last thing worth mentioning is to have gloves and face coverings. Aaaaaand I've yet another new thing, avoid speaking, and consider obscuring your walk pattern if you do appear in it.

To find nearby cameras, this website works well for me: https://maps.deflock.org/

I have pondered this a little, as to why this seems to be the route the administration is taking. The best explanation I've had is that Trump is taking a card from China's playbook.

Several years back, China weakened their currency with the goal of creating an environment that's more embracing to external companies wanting to setup manufacturing plants in their borders. With how this administration is speaking about boosting manufacturing, I can see these two narratives being in conjunction with one another. The problem I see here, though, is that those jobs were spurred on by lower wages as a result of that weaker currency, which I don't quite see as a goal the US should be striving towards.

Yes, given enough time, it'll pay itself back off, but this still seems like a subpar avenue, especially as one of those American workers that'll feel the impact. Whether that's truly the result or goal is anyone's guess, best I can do is speculate.

Likely that the sub is called 'Buy European'.

I know its a joke, but man I just bailed hay yesterday and I'm really feeling it. My nephew had his first time bailing, fella looks like a bit of a twig, and I could tell he was struggling with it. As is usual, I had to pickup the slack, just as my family did when I was new to bailing as a kid. Bet he can't wait until the next field is ready next week.

The title of this post seems to communicate that goal, even if it's not the intent. It is worth noting that the article itself seems to read more as if Samsung is going through bad management decisions amid market turmoil. The current market demand on Samsung has some sectors performing with insane profits, yet others completely underperforming. This current topic is the offproduct of the statements of the lesion between the union reps and the company, to which this individual has already been replaced. They were pushing for a distribution of earnings based on how their respective sector performed.

Also not to be outdone, wronged workers are doing what wronged workers do best. A strike is planned for the near future, and Samsung is currently responding by cutting production quotas in advance. It is not a company wide strike, rather it is a strike of just the specific division of Samsung that's getting lesser earnings. The union seems to see that amid the AI craze, their underperforming sector is at risk of being diminished, even if only temporarily.

I can add more, but I dont wanna interpret for others and I think I've done that enough already. Its not a long or bad read, y'all can see for yourself.

I have often wondered how effective it'd be to just use a spraypaint canister on a pole.

Also, dont bring a phone with, at all. Or anyone else. Or any Bluetooth devices. Bad opsec can lead to bad outcomes.

The font is called "XBAND Rough," if you'd wanna download it and create your own sticker/print.

Aren't those just like, twunks?

It ain't your job to educate me, but if I can ask anyways, why would one opt to not vote out of principle? I went n' looked it up, yet the only mention of it being a conscious decision are spotty, single sentences. Everything else seems to focus on the socioeconomic difficulties people can experience.

To me, it would seem that voting for a non-mainstream party would be optimal if you don't trust the two-party system, wouldn't it?

I don't know anywhere near the full scope of this industry, but what seems to've been the case so far is that Lithium Ion battery recycling isn't really happening because not enough batteries have died yet, to sustain a company in that industry. Which y'know, bit of a good problem to have, but it's also a problem that Lead-Acid batteries had toward the early phases of their use. As was the case then, it took time for enough batteries to die to sustain an industry in battery recycling, and even moreso exacerbated with Lithium car batteries having a longer lifespan.

The interesting part is that once we have enough batteries to sustain the market, a very small proportion has to be manufactured from raw materials to makeup for product lost in the recycling process. This has Lithium in a weird state where we currently heavily rely on its extraction, yet as far as the auto industry is concerned, it won't be too terribly long in the future when we'd have the baseline supply we need.

Anyways, no clue if that's truly their approach or not, but we're at a point that I feel it wouldn't be entirely unjustifiable to consider.