Glad to end it on something we can agree on.

What did you mean with this?

“ It’s ok, be glad you’re clearly too European to get this. Leave the Americans to deal with their problems”

Only way i can read it is to say this problem doesn’t exist in Europe.

I would have assumed the same but the littering of the candy bars was a specific part of the problem.

I have little reason to believe this person was lying, i also don’t want to give to much if their personal detail context online but fair i wasn’t there myself to witness it.

I wasn’t really comparing the severity of drug problems in the US vs Europe.

Just that the phenomenon is not exclusive to the US just like being naive about drugs isn’t exclusive to Europe.

I ve heard from someone in europe how a shopkeeper frequently has candy bars stolen.

The candy gets tossed on the street, its the foil they want.

Best use of this template i’ve seen.

Its not that i care personally but its nice to know i am legally protected and my library isn’t going to care with how often we come lend new a new stack.

My library is still lending cd dvd and blueray…

And i am still ripping them all to use on a digital consumer device thanks to a specific local law that ruled people who own an mp3 player can rip cds from libraries to listen on the go.

The bible.

Sodom and Gomorrah and the story of Jacob are basically an iq test.

Not only do the stories sound highly unreal, even if they are real the only rational conclusion is that god is evil and petty.

That said, the philosophies of Jesus are pretty cool and often still relevant today.

Trees

For everyone who doesn’t know. An anecdotal summary (look up yourself for facts, i am just recalling from memory)

Irans democratic elected ruler tried to nationalise the oil industry which was largely controlled by the UK and US who then staged a coup to reinstate and support the monarchy in return for securing them that control.

This made a lot of people in Iran very angry with the West.

That monarch went kinda mad with oppressive power to the point that the clergy was the only real opposition left. Which created the conditions that started the islamic revolution.

And we seemingly learned nothing as one of the Trump regime early ideas for the current war with Iran was to reinstate and back the monarchy with the current last descendant living in the US.

The official Minecraft website has an article about a public, private server run by reporters without borders.

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/uncensored-library

https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en

For obvious reasons many copies of this server And predecessors that existed/may operate within oppressive areas do not advertise their existence online.

Wiki entry of minecraft china edition.

https://minecraft.wiki/w/China_Edition

The argument about minecraft chat being inherently insecure is a straw-man at best. A private server, whitelisted for my own household that runs on hardware that i own is just as secure as any other speech that happens in my living room.

There is no reason for microsoft to have the ability to steal logs to moderate it. And this is why almost every respectable server i know uses plugins to block that shit.

The one where any random player can report another for any reason and have a portion of the chatlog (without consent of any others) send to Microsoft.

For reference i have some members on my adult server who like to joke sell sugar as cocaine. There is no info on what actually counts to ban-able, it might just be ai that decides at this point.

Also there used to be secret library Minecraft servers in china with banned books and thats why there is a separate chinese Minecraft edition now with social media features and all players are identified with all chats monitored.

“Just don’t type anything private” is not an argument i expect seeing on a privacy community either. Sounds a lot like “if you have nothing to hide”

In that case, it seems i am guilty of piracy already, guess i might as well start indulging.

Minecraft has chat control enabled by default where any player can report another, have the chat send to Microsoft after which they (or an ai) can decide to ban you from accessing any servers at all.

Private servers are the only way to block that and create a chat that is safe to use.

This is absolutely about privacy.

No no , thats just standard operation. As long as the “owner” and shareholders ends up with more money than they started they do not give a fuck.

If Ronald wanted they could sell their nuggets and fries in the freezer section of a supermarket. Then everone could enjoy the product of all their taste science at home.

Its capitalism that ruins it.

Duckduckgo -> selfhosted searxng… startpage has also not yet been involved in any controversy for a non selfhosted option.

Copy paste of why duck duck go is a problem:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/

Now I little after this came out they do claim they removed them (odd how that suddenly changes after it was no longer secret) But then much more recent as listed on wikipedia, verifying they still have some long term deals with microsoft in **2025**… microsoft is not going to make a deal with a perceived competitor for nothing in return.

By August 2025, Bing planned to cut off access to its search APIs in a push to sell more AI-related APIs, though **DuckDuckGo believed that larger companies like it with long-term deals would not be affected** 62 Bing had dramatically raised rates for its search API in 2022 after ChatGPT debuted. 62

There is also more general proof that while duck may technically use other sources also. It really is mostly bing:

During a Bing API outage in 2024, DuckDuckGo stopped showing results, indicating that Bing provided a substantial portion of DuckDuckGo’s results.69 70

I literally do not understand how they managed to take such foothold in real privacy communities. I used to love brave till the i was repeatedly pointed to the scandals that many people are aware of and informing others about… but considering ddg i rarely see anyone pointing this out. It actually smells like a huge successful marketing adventure to sell bing to privacy enthusiasts, but for that i obvio do not have proof. I often imagine this meme with bing instead of google and a cute duck go as mr incognito

What if you don’t have a webcam?

“For users with accessibility needs who cannot use hand gestures to complete the challenge, reCAPTCHA continues to provide visual and audio challenges, and develop more accessible and secure alternatives,”

Security is as good as the weakest link, either bots will exploit the accessibility feature making the webcam step for humans unnecessary… or its just as secure… making the webcam step unnecessary.

Blatent attempt to extract data from you and nothing more if you ask me.

I have no knowledge of this drama or hard feelings for your instance in either direction.

But was that ever a thing? I joined a month after you and there where options plenty.