Most of us need permission just to get our hands on cash.

Trickle down economics - when the 1% tinkle on the remainder.

Pass.

Focus on cryptocurrency but ignore the blatant connivance on Wall Street. Sounds about right.

I believe Proton VPN allows for cash mail in. https://protonvpn.com/support/payment-options/

Mullvad doesn’t try and lock you in with any auto-renewal shenanigans and was the second service that I know of to offer payment via xmr. The first was ivpn but their server speeds were trash.

Projectors > *

Brick and mortar will always be more expensive and there are always cheaper options than Target. I used to love Fry’s but they are no more.

Fedora.

Opensuse Tumbleweed.

It’s definitely more frustrating. I’ve had a similar experience trying to help people with their Windows PCs. Thankfully I’ve managed to convince a few to switch to Linux Mint.

No systemd on my void or gentoo builds either.

And I can’t eat without shoplifting…

Why did you assume I was talking about social media? Besides lemmy I really don’t do social media.

Lucky them. I wish I didn’t need one. It’s a window to other people’s problems.

Void is far from torture. It is just as easy to set up as Arch, if not more so.

Arch is too easy to set up nowadays for it to be a “thing”.

Maybe 15 years ago when the process was slightly more complicated but even then it’s always been paint by numbers.

Even Gentoo isn’t that difficult, just time consuming.

So the demo that likes to spread malicious gossip (and lies) in real life also does so online? I’m shocked…

You can buy a license directly from Threema via credit card, btc or cash in the mail.

Is it still a pump and dump when the fake founder loses money too…

They may have people working in their homes whom they do not fully trust - cleaners, maids, nannies etc.