Yubikey also has usb-c versions with compliant plugs.

Wow, air to air even?

But do you know what the COP is at -30?

Interesting.

At these temperatures, I can’t imagine air source heat pumps being very efficient.

I would probably have a spare gas, oil or wood based heater and use that for days like this, or for if the power goes off on days like this.

Do most Finnish people pay spot prices for electricity?

And when you subscribe to 1 or 2 rotating streaming services and only torrent for personal archiving purposes, you aren’t even depriving the streaming services of any revenue.

We should call it archiving instead of piracy to be honest.

This right here.

The TV comes with the cheapest removable feet, because VESA mounts exist.

The best solution I can think of is to have something like Tor.taxi

Also, they curate the collection so that it doesn’t get filled with low quality garbage.

Part of preserving and sharing knowledge is doing quality control.

You are right, but it’s not just poor developed countries and not just windows either.

Back in the 1990s, copy protection in general was weak and companies wishing to expand market share did not prioritize combating piracy.

They always just focused on making the big companies pay through licensing audits and kept prices high to ensure revenue.

The whole industry just accepted that students, researchers and tinkerers would pirate their software.

Photoshop, Office, Visual Studio and even enterprise software like Oracle had this dual strategy: let piracy help spread market share among those who can’t or won’t pay, while maintaining high prices and security audits to drive revenue from companies.

Many companies still follow this strategy.

Indeed.

Torrenting over I2P is the future. No need for VPN and no dependency on donated bandwidth like with Tor.

The technology needs a bit of refinement and it seems they are struggling to attract and maintain good developers.

In my opinion, the fundamental protocols of I2P need a revamp to make torrenting faster and more efficient.

It will take a few years before we solve these problems.

Whenever communists or socialists gather, the tankies take over.

It’s been like that since the past 100 years.

I that case, why not help spread a little freedom in the rest of the world by hosting an I2P node?

We should make torrenting over I2P the default.

Any dissidents in places like China who are caught using it could then plausibly claim they were just downloading a movie.

Welp, gonna miss theNetherlands… :-(

There should be a bond system where users or instances place some kind of crypto bond that is forfeited when abuse happens.

I think you’re overthinking this.

Right now, Fairphone’s major challenge is increasing market share.

I don’t know if this will help, but I don’t have a better idea. I do think it’s useful to look at cars to see how it can work.

The major auto companies only started taking EV’s seriously because consumers and governments created an opportunity that Tesla took. Once consumers were choosing Tesla instead of Audi or Lexus, it forced Volkswagen and Toyota to start taking the competition seriously.

I think the same should happen with consumer electronics. Standardization, repairability and long life need to be incentivized in a much stronger way than they are now.

Once those incentives are there, Fairphone will be able to take advantage and then Samsung, Google and Apple will be forced to follow.

This, I would just buy Monero (XMR) on an exchange with KYC. Once you start using it, it’s impossible to link it back to you.

If you are really paranoid, use a throwaway temporary wallet. Transfer from the exchange to that wallet and then from that wallet to your main wallet and throw away the wallet you used to interact with the exchange. You can then honestly claim you lost the keys to that wallet.

Indeed, probably a small kid that managed to sneak a bite while mom or dad weren’t looking for a split second.

This is the best answer. The software just has to mature a little bit more. But it’s a matter of time.

Once we reach the phase where most mainstream bittorrent clients support I2P by default, it will become the new standard.

Most people don’t use bleeding edge features.

You have very little privacy in the fediverse. I think this will need to improve to be honest.

Perhaps a combination of Fediverse + Tor/I2P will be the future and people would rotate their accounts every few weeks or months.

A good app could even support all of this on the background, including letting you reply to messages with your old account while making new posts and comments in your new account.

Once all major bittorrent clients support it with integrated I2P routers, the hassle is literally just checking a box, which will be on by default in many clients.

Remember when trackers were being taken down and we all switched to DHT/magnet? Same will happen if they go after VPN’s, we will switch to I2P. And it seems they are going after VPN’s.