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Why Slavoj Žižek and Moxie Marlinspike Are Both Wrong About Autonomy

I wrote a thing. I didn't proof read it so it's probably full of mistakes, but I'm burned out for now. Maybe you will find it interesting though.

https://polymerwitch.noblogs.org/post/2022/01/22/why-slavoj-zizek-and-moxie-marlinspike-are-both-wrong-about-autonomy/

@kawaiipunk welp it keeps crashing for me it even crashed my Gnome session somehow 😳

@kawaiipunk oh cool, it's already in the AUR 😃

@kawaiipunk yeah, that's my point.

Can you link to the desktop download? I only see the android app links

@kawaiipunk I really like Briar. I'll have to try the desktop app. My biggest complaint about the project was that it was only on Android so a lot of people couldn't use it. I don't know how they will ever get iOS support ever though. As soon as someone in a friend group mainly uses iOS the ability to use the app with those friends goes down the drain.

That time when Malatesta perfectly articulated why moderating federated communities is good

I just had an amazing blog post idea. I'm committing to writing it: Why Savoj Zizek and Moxie Marlinspike Are Both Wrong About Autonomy

@vortex_egg https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html

@vortex_egg really!? He just posted a long essay tearing them down the other day.

Creation through destruction

My laptop has a socketed CPU. Meaning it's not soldered on. I can swap it out. I have swapped it out. I am confused why this is impossible to find on other laptops.

So far, even those with a clear use case and proposed security controls have either been a MLM, had lack of unstated security controls, or didn't provide the stated security controls in practice. But I do want to help people vet something and not get scammed.

If it has no use case and can't explain why it solves it, then it is a scam until proven otherwise and I can't help someone who gets pulled in. That's beyond my ability.

I will no longer be reviewing and doing tech dives into anything related to cryptocurrencies unless a specific use case is given and a review of specific security controls offered by the blockchain or currency is provided.

If someone says "The future 🌐 of life 👶 is here for the virtual hamsterspace 🚀 surfing chain 🏄 ⛓️ . To the moon!" It's just an MLM and no other investigation is needed.

@argumento I'm not familiar with the bracelets, but I am very familiar with Tails. I love Tails, but it's use of everything over Tor means that people need to be trained before using it. If someone uses Tails and logs into their Facebook then they are less secure than they would have been otherwise.

@technomancy for everyday computing sure. For someone wanting to organize a march or something for the first time, then handing them a laptop that is preconfigured and telling them to use that for their organizing stuff is easier than convincing them to learn how to reconfigure their current tech to cater to their new threat landscape, imo.