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I don't know if you've used Emacs, but NixOS almost feels to Linux how Doom Emacs is to GNU/Emacs. Not including all the benefits like reproducability, it feels like a reliable framework placed on top of Linux in the same was Doom Emacs is a framework on top of Emacs.

Yes; I highly doubt any of these projects are truly "dead", they just need to figure out the best ways to scrape these services.

Fair enough, I agree that in reality removing AA and not implementing a better system in it's place will only lead to worse outcomes.

Scrapers assemble!

I use Silence, but I've also heard good things about Yet Another Call Blocker. Both Android apps that are not dialers, but call filters to stop spam.

I honestly just switched to denying all calls automatically from anyone not in my contacts a long time ago. If anyone who isn't in my contacts needs to reach me, they'll follow up with an email or text.

This. Not being able to ensure permanent deletion ≠ unprivate. It is a public community / set of websites, you have to lower your expectation of privacy (for services like this.)

Half?? What the actual fuck? How can half the population of a country struggle with literacy??

Upon further inspection I found: "According to a 2020 report by the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adults in the United States have prose literacy below the 6th-grade level."

Both of these statistics are absolutely unbelievable to me, I feel like almost anyone I come into contact with have prose literacy above a 6th grade level.

For news communities, I understand using a bot, at least until you build a userbase.

The official linux cli is pretty garbage, but the community one written in python is really really good.

The ease at which Torguard is willing to give me a persistent IP is something I haven't found in other VPN providers

Other providers come close, as I would consider Monero to be close to as anonymous as cash in the mail. But I don't know of any others who accept monero and do not require an email address.