I’m so confused. I can’t keep up with any of this anymore. I don’t know what I was expecting considering this is a massive circus. Please forgive my ignorance, but why the heck is the Saudi even being considered? I thought this whole thing with Israel was to secure the land for themselves.

I know I sound like a complete idiot, but I can’t seem to be able to read this article–can someone point me to a resource I can read, even a book or video that helps clarify what the heck is going on. What a nightmare our world has become.

I understand the frustration, but blaming individuals for a government’s actions, especially in 2024, feels misplaced. The reality is, many of us feel powerless to influence our own governments, let alone foreign policies, especially when it comes to complex international conflicts like the one in Gaza.

The U.S. government has entrenched interests and a long history of unconditional support for Israel, sustained by billions in taxpayer dollars. Despite widespread protests and public outcry, these policies seem nearly immune to change. It’s disheartening, but the truth is, most citizens have little say in how their tax money is used, especially on issues where both major political parties are largely aligned.

Voting every four years feels inadequate when the system itself limits real choices and perpetuates the status quo. Yes, we can protest, but even that has its limits. The mechanisms of government and foreign policy are beyond our direct control, leaving many feeling like we’re just along for the ride—forced to watch, speak out, and hope for change that rarely comes.

So while we share the outrage, it’s unrealistic to act as if we, as ordinary people, have the power to stop a war machine fueled by vested interests. The whole system feels like it’s rigged to keep us eating the consequences, whether we like it or not.

So it’s just a matter of time–gotcha

Apple at least talks about privacy and security. Windows just dumped that shit right on you and is planning on storing in unencrypted databases… like, I would expect there to be enough brainpower at M$ to be able to write an application and then secure it… Just use Linux and when Ubuntu and Fedora decide they want to implement those features… OpenBSD it is :D

I still think the target is M$ users since they have the largest userbase and M$ has basically said F*ck it, we’re implementing spyware with little attempt to protect the data. 🎶 every click you make, every screen you take, I’ll be watching you 🎶

They would if we stopped the gravy train

Apple at least tries to explain what is happening, and while not always great, you feel you understand why they are doing something or implementing new functionality unlike Windows who just dumps this shit on you without your consent and then you have to learn 5 years later that they put absolutely no thought in why they were doing, especially thinking about your privacy. Anyway, I use Arch, btw. _/s

Perfect

I’m a philosopher, nothing matters, so stop worrying about it and live your life the way you want to live it.

I could give a shit about tradition… Newsflash, we don’t exist in a world where this is even appropriate or rational. The more time goes by the more I wish they would just push the button and let everything reset itself with us dumb apes no longer in the picture.

Metallica ruined it. They made it seem as though torrenting was evil because their content was being downloaded. Poor babies.

“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” Let’s build more world ending bombs! That’ll show 'em.

Honestly, just download/install from your package manager and then start using it. One of the best built-in modes is called Org mode. Don’t try anything crazy because it’s easy to get overwhelmed. It took me some periods of stopping and starting before things felt natural and became my daily driver.

Was gonna recommend Emacs, myself, but looks like you got it covered! Emacs is an amazing tool and is worth the journey

Yikes

I completely support you all. I find working with AI in ChatGPT has been fun overall, personally. But, I also see what MS is doing right now arguing that they need to take screen-grabs at some interval to make this all work, I think this is BS. I see how OpenAI has been doing to moderate the content AI uses to train, it has a dark side. AI and Privacy are not mutually exclusive. AI invading your privacy is a conscious choice by big tech and it is shameful, but this does not mean that AI can’t also be helpful. I like this guide, because it helps mitigate that agenda.