Only slightly, unfortunately it’s not as flexible as a normal investment account. I’ve done a good bit of trying to lessen the damage though. Basically, with my specific account, I can pick from around 7 or 8 different funds, many of which include huge tech companies.

Unfortunately, even if I invest only in one, it’s likely going to get affected by the bubble popping since everything is ultimately on the same market as the slop peddling companies.

You’re just making yourself look even worse with every reply.

I’m so glad my 401k is going to vaporize because it’s mostly tech companies.

Holy shit, your replies made me lose brain cells.

Bitcoin = Monero in your mind. They aren’t the same, not even close.

I guess it’s to stay aware of BS happening in the communities I frequent. Also, it allows me to downvote their bad behavior (not to downvote them in retaliation, but rather to help send their comments to the bottom so people know they’re talking BS). But I do block the extreme cases.

Climate change related disasters will only get worse over the long term, though.

No, you need to unlock your bootloader during installation (and then relock it after).

This isn’t fully true. The GOS team said that it would be much more work since they couldn’t use their automated tools to build the image, but not that it’s going to be impossible.

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115062657359884451

However, Google is definitely moving in the direction of locking everything down.

The Pixel 10 basically seems like the Pixel 9 but with even more bloat. On paper, the hardware specs between the two certainly aren’t much different.

I smile every time I see it, knowing that there are still people not falling for his BS. :)

You miss my point. My original comment says as much, that the subsidies all went to big telecom, but it should have gone to local utility districts for local buildouts of fiber. I’m literally sending this message from my LUD-funded fiber that my state subsidized, and my ISP is a local company exclusive to my county’s fiber network. It’s fantastic, and what should be getting the funding instead of Comcast, Time Warner, and now SpaceX.

Most of the addresses my LUD serves are unincorporated, including mine. So, it actually is possible, if your state and county give enough of a shit.

That’s what the subsidies are for. Plus, fiber does not necessarily need to be upgraded after installation (especially rural, where there’s less customers in general). It’s not copper or coax, it doesn’t have the same limits, and can usually handle huge amounts of data (the limit primarily being the transceivers at both ends). The costs of upgrading would also likely be lower than the initial install, something that couldn’t be said about providers like Starlink. Fiber is about the most efficient, cost effective (especially in the long term), and future proof way to provide internet. Starlink is overall much more expensive to maintain.

But yes, without the local, state, and/or federal governments supporting it, people in rural areas won’t have a choice.

We can definitely afford it, especially with LUDs plus federal subsidies. That’s literally what they’re for.

Fiber should be deployed to rural addresses like yours (and should’ve been a long time ago). Instead, that money was funneled to the likes of Time Warner and Comcast who never even followed through on their part of the deal. Now, SpaceX is getting funneled the cash.

I’m super thankful that WA State supports and gives assistance to counties building out public LUDs for fiber access, many paying attention to rural communities first. I escaped Comcast two years ago because of it.

If the wind ever changes I hope that people actually call them out for their bullshit and avoid believing their future BS.

Did you enable the AI black hole/tarpit? It’s the main reason I’ve used their stuff.

I’m sure that they don’t even know what will happen.

That’s still something that may happen. Just because you think that third party is more likely to go away doesn’t mean it will happen. So yes, you completely avoided my point and continue to do so. You even used “might” earlier. That sounds a lot like may to me.

Good job avoiding my point entirely :)