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I’d argue that “and” is the proper way to say “&” in english, even though it’s just a fancy “et”. The word ampersand is just a weird spelling of “and per se and”, that is, “and in itself”, as opposed to being part of listing things. Like: x,y,z, and &. The first and is just part of the grammar of listing things, the second is an item in that list.

Sofiero original guld

I loved chip’s challenge!

I fear that I am at this crossroads place right now in my life, also at 43. I’m forcing myself to be a part of a group that seeks societal change for the better, but honestly it’s a struggle. It could go either way.

I can see how one can interpret it like that, but it’s not how I read what he said. I think the point he’s trying to make is that hardened security protects the user from attacks, yes, but their focus is to provide services that can be trusted not to attack the user. He said: “really hardened security stuff that could clearly be useful for executives, in the secret service, or whatever. That’s not our goal”

I mean, I use GrapheneOS on my phone, but do I personally need all the hardened security? Not really. It’s nice theoretically, but mainly I’m just happy the OS itself isn’t spying on me. I’m personally not very worried about an evil maid attack or state level spying.

An important piece in some openings.

If Trump was an old school italian mafia guy, his nickname could be Donnie Two Weeks.

What’s your favourite distro? As a chronic distrohopper I’m always curious about what people use and why.

Yes, but she has lots of them. Ok, to be honest, I do this maybe half of the time, after considering if there is a chance my penis will end up in her mouth later, I want to be clean. She puts her diva cup in the sink some times and forget to rinse it, we just not easily grossed by natural body things I guess.

Wet but clean, so my bath towel works. Or the small towels my girlfriend use to wash her face, whatever is closest.

If I’m at home I wash it at the sink faucet before washing my hands.

With the criteria flathub uses for verification, everything in debians own repos is unverified. We’re trusting the maintainer either way.

What’s different between LMDE and choosing cinnamon when installing debian? Do they change anything under the hood on the debian base?

Me too! I haven’t thought about it much either, I’m happy with Graphene though.

There’s still over a year of OEM support left with official support etc, but have you started thinking about what to use after that? A newer pixel? Motorola? Something else entirely?

9front is the only OS I know that actually has a minimum age recommendation on their web landing page: “Ages: 5 & Up”

GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6a

It’s really a declaration, or an assertion.

I agree, honesty is a good first step. So, given all this, should we focus on simply being the more attractive option? Or a combination of principles and convenience? If the good option is cheaper or more convenient, we wouldn’t strictly need principles and moral arguments. I’m just thinking of strategy here, it can feel good to be a righteous preacher, but what actually gets us the results we want?