Pffft, I don’t trust meself with me own dater. Gon’ lose it all in a jiffy, fr fr

So many boring local news from the US making it my way, but this is what they gon’ have an issue with lemao

These just people with ideas. They’re just like me and you when the smoke and cameras disappear

Well, they took away Kimmel, we unsubscribed. They brought Kimmel back, we subscribe. Makes sense.

We’ve seen it works, but if we remain unsubscribed, next time around we won’t have anything to threaten them with.

Not to mention we should reward good behaviour, innit? Ain’t that how it works? Punish bad behaviour, reward good behaviour

Good. Now I can go back to Disney+

Ah, yes. Russia, as usual. US is best and would never do anything wrong. Maybe if people started eating bananas sideways, they’d finally woke up and realise who done it for real. They tried blaming DEI from day one, and y’all thought that wasn’t it. Well, guess what? Honestly, I don’t even know what to say. And for those about to rave… we salute you. Cuz there ain’t nu’n like it hot. May June July.

I’ve started on vinyls. They’re cool, but it’s some work. Gotta store it right, handle with care, clean them. And that doesn’t guarantee it won’t skip around or, worse, get stuck on a loop. I do like the big square that is the sleeve cover, and it’s just kind of cool. But I’ve been considering CDs instead. Cheaper, afaik, and can be ripped onto a PC with the right hardware (which I presume is allowed — so long as you don’t distribute it — given you pay for it). Cover art is unfortunately smaller, and I’ve seen some cool vinyl concepts that probably wouldn’t work as CDs (colourful? Semitransparent? Glow in the dark???). But far more convenient, and cheaper. Plus, with the right hardware, I could also listen to FM radio

Vinyls are cool, CDs more are convenient (or so I reckon)

Okay, anyone got a map or list on this? Definitely curious on seeing who’s still in and who’s out, like that FightChatControl site

Then the US took over?

So, is this Mexico somehow or yet another bamboozle like when US call itself 'Murica even though they but a fraction of the continent?

Based against US? Brazil 🤝 Portugal ???

No puedo parar de imaginar como seria vivir en Manhattan

Beef Jeezos?! Omg, he real!

Honestly, is there anything stopping a country from just “mirroring” US tariffs? US gives them X% tariffs, they give the US X% tariffs back. Is this feasible? Or is it a crappy idea?

Zucc hates this one simple trick: switch to Signal and quit WhatsApp. I ain’t done so, but if I did, I sure would have way less messages. Not by a lot, given I barely maintain regular chats in WhatsApp. But the chances would be slimmer, given barely anyone’s on Signal

I was mainly mentioning servers outside US in the context of me blocking access to/from US personally. If US blocked it all everywhere, that woudn’t be possible. You’d at best have the data up to that point in time, until the block, but no further, unless the companies update their servers physically, with, like, USBs, CDs, Floppy Disks.

As for already connecting to data centers nearby, some of my top US connections, according to NextDNS, are, ironically, from Spotify, which, afaik, is European.

Few hours is a short time Yeah, but remember this also affects everyday people. I was mainly thinking of them, I guess. Akin to a nation-wide power outage. You see just how much you depend on it, and what it’d be like without it. It may already be so ingrained in one’s everyday life. To realise to what extent, can be eye-opening. Most people probably wouldn’t expect, and could be surprised, by stuff mentioned, such as GPS and payments, not working. Or just something that, in the background, relies on a big US company, like Amazon servers or something

pfsense Will look into that. And also look for the keywords, see what else I can find. Let’s see if I go through with such experiment

Well, worse than it seems, then.

I’d be willing to experiment, try and block US connections to and from my computer, but I could probably deal with it, seeing as I don’t use as much US stuff as the average person. Companies also probably have servers in other places, meaning perhaps they’d connect through elsewhere, and, in such a test scenario, me having control, I could allow the connections whenever I want or need.

To have everyone lose internet connection to/from US, would be real bad, it seems. Worse than I thought (though granted, I did not think much, clearly). Though if it were for a few hours, maybe let people see the consequences of their dependence, and what life would be like without these services. Guve 'em a taste.

All the more reason to not rely solely on the US and maybe adopt / help fund alternatives.

On another topic, if anyone knows how to block connections based on location, feel free to enlighten me. I’d actually enjoy trying out the aforementioned experiment, but NextDNS doesn’t have such feature

What does this mean, exactly? Sounds like “Trump could end Europe’s internet access”, but I’m sure wise Lemmy experts could chime in to clarify this means “Trump could disconnect Europe from the US, internet-wise”, which tbh don’t sound that bad. Sure hoping it’s the latter