curious_dolphin

There are tools for enabling one to save a bunch of ISOs on a single USB thumb drive so that you don't need a whole fleet of thumb drives. One such tool is called Ventoy, and there's another one out there, although its name escapes me atm.

I'll bite on tariffs. In a vacuum, my default opinion is that tariffs impinge on individual liberties and distort economies—they are a form of government interference and should be avoided. Since we do not live in a vacuum, I imagine two scenarios in which I'm okay with import tariffs:

• Countries who don't play fair should be treated differently from countries who do. For example, if a country subsidizes their own industries to make them more competitive in the global marketplace, then other countries are justified in imposing proportionate tariffs against that country. Similarly, if a country imposes import tariffs, then other countries are justified in imposing their own proportionate tariffs against that country.
• If an industry is vital to national security, then this changes the calculus significantly. A contemporary example is energy independence from belligerent regimes. *cough* Russia *cough*

Barring these scenarios, I favor allowing the markets to determine the winners through free and fair competition.

I don't have much substance to contribute to this particular conversation beyond that I think your points are well thought out and articulated. On a separate note, as someone who recently discovered this community, I just want to say that I've been longing for a space like this for some time now. Thank you, OP and mods.

At the Hyundai Motor Group's new Metaplant just outside of Savannah, Georgia, workers assemble the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9 electric crossovers without ear protection because the factory was designed to be so quiet.

This is great advice if you do not value your own life.

For those wishing to learn more about this specific incident, here is some media coverage:

• Federal authorities detain Tufts student in Somerville - The Tufts Daily
• Watch: Masked ICE officials detain Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk | AP News

And here's the original Tufts Daily article that Ozturk co-authored in March 2024: Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily (Archive.org | Archive.ph)

The comment that you replied to does not imply the phone number can be used to decrypt messages. All they are saying is that because Signal accounts are tied to phone numbers, a potential adversary already has one piece of the puzzle (who is talking to whom). If somehow, some way, the encryption were ever compromised, then the adversary would have both pieces—in other words, they would know not only who is talking to whom but also what they are saying.

Any surprises you wish you knew about beforehand that you'd care to share? Any bullshit around financial stuff, filing taxes while abroad, etc?

Laziest take.

windows... has not had an issue with anything I've wanted to do.

Then you should use Windows. It sounds like it works for you.

I offered up a counter-anecdote to your anecdote. I did not mean to invalidate your experience.

That said, I'm triggered by statements like, "Linux isn't ready," because they aren't conducive to productive conversation. A better way to think of it is, "Linux/Windows/ isn't for me." Linux doesn't have to be for everybody. Likewise for Windows or any other OS. I think it's great that we have so many choices.

Crazy how different our experiences have been. Over the last decade I've hopped from Ubuntu to Mint, Debian, Fedora, Nobara, and currently on Bazzite. Never had an issue connecting to the internet. (shrugs)

Obligatory "you do what's right for you," but just sayin', be very careful with this strategy. I know people who panic sold in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic out of fear and then missed out on the recovery. Sold low, bought high. Set them back 20 years.