heart-warming. uplifting. sometimes i feel that i live in a world where "cash is king" and ego matters more than almost anything else.

Many of us fear feeling too deeply. I'd guess that is why so many of us escape into things that take us away from reality: soap operas/entertainment TV; drugs, alcohol, other addictions such as promiscuous sex that could hurt us, gambling, compulsive shopping that ruins our finances, etc. An online friend introduced me to vippassanna and sent me a wonderful poetic one-page article about it (lost it) and that helped a lot. Taoism and stoicism has similar teachings or thinking. It helps.

well done!

Is western media unbiased? Even WION is no longer as honest and impartial as it used to be - after Youtube temporarily froze their channel and scared them into submission.

mullien. it has many uses supposedly. I've always wanted to try using it as a torch - the long strong flower stem, that is.

idk about crypto being an option for much longer - not in 10 years, I'd think. FIDO Alliance, a NWO/New World Order org, has been working for years to put for a mandatory biometrics/digital ID login each and every time a person uses the internet on phone or PC. There have already been authorities wanting to close down or control crypto. I agree, though, that metal coins will be used to trade: gold, silver, copper, maybe nickel, and not sure what else. They'll probably be made illegal, too, but will still be used. I think we all need to find ways to work at least 5 to 10 hours off the books - a trade that is easier to hide. And, we need to start slowly to create black markets so that not only the bad guys are running black markets. Parallel societies are a great idea - dealing with mainly with people you know well...kind of like the Amish communities.

I disagree about telling an employer about instability in your life. they simply won't take be understanding.

What must've been a broken blood vessel or something that caused pain and swelling near the vagina....how, you say? Sitting cross-legged on my own bony heel and sometimes to fast and too hard so that the heel bone damaged something. It hurt so sit down for a week. It healed completely within 3 weeks, but, boy, was I scared to have to go to the doctor to have it looked at or worked on.

I must wonder if Trump saying that America needs biometrics for illegals is part of this. Using illegals is just an excuse to introduce the Brave New World's tools.

Debian with KDE desktop. I prefer lighter DEs or WMs, but Debian is soooo stable and KDE looks so professional and makes it extremely easy to download packages - much easier than, say, Debian with XFCE which is what I use. When I set up linux on 2 old unused PCs for 2 coworkers after their computers died, I installed Debian with KDE and boss and coworkers were happy. Debian is the base of most distros, so sticking with Debian means more packages available usually and better tutorials and more stability. Even some foreign governments now use Debian as a base for their custom distros - China, too. I never had trouble getting Debian installed or running.

it certainly hurts Jews all over the world - many of whom are also against what is being done to Palestinians.

Ardens, I agree with trying to create your own password system - at least for your most commonly used things. My concept is a bit like this (don't wanna give it all away): I keep at least 3 different emails and they have their own browser (Brave, Goanna engine (Palemooon or Basilisk), and Firefox, for example - ones with different engines) and I also use those browsers' profile options for certain categories. Then, just so that i remember what I am using, I try to color-coordinate the browser's theme and email theme. Ex: gold is for money/financial stuff and I use protonmail with an odd email name used for nothing else and I use a passphrase in a language I speak a tiny bit of. I assume that most company wesites have a minimum of 3 letters and I can either use the first 3 letters or the last 3 letters as part of my passphrase. If for my financial stuff, I can either add or multiple the numbers....if letter E is 5 and E is one of the letters, for financial, I can multiple by whatever number i choose but I stay consistent...so let's say it is 3. Letter E is 5, so 5 x 3 = 15. If another letter in the company name is C and that corresponds to 3, then 3 x 3 = 9. And then there is a 3rd letter L which corresponds to 12, so 12 x 3 + 36. So, somewhere within my passphrase, instead of the ECL that is the company website's name, I use 15936. I also must use a combo of caps and lowercase letters, at least one symbol. usually over 14 total characters and no more than 18 - because some websites set these rules. I can inject the number sequence anywhere I choose - maybe after the 3rd letter of my passphrase just so that I recall that number 3 as being for financial stuff. Example if my passphrase (in a different language) is mykiTTycatisythecutestintheworld =/becomes myk15936iTTycatisthecutestintheworld. Also, for common words such as is or the, swap that word out of symbols - in this example, the word "is" will become %$...so, myk15936iTTycat%$thecutestintheworld

I get tripped up for work passwords, though, because some employers force you to update your PW every 90 days. I usually just add a character and keep the rest the same...but, I can still get a bit forgetful.

they make us fight and fight and fight until we are haggard and have no more fight in us. i hate them. Having others trying to control the group is natural. Accepting it without fighting back seems unnatural. Even wolf packs have been known to eliminate a mean-spirited leader.

depends on the context. people telling socially-acceptable lies get treated far better than those telling unpleasant truths.

I keep seeing videos of Youtubers quitting Arch. I love Debian and will probably mostly stay with it, but after using a few distros in a VM or flashdrive without systemd, I wish there was a really stable no-systemd distro.

have you not seen the Greater IsraEl map? They plan to take farrrr more land, and will return nothing.

me, too, but it only allows 2GB. If you plan to encrypt it for when you aren't needing it, then you can only use half that as encryption doubles files. I've been wondering if Owncloud, NC's close cousin, has a free account, too. I could use Owncloud for images, I guess.

stop feeding the monster. stop financing them, stop buying their products and services. a nonviolent solution seems best and the IsraElis will move without too much pressure. problem is that their leaders run or pressure leaders in the west. so the ugliness will go on for decades or centuries more.

I am not homeless, but rent a room in a shared house. I prefer ethernet connections, but my landlord wouldn't allow it and even removed the ethernet wall plug from an empty bedroom where I used it for 10 minutes to set up a raspberry pi. It wasn't you, but the ethernet requirement.