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Hey, I don't even disagree with that criticism. And maybe I'll check out The Fountainhead later.

It's a funny thing, I was never politically aligned with Rand to begin with, but I really enjoyed Atlas Shrugged as a science fiction book. The dystopia led by incompetent and ideologically empty boobs was an interesting take. From the way Rand portrayed her characters and presented the ideas of her opponents made me think she might have been autistic. Her politics made me think she was insane. It's a fun book.

Live environments of most distros are not meant for long term use. You will lose all your changes on boot, since they exclusively run on RAM and don't save anything on the USB.

Now, running from USB can be done, but from my understanding, USB sticks are unreliable in the long term, since they start crapping themselves from frequent write operations. There are distros designed to run from USB, like Puppy Linux, but it does come with caveats. I'd say no, it's not worth it unless you know exactly what you're doing and why.

Your brother is wise.

Anecdotally, I don't trust Klarna one bit. A few years ago I was making a payment and Klarna directed me to a third party site that wanted my bank credentials. It was at that moment I stopped using Klarna and requested they delete all information they have on me. Apparently, Klarna wanted to see my account activity. I now go out of my way to avoid them. I have a similar issue with PayPal, where connecting a Credit Card requires entering information in a way I'm uncomfortable with.

So for now I'm just using a CC directly. This may not be the best approach, but it feels the least intrusive - for now. I don't know what the optimal solution would be. Maybe when GNU Taler becomes an option...

It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts.

I would love to hear him cite the exact laws he thinks they have broken and in what way.

I'm throwing in The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, which I really enjoyed, and The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, which is a really interesting travel journal. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne is also great. And since you like Dostoevsky, maybe try Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev?

People always praise Frankenstein, but I thought it was poorly written and frankly nonsensical. Shelley's The Last Man is better, but a bit dull.

Glad to see Midori is still active. I used it for a time 15 years ago and really liked it. Not sure about Astian, but I might have to take a look for myself soon.

Alas.

This is long overdue. Why Europeans were so happy to just hop on US services with horrible privacy and abusive practices is beyond me. Had the EU prioritized European alternatives and innovation, much pain would have been avoided.

Despite the inherently probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, do you think the universe is deterministic?