Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@Stacky There's also an ecological argument to be made for refurbishing and converting existing gasoline cars where the environmental cost of making them has already been spent, instead of throwing them away in favor of spending that cost to make a new car.

@Stacky My hope is that by the time I do need to get a different car, either the current situation w/ remote control will improve, or else there will be more off-the-shelf EV conversion kits available for older cars.

@michel_slm There are current cars on the market that can do all three.

Thought experiment: what would a car maker need to be able to do to your car remotely, before you no longer felt that you owned it?

I'm so glad my vehicles are in good shape, and from before this era of always-on networks and remote control. If I needed a car, I wouldn't buy a new one.

Every car maker is looking for ways to turn a one-time car purchase into a subscription, because technology now grants them remote control of your car. I wrote more about this phenomenon here: https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/

New Toyota car owners will need to pay a $8/mo so their key fob can remote-start their car. Cars before 2018 are excluded, because their internal 3G networks are about to go offline, disabling Toyota's remote control. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/12/toyota-owners-have-to-pay-8-mo-to-keep-using-their-key-fob-for-remote-start/

@kop316 100% Merino wool, fingering weight, in black, dark grey, and golden yellow.

This scarf took me about a day to make. I tied on the warp yesterday evening before dinner, worked on it for a few hours yesterday night, a few more this morning, and then another hour or two this afternoon to finish it off.

Off the loom! Indoor lighting doesn't do the colors justice.

The dark grey stands out much better in natural light.

Trying my hand at tweed. #weaving

@yaelwrites Nice set!

I sometimes get asked what the most secure options are for a Librem 14 order. Here are my recommendations: #security #anti-interdiction https://puri.sm/posts/my-recommendations-for-the-most-secure-librem-14-configuration/

Security companies sometimes use "we're in Switzerland" to imply that makes them more secure or private. But better protection from government compulsion doesn't do much good if the company itself decides to collect and sell your location data. #privacy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-06/this-swiss-tech-exec-is-said-to-have-operated-a-secret-surveillance-operation

@wobin Thank you! The picture hides at least some of the flaws. Somehow the warp had uneven tensioning at the ends (possibly because I used a single warp peg for something this wide, possibly because the warp peg fell off the clamp 2x during warping, which made everything fall into disarray).

I learned a lot in the process though so the next one will be better :)

The plaid table runner is complete. It's imperfect, and needs ironing, but I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out. #weaving