I have an idea: Set this up and just tell the US to fuck off all the time.

The only thing they can do is lobby, build bigger, expliot loopholes and maximize their margins.

A few small ones.

Aw, did someone get their fe-fees hurt?

Meanwhile, my employer decided to switch from a self made Linux platform (with it’s pitfalls due to the usual “it’s free, why should we put so much money into maintenance” reasoning) to Microslop. I and multiple other people warned them, again and again.

I know someone who should try that in the company who try it without a space suite.

Please reboot the server, on site.

I don’t trust proprietary software anyway.

The US has worked to keep the upper hand w.r.t. tech, espionage, backdoors, copyright acts and trade agreements for decades. We never saw eye to eye (he), this didn’t start with him.

Not the DRM free ones running on an air gapped Linux machine.

He’s also a mathematician.

GLP2 at least and reproducible builds or bust.

Relevant xkcd classic

Where did I put my smallest violin?

Nazis, boomers and bots. With huge overlaps.

Sorry, wasn’t meant as a slight against you.

Remember people: Proprietary systems are never yours. And in this case, they own you.

Me when Americans talk on the world stage

Windows11

They won’t be taken off the road. After the first passengers are hit, they will blame “jaywalkers” and suggest some kind of tracking tech we have to wear.