Tim Walz is a white dude. Democrats need to stop fucking around. We’re back to a place in history where women nor people of color are winning a presidential election. It’s the unfortunate truth.

The only game I really play is Call of Duty, which will not currently run on Linux.

I went to Windows 11 last week using the BYPASSNRO method. I really only use my PC for gaming, and I’ve noticed a lot more freezing in Steam than with Windows 10.

I’m moving back to 10 as we speak.

History has been working against us for quite sometime now. The majority of us are one paycheck away from living on the street and not being able to feed our family. It would have to become absolutely dire for us to actually do something about it, as you say.

Is it as secure as it claims?

Without a third party audit, we’ll never know.

Brave Browser has been solid.

I used it temporarily and didn’t notice anything. I left to use a custom domain, which they don’t support.

I don’t think many people here use Brave Browser because of their crypto referral program, but they’ve made strides at mitigating fingerprinting. I use Brave Browser on my PC and Android and never had an issue.

If you don’t have a VPN, it’s time to fire one up. I’d suggest Mullvad or Windscribe.

I was on the verge of deleting everything online, including my email address, because I’m with you, but at what point does the privacy movement start intruding on enjoyment of daily activity. I’ve accepted that my information will be had in exchange for a good product.

It’s not exactly how I want to operate, but also, life is too short. Ultimately, I’m on the verge of using Mullvad Browser, Mullvad VPN, and probably getting my email hosted out of some small shared hosting platform somewhere.

I think about this type of stuff daily and it’s just exhausting. The Internet has transformed into what we’d hoped it wouldn’t over the past five years.

Posteo.de has email, contacts, and calendar. You can use Filen.io for cloud storage.

Posteo.de is E2EE. It’s $12 per year for email, calendar, and contacts.

I don’t believe a bill will be introduced.

The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) have decided to standardize the use of the encrypted messaging app Signal for non-classified communications via mobile phones.

The Swedish military would likely have to reevaluate their use.

It’s amazing how everything goes full circle a few times in a single lifetime.

People, I’ve already mentioned that Windows 10 LTSC is out there until 2027. Additionally, Windows 11 non-TPM is available out in the 'bay.

I’m not mad or upset at all. I could not care less. I don’t know anyone that are trans, especially any children that are. It doesn’t affect me, but I still have an opposing opinion, however ignorant that may be.

There was a short period of time in the 80’s when medical professionals believed you could contract HIV from someone by simply drinking after them. My point is that medical professionals can be wrong.

Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria.

Research on the long-term effects on brain development and cognitive function is limited.

Research on the long-term effects on fertility and sexual function is limited.

I’ll be completely honest. I’m on the fence about all of it, but I do take an issue with our children basically being the Guinea pigs. However, I’ll concede because as I said earlier, I really do not care enough.

You win. I just don’t care enough.

You stated I was in the minority, which wasn’t true, and frankly, just because a few organizations believe it’s acceptable doesn’t speak for the entire medical community. Again, many medical professionals don’t agree. Are those medical professionals also the “6th-grade-reading-level Americans” you speak of?

That doesn’t put me in the minority. I did a simple search, and the first result was a poll from 2023 stating that most adults are against it.

From what I’m reading, many health professionals can’t come to an agreement on it.

Regardless, you do you. I’m allowed to state an opinion. If you take that as “someone trying to tell you what to do,” that’s more of a “you” problem than a “me” problem.

Am I in the minority in thinking that minors shouldn’t be getting physical treatment, anyway?