I’m also disappointed with Ugo for this post. It seems uncharacteristically poorly thought out and inconsistent. If climate change risk is high then also is crop loss and following famine, for example.

Many people have made the point that towns embedded into a rural landscape have better scaling for infrastructure and transport distances in the tail end of the fossil age than large cities. Arguably we’re already seeing some first egress waves into the surrounding countryside, though for the wrong reasons, since mostly driven by remote work which depends on a high technology level.

Almost but the most traditional all Amish are using diesel for agricultural production. I agree that their society is one of the best prepared for the coming challenges. It is not a lifestyle I would choose voluntarily, and many aspects of Amish are not at all attractive to a person whose values have been shaped by modernity.

No, Revolt checks neither of my boxes unfortunately.

End to end encryption between clients (also for groups) seems to partly address the issue of a bad server. As for self-hosting, any rented or cloud sevices are very vulnerable to an evil maid. So either in-house hosting or locked cages with tamper-proof hardware remain an option.

It would be even better to capture, even though it’s expensive. But the chapter on natural gas is closing, anyway.

What’s the protection in the clients assuming compromised infrastructure, like e.g. in https://notes.valdikss.org.ru/jabber.ru-mitm/ ?

It is entirely insecure.

So what’s left? Jabber?

Risk perception completely askew. Ugo seems to lose his touch.

To hell. In a handbasket.

No use cases for this so far.

Mobile service quality is defined by the baseband, which is an immutable blob to the OS. I phone rarely and currently use my old LineageOS phone for it.

I’ve got a support case for my Pixel 7a open due to potential battery issue. If I return it I will buy a different, bigger (6.7") Pixel model. My new Pixel tablet is doing fine so far.

I use tablets to read things when lying down, so notebooks don’t fit.

Matrix (Element), Signal, Telegram. Other stuff probably requires Google services which I don’t use on the tablet. Phone has Google services, but I don’t really use it for messaging other than Signal.

The endgame is that nobody has money and companies go bankrupt. The end.

I’m on GrapheneOS on tablet/phone for time being, but I’m fine going back to a dumphone and a Linux or BSD tablet or convertible.

Without fossil fuels natural bioproductivity of the planet allows for 500 million individuals sustainably, probably a bit less. So some 95% of the population will succumb to excess deaths. The only question is, how soon.

Side effects became too annoying. My job is currently not sufficiently stressfull, so I can do without. Not getting stuff done is a tradeoff, but I’m too old to care.

I was on atomoxetine before it suddenly stopped working, then on methylphenidate which only fucked me up and then on lysdexamfetamine which worked best. I have been off medication for a few years now.

Marketing. Fresnel lenses are not going to do well with diffuse light.