Delta Chat is an open-source messenger that looks and works much like a conventional chat application but uses federated email-based infrastructure for message transport. New users can use Chatmail accounts instead of providing an existing email account. Advantages Disadvantages Overall Assessment Criterion Assessment Decentralization Excellent Open-source independence Excellent No phone number required Excellent Ease of ... read more
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Euria AI at Infomaniak
Euria: What Potential New Users Should Know Euria is an AI assistant developed by the Swiss technology company Infomaniak. Its main distinguishing features are privacy, digital sovereignty, Swiss hosting, and integration with Infomaniak’s broader productivity ecosystem. Privacy and Digital Sovereignty Euria is designed as an alternative to AI assistants operated by major US and Chinese ... read more
Billionaires and the Natural Selection of Civilisations
People are rightly alarmed at the accumulation of large amounts of wealth by individual men, which sometimes eclipses the budgets of entire countries. For example, Jeff Bezos wealth ($243.8 billion) exceeds the government budgets of Finland, Iceland, Estonia, and Latvia combined ($227.64B) No civilisation has an interest in allowing private individuals to rival the power ... read more
European Commission, European Software
A first step to EU sovereignty is to make the European Commission independent of foreign countries’ software technology. ... read more
Subinternet
Computer technology, once a boon to productivity and creativity, is now poised to destroy jobs, democracy, the stock market, and even mental health. Maybe it’s time to dial back computer technology to a level that is less menacing. ... read more
Fascism is Stupidity’s Smartest Answer
It is an irony of modern democracy that elected politicians need be loyal only to those who elected them. ... read more
Progressive Perfectionism
Perfection is the enemy of better ... read more
The Algorithm
Billionaire-controlled social media has emerged as democracy’s greatest threat. Be it disinformation, conspiracy theories, rage-bait, or Russian election interference, the algorithms of platforms like X-twitter and Facebook promote social discord and distractions from real problems. Democracies of affected countries no longer function as democracies. The dissolution of the USA in 2025 is an example of ... read more
Forest River Surveyor (2017)
$16980, Amherst, MA info@activersity.org This camper is 24 square meters (226 sqft, which is the size of a Japanese studio apartment). It sleeps five comfortably, but potentially eight. It can stay off-grid for about five days. A plethora of electrical outlets makes it usable as a home office. Kitchen The kitchen has a double sink, ... read more
The Unpredictability of the Inevitable
Perfect storms cannot be predicted, but they can be prepared for. ... read more