2026-10-26T01:05:45Z https://nostr.now Martijn 🇪🇺🇳🇱 https://nostr.now/npub12tm8at8hv9r5ek5raeuczpuz3vjazexkyjral250jmr9tc5stjgq9rky44 https://s3.masto.ai/accounts/avatars/109/355/432/296/768/544/original/2dc36631b460f6d3.png https://s3.masto.ai/accounts/avatars/109/355/432/296/768/544/original/2dc36631b460f6d3.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8nxgwljlsvmh7ewmq30t65t5al5jq37mvjklxymsdkrul72lq3gszypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfq7m7knj I was just watching some more &#34;#Canada as the 51st state&#34; nonsense and got to wondering...<br/><br/>If you are #Canadian and happen to read this post...<br/><br/>Would you, as a Canadian, be interested in joining the European Union? (voluntarily of course, we&#39;re not Trump 😂) #eu #europe <br/><br/>Just curious what people are thinking. 2025-03-21T21:20:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zy5dtztzkdpg66aujv47qf6yt29y6plcc43xacxdyzzg73k65rszypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqa2ws68 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xmz2x9an8zsh6yzgnk2s56fkehp4z6vczl0vsws930vgx2wcvys63ldte'>nevent1q…ldte</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nonsense.<br/><br/>The very liberty you talk about negates your price argument.<br/><br/>Free (libre) software allows people to do with your software what they want. Even taking it &amp; using it without paying, or asking money for distribution.<br/><br/>It does not place any legal obligation on the user to contribute financially in any way.<br/><br/>That&#39;s the liberty part of free open source software you were talking about.<br/><br/>Like I said, I do feel there is a moral obligation to contribute, but the user decides 2024-12-13T19:26:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrr4w8dmys9m7jzfgscx0u0axpkrkn932jzdc2mhkcu747ud24ltczypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqddkg5u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz3tlcm2gy5jz4vuxh2vta4txwvfegxw47zl9dh0mma2hzhp3jk0cmmm2wd'>nevent1q…m2wd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This.<br/><br/>Nicely worded too. This is part of the very #concept of FOSS.<br/><br/>While #opensource developers need to eat &amp; should not have to #worry about their #health and #future, just like anyone else...<br/><br/>Creating #FOSS is an act of ##love and inherently an act of #volunteering to do something #good.<br/><br/>Having said that, it&#39;d be morally right for users, especially #commercial ones, to #donate to #individual #developers.<br/><br/>#moral 2024-12-13T12:15:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstyf0f8aqah4kexckpmtwlknu448mdcc7jrzndyplm3sqec2sun7gzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqltpunw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0j858pf6sl2vnhmngmp07llpfk2fldwgwsay42twlx5k9s4ksvygxvzxcx'>nevent1q…zxcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% tax on any yearly income above 250 million.<br/><br/>50% tax on any (realized &amp; unrealized) asset growth above 250 million.. -or-<br/><br/>100% tax rate on any realized asset growth above 500 million<br/><br/>They did stuff like that around WW1 and WW2 so its possible. 2024-12-10T16:23:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwksc0nuyqtsnpqjg3nkjvlayqu8wryh7e3cv2efa637js8gxnngzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqja59kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdl56ma6vqew0hau6pc83h4ugut48fmh5yy83u64x82fpn6zq5l7sz0rwsv'>nevent1q…rwsv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As both a car and bike driver, I have a couple of observations you can of course ignore. 😂<br/><br/>1. Crap American style trucks, which don&#39;t fit our roads, are more popular.<br/><br/>2. Bikers have a tendency not to look at cars nor give priority when they should (at least in my town)<br/><br/>3. Cars are often not necessary in centers but sometimes you have to &amp; should pay extra attention.<br/><br/>4. Public transport is expensive &amp; sucks monkeyb#lls. For work, car: 1 hr, public transport: 1.5-2 hrs.<br/><br/>Just my 2 cents. 2024-12-10T15:49:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfzuqcm3k5vtdnhqt5f697j0j2gtjztht54rscngpmak3pmt7m0eqzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfq7lglak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsty7g3mhdn63d59w59htppj6upl9vh0a59gv72psr3f7fn2lcf5qqlj4flv'>nevent1q…4flv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s one way to look at it. That period was way before my time, so I have to judge it through the coloured lenses of history.<br/><br/>In any case: people nowadays should be focussing on standing &amp; working together to promote &amp; defend &#34;common&#34; decency, respect and rights.<br/><br/>The oligarchs will not do it for us.<br/><br/>Personally I don&#39;t care if someone is &#34;left&#34;, &#34;right&#34;, black, purple, gay, trans whatever.. if we can have a respectful chat &amp; work together, that&#39;s enough for me.<br/><br/>#respect 2024-12-08T14:18:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdk4uherdrrv2mqtk09qzlgc9t3z2vvfyvc0nka9ej02rugnqmj7qzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfq9776sr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dkflvp745f2muwx5eqel76svcaqyk3e08r8yd455ufjm5m3anmcctk7e4'>nevent1q…k7e4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I rather see it as there was a brief period during the interbellum and 20-30 years post WW2 where people collectively thought wealth transfer was unacceptable... and were vocal enough about.<br/><br/>We lost that. 2024-12-08T14:06:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhkm34pruhah8a9mhguh23pezcyznhkkmq40w09nl2fna5l0l4qszypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqt8u0z3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0dt6dpj5ntrm8t770c7rnxmwrfx64nftvd86at2rp2t0q7vg43sxkl0ua'>nevent1q…l0ua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure how that was decentralization to be honest.<br/><br/>People that were denying COVID and antivaxxers seemed to have been primarily relying on F***book and Twatter from what I remember. Not exactly decentralized.<br/><br/>The true root cause of the problem was/is IMHO: lack of education &amp; lack of critical thinking skills.<br/><br/>Divide and Conquer my friend.<br/><br/>Give the populace bread &amp; games and we will stay in power.<br/><br/>I.e. modern media, including &#34;social&#34;, are the games. 2024-12-08T14:02:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pkaph3hhzhvj96nrcpnu05nltte8mqwgy4jhckx8sy58zxqnu3czypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqamzjff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27qpmg977gzq0j0skswm0ap5xmjrgs3z587zuzh9qxvshc0pkvxqh3nj5y'>nevent1q…nj5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>last year I got Rutger Bregman&#39;s Utopia book.. can recommend 2024-12-07T18:48:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw9ehl0q5cada7ylekyh0a3pc07tv402jk5rp9l74zak3gdarl9vczypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqlhmyqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtdef0lmqvyl24zdlu4rmmrdd62lkcky650hlssjcatlrge9tttgutyhrj'>nevent1q…yhrj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d be curious to see a *real* size comparison. 2024-11-24T17:59:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ddd044fjwdzr23agunu2yz27an0t7m80zev4zl963wv029egqaczypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqa7pr07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn2yenjhxfrkfnaf2v5tl6nkenhe2ras7vj92ty94dj5yf363cxg9tpunf'>nevent1q…punf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for the response. 😀 I am going to be running a small service and was looking around for solutions so I got curious. 2024-11-08T20:09:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspuahea0spxssvhzufez422xlegqypnzmgzmf2ef0unt2m7wgywnqzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqt40smw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyv5r7f37gqk6fg6xrsr09shgnmd658eeyx29386k7l7nfudpm2cq8zd0c4'>nevent1q…d0c4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Out of curiosity: what are you guys using to detect threats like this? 2024-11-08T19:05:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfessgz5rfg28ar0w6jfm2yna77k0nmw5ur9euw9ku7e3zyn4qscgzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfq66j3ga [@gutenberg_org](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org">https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org</a> ) Where are you hosted? Salt lake city itself? AWS? 2024-11-07T23:23:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dhkkngja2gdssxtmyxuqkxscd7cxjahcvcraf3c6xe55tqqusmgzypf0vl4v7as5wnx6s0h8nqg8s29jt5ty6cjg0ha237tvv40zjpwfqpfh8m3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr09uqv4mnq0kfjl3eu0ctxhrz9cnn4dqtgr6ruzkea0g6mh2tscgpy4qy2'>nevent1q…4qy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, open source but I (and others) do have some concerns with their licensing.<br/><br/><a href="https://danb.me/blog/futo-open-source-definition/">https://danb.me/blog/futo-open-source-definition/</a> is a nice read into the topic. 2024-10-20T19:16:04Z