I’m actually going with the take that the pedo thing was just part of that, and that it was (and is)a global compromat network where having all the members be rich and involved in various horrendous crimes -with evidence - was the common feature that allows it be controlled and directed.

I’m sure there are some “friends” Epstein that aren’t horrible pedos, but probably only because they were involved in some other horrible thing he had dirt on them for

Nice. At the moment I’m looking at using ESP based LilyGo devices since they’re fairly cheap and power efficient. The plan is to set them up in places where they can run off solar power during the day and if I get enough people onboard we can relay off each other.

The tech itself seems cheap and effective enough that it might be good for situations like i.e. the protests in MS where having a phone or other device with too much personal info - or subject to tracking -might be less desirable. It could also be good in situations like we’ve seen in other countries wherein the government cuts off Internet access

I’m in the process of starting with some LoRa stuff myself, and just waiting on hardware to arrive. Can you provide any details on what you’re using hardware-wise? I’m assuming that 300km is pretty much obstacle-free?

No shit. Like right now the fuckers aren’t even keeping proper plates on their vehicles and are still running around masked like gangsters.

Even if they did have a QR code, what’s it going to do give them a link to a hotline?

"Hello, this is the ICE complaints line, please leave your name, number, and residential address and we’ll dispatch an armed goon squad to deal with your ‘complaint’ "

Yeah I’m not sure how Google justifies getting involved here. Disallowing old OS versions or rooted devices has been a thing with banking or secure apps for a long time.

And some assholes remembered it and are trying to one-up last time

Depends a lot on where you go and specific weather patterns. Climate change is also a significant factor. It used to get well into the double-digits below zero (°c) here in winter. Now we tend to have around just below 0°c to double low double digits above…

There’s not a lot to prevent an invasion, but taking a place and keeping it under occupation are two different things. The USA is good at storming the castle walls but not very good at anything afterwards

Travel to Canada then instead!

Similar climate to the USA and interesting attractions without the potential for being tossed into a holding cell and/or beaten.

Needs more bagpipe!

Personally, I kinda like companies that have an “open source contract” with a fixed date (although such could use better enforcement).

Have a period of time when the product source is closed, and get money for it. After a certain amount of money or time, release the source to the product. Then move on to something new, rinse, and repeat.

Honestly at this point there type of things seem like more than just murder. It’s fucking execution

At this point having other prisoners know he was ICE might be just as bad for him. I don’t the modern SS is popular amongst inmates

Yeah they mis-spelled invasion

They can get a phallic shaped rocket from Bezos. I wonder who is going to supply the volcano lair?

For all the US bitches about piracy costing the industry and jobs, they sure do a fucking terrible job about policing stuff like counterfeits that can be tied to real numbers of economic harm (because people that buy those were actually willing to spend money). eBay is rife with counterfeit media sales and Amazon ain’t great either. I’ve never tried third party sellers from others but I’d bet that Walmart, Bestbuy, and others have a share as well given the ones I see selling “new” items that haven’t actually been produced in a decade.

If they’ve already got a 4B there’s no reason not to use it for one of the many low-power low-profile uses, especially when the cost of PC components is going nuts now

And because they cheated and were allowed to get away with it

How many high-rise libraries do you see? Weight is absolutely a factor in data center design, as is airflow/heat

You joke, but heat does rise and a tall building would need to make extra concessions for cooling concerns, while also dealing with the issues if weight. Large racks of servers are actually quite heavy, which is why many datacenters in i.e Toronto were built in an ex parking garage