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  • Elizabeth Eckford had the protection of the federal government (this is it you ignore that she got PTSD so bag from the experience she attempted suicide btw).

    Today’s federal government on the other hand is on the side of the people yelling:

    You ever hear about the Black Panthers? You know why they were so successful California and the FBI had to intervene to try to disband them? Here’s a hint:

    And you know why they were armed? Here’s another hint to how non-armed black protestors were usually dealt with in history (sfw example):

    An unarmed protest is a defenseless one with no deterrent for the aggressors. And if you’re protesting against literal Nazis, it’s not going to be peaceful. Even during Trump’s first term people were kidnapped, and he’s way more unhinged this time.




  • The thing is, they care about privacy and such, but don’t know about tech really 😅 otherwise I would have gotten the easy route.

    I know multiple people like this though.

    In your case you should probably give plasma Bigscreen a try depending your hardware.

    If you don’t mind a keyboard, I will say Ubuntu ran surprisingly well, but consider a lightweight browser unless you have 8gb + of RAM



  • Well, on a raspberry pi 4 4gb, no. It’s very sluggish.

    Maybe on a 5 with 8gb?

    The next device I was going to test though is an Odroid C4 (4gb).

    I’m currently going to meet with Bliss Rom creators to discuss getting Netflix etc working on Android as well in a sandboxed manner that still gives 1080p (maybe standard Android though with Flauncher instead of Android TV)

    It’s tricky to have a privacy friendly device that can also run mainstream, well, streaming clients.

    I’m making this to make an easy to use box that works with a plain IR sensor remote for my parents (along with a customized Rustdesk client app in case they need help).

    If that’s not a problem though (like you want to use Radarr/Lidarr) then you can just a Lineage OS version of Android TV, although it seems Konstakang’s version has issues with audio over HDMI on Android 12 and above.







  • Your argument doesn’t follow logic.

    1. you say voting for Dems would destroy it, but letting literal fascists get absolute power would also destroy it, permanently, while also destroying why change for actual leftists to gain power.

    2. for some reason you think it’s better to let the fascists win to destroy the center right, but not destroy the fascists by not allowing them to gain power continuously???

    3. you stated it’s not ethical to allow the Democrats to continue existing as they are because they’re not as a whole left wing and are also causing harm, but it’s ethical to have many more suffer? That’s just hypocrisy.

    4. you assume the DNC is dumb rather than corrupt

    5. you assume you’ll still have a legitimate democracy after Trump.


  • Actual leftists KNEW that already. Kamala, Biden, the majority of the DNC - they’re all corrupt corporatists.

    But the situation the USA was in was one of minimizing overall damage. And with the corporatists, there was still a small chance of gaining some control from them peacefully via elections, if simply because more left leaning people can at least run under the Democrat moniker.

    With the fascists, that opportunity is gone. By allowing them to win, not only do you worsen the genocide occuring in Israel (if not ensured Israel from achieving it entirely), but also just got killed a bunch of other people and hurt a huge amount of minorities in the USA as well.

    Not voting didn’t stop the genocide and never would have, but it did guarantee that it gets worse while hurting other innocents outside of Palestine as well. If you didn’t vote for Kamala (which literally means “horrible” in Finnish), you’re a dumbass, because you allowed a greater evil to prevail. Especially since I know many of y’all abstainers are still paying taxes anyway and funding the genocides either way.


  • I should have elaborated.

    In the EU, if buying from another EU country, you just put in your VAT# to exclude VAT. But your country’s tax administration can then ask to justify a business expense. You can only claim VAT paid on foreign (non -EU) imports once doing taxes for reimbursement if it was paid.

    I have a feeling Estonia’s tax administration doesn’t ask as many questions as the Finnish one.

    That said, there’s usually an actual exception for luxury cars, if it’s for your sales people (or if you do the sales, yourself). Luxury branding can be used as a “marketing tactic” due to “presentation”. Basically, if you’re meeting with a potential customer, looking like you’re successful technically makes you look more reliable. Essentially business attire for your personal transportation.

    Not saying it’s necessarily true, but it’s actually a really old thing done in many countries.


  • I’ve been working on what you want basically for awhile now. But currently what I’ve come with is:

    Plasma Bigscreen with Waydroid (and instead of Newpipe I’d recommend Stube instead in Waydroid).

    If you do want 1080p for Netflix etc for whatever reason, basically sandboxed Firefox with DRM enabled with (streaming service website) turned into a Webapp