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[–] gnome@programming.dev 1 points 19 hours ago

It's not far-fetched, infinite growth and all.

Since Kobo e-readers have public library integration where I live and I no longer have an Amazon account, the Kindle I bought is just sitting there. If it pans out into a subscription model and Amazon also cans other forms of side-loading, honestly Kobo + physical books would be my only go-tos: why pay extra to borrow from Amazon when my taxes already go to a library system from which I can also borrow books? I've transferred the books I had on the Kindle. Maybe it can be reused with a pi should it come to.

[–] gnome@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I'll take a look!

[–] gnome@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why would it be bad idea to use both? According to Tor+VPN, provided you connect to VPN first, it should be fine.

[–] gnome@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I used to use Tor to surf surface + deep webs, but not the dark web — basically a substitute for the common browsers but without the incessant tracking and attempts at personalization.

I do agree that a VPN + Tor, disabling JS, and avoiding identifying forms are up there in terms of safety measures. I'd add that using Tor on Android is also iffy, but I'm still looking into it.

[–] gnome@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

True, though, we do need a quicker solution with a lower barrier to adoption ASAP. Carbon capture could be a good long-term approach to augment CO2 management, provided we figure out the details of CO2 solution "loads"/proportions, costs, maintenance, and capture locations.