Post B4kQ6vnSWLj8fuB6gq by elle@weathered-steel.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4hyo9BnPwIvd9SbYW by neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
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       The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hyo9Lip2FC7w6X1k by neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
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       Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.* No age or ID verification* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run* No third party accounts
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hyo9fZdE7j7VONyC by slothrop@chaos.social
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       Y’know @neil one of these days you’re going to wake up and find you’ve become a revolutionary anarchist, relatively speaking.Same here. My opinions remain fairly constant, but the Overton Window almost keeps rushing past.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4hys1QIEYVKhc5ZTM by neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
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       @slothrop > you're going to wake up and find you’ve become a revolutionary anarchistWow. I sound *sexy*.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4kQ6vXVTexzsQiMpE by hedders@mas.to
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       @neil I do worry that we're seeing the beginning of the end of personal computing, in the sense of being able to own a machine that you control and that does your bidding.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4kQ6vnSWLj8fuB6gq by elle@weathered-steel.social
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       @hedders @neil we're to a lesser extent also seeing a parallel beginning of fully truly open hardware. chip manufacturing is getting cheap enough to allow small shops to do runs of custom microcontrollers, e.g. https://www.baochip.com/let's water what we want to grow. support open hardware / linux hardware shops like:@mntmn@frameworkcomputer@bunnie
       
 (DIR) Post #B4kQ6w33aMChSHTZ0C by mntmn@mastodon.social
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       @elle @hedders @neil @frameworkcomputer @bunnie framework don't make open hardware afaik
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ksY8bvmewUx6Y0VE by elle@weathered-steel.social
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       @mntmn @hedders @neil @frameworkcomputer @bunnie they fit into the "linux hardware" part. I included them because they upstream support for their hardware in Linux, and are focused on modular laptop systems. they also have an ecosystem of modular open hardware USB-C extensions, and open hardware designs for their mainboards.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4v3JpcubzN361zE4e by simonzerafa@infosec.exchange
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       @neil Give the world's dangerous slide into extreme right politics, and fascism, using your computer like it's 1999 is seen as radical and anarchist. Welcome to being radical and anarchist by being the same socialist you were in 1999 😂Edit: If you think Windows is bad, try setting up a Mac without linking your identity to the device. Pro Tip: Buy the device with cash and never give the salesperson your email address or mobile number. Good Luck 😁👍