Elias @eliasr@librem.one

Today I tried to buy a toaster.

It has bothered me lately that so many things seem to be "made in China", given that China is one of the absolute worst dictatorships in the world. So I decided to get a toaster that was not made in China. I had no other requirements; it should toast bread, and not be made in China.

I failed. I went to several different stores around central Stockholm, found several toaster models of different brands, all "made in China".

😠 😠 😠

@Tutanota best to stay away from all of the GAFAM companies: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft. They are all dangerous due to their size and their monopoly positions in different areas. We really need to reduce their power in the world. The issue is much bigger than ads, it's about power and control. Those companies are a threat to any kind of free society.

@debacle @valhalla @debian I think it's almost always a good idea to define each acronym the first time it is used, in any kind of document.

In this case, https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/bits-from-the-dpl-april.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon is a fairly long text with "DPL" mentioned more than 20 times. Writing it out the first time would not take much space, and would help make the text a little bit more welcoming to newcomers.

@valhalla @debian thank you ⭐

@debian what does "DPL" mean?

@Mer__edith sounds super interesting! It would be great if the video could be made available somewhere other than youtube.

@erincandescent noooooooooooo! the infamous "Threads" thing finally made it into my feed. I guess it was only a matter of time.

If you talk to folks over there, tell them to leave facebook's crap behind and get on a decent (as in non-facebook) instance instead 😄

@neil it's a fascinating approach to tackling a problem of increased number of homeless people -- "let's arrest them!"

@kjellbastian mm när jag möter någon från en 400 miljoner år gammal art och med skelett av brosk, då vet jag att jag är en tönt i jämförelse. Jag har absolut ingenting att komma med.

@schrotie

> ensuring price stability

Yes, but do we really need price stability that badly? To an extent, sure, but everyone is already used to inflation at a few percent, perhaps it would be okay to have a few percent more yearly price increases because the government is creating more money?

Hm, but a few percent is far from enough to cover all government spending.

Matbe issue a new currency every year to restore prices? 🙃

@dcjohnson

@kjellbastian det är nånting coolt med att tillhöra en riktigt gammal art. Respekt!

@Ibex vafalls? redan??

@normalniklas ok, de skulle säkert säga att det du såg var en sån där "hallucination" som såna system hamnar i ibland utan att någon vet varför.

Men egentligen är väl problemet att ingen riktigt vet varför det blir rätt svar heller, de gånger det blir rätt. Och då vet man ju inte varför det blir fel heller, det går inte att felsöka på något rimligt sätt när man inte har en aning om vad som händer. Många miljarder empiriskt bestämda parametrar och så plopp kommer det ut ett resultat bara 😄

I think @schrotie has a point, banks can get money from thin air because governments explicitly allow banks to do that. (One can certainly argue it is a bad idea to allow that, but anyway.) The fact that banks are allowed to do it does not mean it is a good idea for governments themselves to do it. It is governments who need to act responsibly and avoid crashes or other craziness. Banks will only ever care about their own profits, we cannot expect banks to act responsibly. @dcjohnson