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I’m hoping community efforts are able to fill the void. I fear having to do this all myself and becoming some kind of Mad Max style tinkerer after the fall…

Old phones daisy changed together to act as a server… The remnants of StarLink for internet, getting nazi/rape threats from the remaining social media AI that live in all the satellites…

It would be nice if government backed up Wikipedia and SO. But considering they don’t give a shit about Linux which is arguably one of the most vital technical infrastructure projects of our lifetime…

I was referring to the file size being the barrier. The 2024 large database size of 202GB is prohibitive for the average person’s resource capabilities. i.e. I have a home VPS host and I don’t even have that much free space. Your cloud operating costs would also go up with the storage and bandwidth use.

There’s also two separate issues I was kinda mixing up. I’m a developer who uses StackOverflow and would like to use a resource that is readily available. I think it’d take a few hours to setup even a smaller copy of SO, which isn’t ideal for answering a quick question. I also don’t want to setup a whole mirror site with custom work just for myself and because I’m paranoid Microsoft miight buy them and paywall SO overnight or something.

I’ve looked into this but they aren’t exactly small, it’s not a straightforward operation for even the average developer or systems engineer to restore these into a working format.

I was thinking we need something along the lines of a read only public mirror run by the proper open source community - e.g. SourceForge or a major Linux project… ISP’s and universities offer mirrors of Linux packages so this could be a resource offered in the same vein. That’s my line of thinking as far as a StackOverflow mirror goes anyway!

Is there a mirror for Stacks content? I’ve been concerned for some time that they are a vital resource that a corporation could ruin at any moment.

Anyone who still believes that these institutions are sufficient for maintaining a stable liberal democracy is just delusional, at this point.

Twenty years ago, I remember asking my high school teacher about how the legal system here in Australia works cause we don’t have a bill of rights. I was told the “traditions of Parliament” would protect free speech and human rights even though it’s not written down anywhere…

Fast forward twenty years and Australia’s government is fully in the pocket of monopolistic corporations and a handful of elite families who own the top banking industries - mining, gambling, etc.

Tim Cook is hoping to be spared when Trump starts purging gay people.

I’m from Australia, arguably a “safer” and “better off” nation where it’s no different with the mining industry. They have captured our politicians, the media and the minds of the average person. Anyone who dares to speak against Australia’s mining industry has their life ruined, or ended.

Maybe they should use some of that Amazon logging money to fix their roads…

Edit: In case it’s not clear cause I’m trying to oversimplify for dry wit, I’m criticizing the former Bolognaise government for cutting down the Amazon rainforest, starving the Earth of it’s oxygen factory and for all that unchecked greed not even making enough money for the nation of Brazil to maintain their infrastructure. Kinda pathetic but typical of Neoliberalism imo.

It’s only illegitimate if you’re poor.

Who the fuck wants an embassy for genocide on their soul?

My dream scenario is a mob marches on the capital cities ready to kill the 1% and Trump pardons Luigi and throws the rest of the wealthy to the mob to save his own ass. I believe Trump would do just about anything to save himself.

Edit: Updated my silly hypothetical to better explain the idea. I obviously don’t think it’s realistic, but it would be amusing. Esp if it failed to sate the publics rage!

Difference is that Epstein got whacked and his /clients/ let it happen.

Luigi has real fans, who see what he did as a reflection of their own discontent.

If something happens to him in jail, I believe that would still count as the aforementioned martyrdom.

Not 100% until the dust settles, especially given the amount of attention on this story. Someone might pull some levers and get it done for posterity.

But at the same time, yes. At this point the /tipster/ didn’t report using the Crime Stoppers line, they called 911. So no Crime Stoppers bounty for them, so say the rules of our corporate masters.

Better luck next time snitches, or just don’t help the rich because they’ll never have your back!

Sauce: https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-ceo-shooting-mcdonalds-worker-reward-333982-20241210

What reward? They didn’t get shit.

Pretty sure that’s why they invented the stock market in the first place… Faustian deal where innovators and disruptors trade their future potential for a leg up today. In exchange the wealthy slowly seize whatever new technology or IP is created, guaranteeing their position into the future.

Big tech wonder boys like Zuckerberg and others coming out of Y Combinator aren’t miracle stories - they are the chosen few handpicked by yesterdays elite to help them close the circle from others.

It scares me that generations before and after millennials are not as proficient with technology. Before makes perfect sense, but younger people being unable to use a computer or tell if they’re being scammed really disheartens me. I blame the excesses of capitalism and ignorance of our lawmakers.

The way the web and services are structured is extremely unfair to the consumer. We pay for access to the internet, then we pay for access to premium content sources and to stop ads for showing. So many middle men… where is the benefit exactly? How is a podcast better than my community radio?

The ownership of digital goods is the worst part of all. Games, music, tv shows… stuff that is a formative part of your life you should be able to pass onto your kids isn’t yours. You own a “license” which is just a record in some database that can be revoked between company acquisitions.

What is the charge? Biting a breast? A succulent Chinese breast?

Yay ineffective posturing! I hope they spent millions on Facebook ads… /s

Efficient for whom? The rich all have millions invested in commercial real estate so if it’s not about voluntary resignations it’s about that.