take it from a programmer, folks: knowing how to make computer do magic doesnt equate to general intelligence or automatically make one better at unrelated things like politics. computer shit is a skill like any other that just happens to have a (false) connotation of “high intelligence” whatever that means.

sorry fellow nerds, you aint special. read lenin.

you have to pay at least a $2530 fee to renounce US citizenship, if you somehow avoid all of the other hidden fees. and Allah help you if you mess up part of the application. cool country 👍

edit: i conclude it’s probably easier to lose citizenship by committing treason or joining a foreign military than doing the state department’s arcane (and expensive) rituals

it’s the “i’m almost enjoying my anger!” mood, the deliberate exposure to things you don’t like for the catharsis and/or sense of superiority that’s not unique to internet libs, see also ‘shit X says’ communities that exist everywhere under the sun.

…and liberals once again thinking their votes matter 😎

LineageOS has no actively maintained builds for Huawei devices (but they used to, fairly recently) and it’s a very limited selection of older devices for /e/OS.

idk much about rooting but if you can do it on the stock OS, you can install microG and get bare minimum features like push notifs working.

also FUCK google for locking essential features behind their pooprietary services. they will not be spared in the revolution.

that’s a real bold move when their phones are already stunted without google play services on the stock OS. i now have zero reasons to recommend huawei. fuck 'em.

i can’t find this video on f*x’s channel, probably fake but i also didnt search very well bc it’s still funny and i dont care.

but if someone does have a link share it here, it look hilarious

matapacos defederated from kolektiva for what security concerns? i too am a kolektiva user hiding my power level and looking to migrate, but i dont want to lose the comrades ive met on kolektiva :(

those links don’t work. also i noticed i follow @prolewiki@matapacos.dog perfectly fine, though a lot of the acct’s follows/followers dont show up from kolektiva. are you sure it’s still defederated?

why is Russia blank? does no one in Russia edit wikipedia??

the article very clearly explains that. Give it a read, it’s not that long.

…but if you aren’t going to read it, the summary is that the way we think ads work, associating brands with positive emotions (termed “emotional inception” in this article), is bollocks. Instead, they rely on “cultural imprinting”, i.e. associating the brand with a kind of person or situation. For example, corona is the beer for relaxing on the beach, nike and gatorade are for athletes. So, if you want to relax with some homies, you drink corona. If you value athletic performance, you drink gatorade and wear nike shoes. Major exceptions apply, please just read the article.