An interesting point! I’ve heard others say they prefer gridlock in Washington.

Thanks! Something I’ll consider.

Have you used tart cherry juice as a sub for sherry in the past? I suppose the flavor would not be as complex, but I’m intrigued.

Copy / paste formats like this by default. I agree it’s distracting, but it wasn’t intended to be so by the poster.

Or just grease the current US executive branch with some complimentary words, request permission to launch, and bam!

There’s no way to get around “any mention of civil rights” though. That covers all humans.

So there’s Wi-Fi or cellular network, but just filtered?

Maybe. This was an advertisement for a book that had those themes.

Personally, I don’t want either to be excluded.

“After reaching out to Meta about why the promo campaign had been stomped out, the company replied that “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system,” and therefore rejected.”

Wow.

How does WhatsApp work without Internet?

Offer up, but it’s kinda same same, just without zuck.

This made me thoughtful and laugh at the same time, thank you.

You’re right, of course. People prefer centralized platforms, and we “nerds” prefer decentralized ones.

There are no alternatives.

But Google is pushing its own AI at the top of its searches. As if search is going to “soon be deprecated”.

A computer must be part of the process so no human has to take the blame!

/s

Incredible how software companies can be actively hostile to customers.

IRC is great. The challenge is picking a client for the family, and getting them set up. It’s not friction free.

Jitsi is good as an ad hoc communication tool, but it won’t replace a “chat / sms” tool. I took a small peek at SimpleX, and it looks quite complex. Not sure if it really is.

OVMS + a model that was built for it is far more responsive than llamacpp.

You can run an LLM, but it will be limited. Look into Open Vino Model Server.

I’d recommend a minimal install distro (Ubuntu server, Arch, Gentoo, etc…), then add the things you need from there.

Document every step. <— important

And their dog.