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Toaster ovens can toast way thicker and larger slices than a standard toaster, and can also be used as a mini oven.

I can’t wait for Chuck Schumer to cave by making secret backroom deals to give the Republicans everything they want again.

Correct. That is what forward secrecy is. That way, if a malicious/state actor gains access to your account, they won’t be able to see your previous messages. If you cross-sign by verifying the new device with an old device, you will be able to decrypt those old messages.

This only applies to encrypted chats. Unencrypted chats’ and rooms’ history will be able to be accessed regardless.

The elite are going after Luigi Mangione pretty hard, and there isn’t even good evidence that he killed anyone.

It’s a thorn, and it makes the “th” sound. It’s an outdated letter not used in any modern languages, except for apparently in Icelandic.

Crypto doesn’t have the same consumer protections as centralized cards, though. You can’t dispute a fraudulent transaction with crypto, as every transaction, much like cash, is permenant and irreversable. That and crypto also has a negative connotation with scams, as it is very commonly used to scam people.

The technology and the idea of a decentralized currency is cool, and with cryptos like Monero, can even mean private transfers of money across the internet, but it also has its flaws.

I do think blockchain technology has its uses, though, for example, with government elections, although in that case, individual clients can be compromised, and there is a high amount of incentive for malicious actors to do so.

And that is ignoring the many issues with proof of work and its power usage.

I’ve been using Matrix for over a decade. It has its problems with stability, but it’s getting better over time, especially with the newer Matrix 2.0 and Element X clients.

• Open source (clients and server)
• Federated
• Self hostable
• Optional E2EE for rooms, and I believe by default for PMs/DMs, along with forward secrecy
• Integration and bridging with other services, although it’s not as seamless as I would like
• Has group calling/VC, but I don’t use that enough to judge how good it is. Should also be able to integrate with Jitsi Meet as an alternative.
• Supports Spaces similar to Discord “servers”, but not as seamless as Discord. Each room (equivalent to a Discord channel) is its own separate thing.

If an alternative isn’t open source and doesn’t support federation and E2EE, I wouldn’t even consider it.

Here is a GPL licensed one that was forked before the license change. Not as feature rich, but definitely still a quality emulator: https://github.com/Trixarian/duckstation-gpl

What was the median wage at the time?

Any emulator that supports PGXP, which is most of them. Duckstation is the one most people recommend, but that one has weird licensing issues and a dev who loves to start drama.

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_emulators

It lost all meaning the second Bush declared the “War on Terror”.

Why does it seem like everyone forgot that he already tried to rig the elections on Jan 6? Democracy officially died on January 20, 2025, and we were screaming from the rooftops that it was going to die if Trump were reelected. But Trump is just a symptom of a larger issue.

The real rot in our system has been here since the founding of the country. The founding fathers chose capitalism as the form of economics, and what they didn’t realize (or maybe did) was that they were just replacing one king with another. They explicitly allowed people who seek power to continue to be allowed to have power over others. Regardless of how much it is or isn’t regulated, it will always lead back to the same road. Call it monarchy, oligarchy, fascism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, or whatever else you want, but this is the road that we travel down whenever we allow rulers in society.

The only way to fix this forever is to not allow rulers in society. Anything short of that will lead us right back here.

The problem with keeping capitalism as the system of economics in any form is that it will always degrade back to fascism since the system will inherently have people with power over other people.

Capitalism is inherently incompatible with democracy. When you have a system where people are allowed to gain power over other people, the powerful will stop at nothing to seize more power, including changing the laws.

I solder with 2700k lighting all the time for extended periods of time. Not sure what the problem is.

Also happens to be one of Epstein’s clients.

What a great line.

The right villianized the word without even understanding what it means. That’s why it became a meme to ask them to define “woke” and watch them not be able to answer.

Assuming the local PD decides to actually arrest them instead of joining them. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

Stuff like death anxiety or the call of the void is very common. It is the human brain’s way of telling us what not to do so that we can keep living since all animals have a very strong survival instinct. It takes time to get used to it, but it will happen.