hegghammer.net
Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
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Pixelfed I think
pixelfed.org
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Amazing, thanks!
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And here's Musk engaged in polite conversation with the Polish Foreign Minister
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There are loud confrontations between big names; probably a feature of the right splitting over Ukraine
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I guess the question is, would we choose it today, keeping the economic parameters constant? I'm really not sure
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Here's a headline in the main Norwegian newspaper from 2021 describing the F35 as "the Ferrari of the air", citing costings from Jane's and Air Force Magazine www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/we2m...
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But all the countries selling fighter jets offered cooperation and cashback. The difference was the US was the more attractive partner, in no small part for geopolitical reasons
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I followed the Norwegian debate closely back in the day. I could be wrong, but I don't recall price being the main selling point for the F-35
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Not equal, no, but much much more expensive
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I didn't realise Mikrotik was Latvian. They make the objectively best-value-for-money switches
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Thank you, wonderful list. I would generally suggest to look locally. A lot of good service providers for many needs in all European countries. I would also raise a glass to wonderful European network device manufacturers, teltonika-networks.com and mikrotik.com
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Har du prøvd @grapheneos.org ? Jeg har hatt det i 4-5 år, veldig fornøyd. Oppleves helt som vanlig Android; alt av vanlige apper fungerer
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Nextcloud ble mye lettere å drifte etter at All-in-One-stacken kom for et par år siden. Dønn stabilt
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Not forgetting Nextcloud, based in Germany. An open source alternative for online collaboration and an alternative to products like 365. nextcloud.com
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Indeed. This is in fact what I use. It does require some effort to set up, which is why I didn't include it. But more companies and organizations should switch to it
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*too*
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That's good news. Mojeek is far to small (6 employees) to be a viable alternative in the long run
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Yes, both of those are European and private. I didn't include them because it's hard to switch when your contacts don't. My sense is there's critical mass now for Signal, which I am happy with
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I agree with you -- it is for most people too. But it involves a certain change in digital habits, which many people don't have the time or motivation for. Also I try to tone down my Linux evangelism, as I suspect people like it as much as they like being told to convert to vegetarianism
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See also european-alternatives.eu
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Yes except it's all encrypted, so sync is a bit slower
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If you really want to go all in, you can switch to Linux as your operating system, get a Linux PC from Tuxedo (Germany), and get a Gigaset phone (Germany), but this is probably not for most people.
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Peripherals: Logitech (Switzerland)
www.logitech.com
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Windows computers: Wortmann (Germany)
www.wortmann.de
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AI chatbot: Mistral (France)
chat.mistral.ai
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Cloud storage: pCloud (Switzerland)
www.pcloud.com
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Search engine: Mojeek (UK)
mojeek.com
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