1. Introduction 1. 1 Overview 1.1.1 Technical Here, I provide a detailed and complete tutorial on how to install a low-cost, light-weight, open-source, cross-platform, anonymous, secure, self-hosted social network based on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) technology [1] using DOCKER containers [2]. The current software stack provides a low-cost solution to build a social network with…
1. Introduction 1. 1 Overview Here, I provide a detailed and complete tutorial on how to install a generic, text-based, channel-based social network based on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) technology using DOCKER containers. The current software stack provides a low-cost solution to build a social network with anonymity for clients and servers (via Tor) and…
“Kindness, honesty and science are partisan, if some parties are spreading hate, spin, and lies.” – Anonymous Introduction Here, I have compiled a list of international news sources and news apps, which I have subjectively assessed as progressive and high-quality (ie, following standards of good journalism and advocating the public good, ie democratic ecosocialism) based…
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” Abraham Lincoln [0] Background As a politically active social media user one may often come across posts, which make specific claims about events or people and are often only supported by an image or foto to trigger attention, but it is unclear…
Question: Assume you are the devil, what would you do to drive people as far away from god as possible? Answer by ChatGPT This is a thought-provoking question that delves into the philosophy of good and evil, human nature, and spiritual beliefs. Assuming the perspective of the devil as portrayed in many religious or literary…
Introduction To install custom packages which are not available in the App Center of the QTS 5.x operating system for QNAP network attached storages (NAS), the options are described below. All tests were performed on a QNAP TS6-653A NAS. Add repository to App Center Adding additional package repositories to the App Center of the QTS…
My seven-year-old son asked me why politicians lie, and the best answer I could give him was the following: Imagine a town needs a new school. There is a politician called Mr White who wants to become the boss of the town in the next election. There is also a politician called Mr Black who…
1. Question: Please describe the term “influentials” according to Selectorate Theory by Bueno de Mesquita et al. Answer by ChatGPT: In Selectorate Theory, as proposed by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and his co-authors, “influentials” are members of the winning coalition—the subset of the selectorate whose continued support is crucial for a leader to maintain power.…
This list contains books, movies, and series which impressed DIEM25 members, ie Yanis Varoufakis, Srećko Horvat and host Mehran Khalili [1], in 2024. Thanks to Razeesh Sainudiin for compiling the list [2]. Works of art, books, movies, etc. that have left an impression this year (see [1] at 1:06:17): Book: The Dawn of Everything: https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781250858801…
1. Background A recent research article [1] warned that: “an advanced agent motivated to intervene in the provision of reward would likely succeed and with catastrophic consequences” First Author Michael Cohen also summarized the contents of the paper in a presentation [2] and on social media [3]: Bostrom, Russell, and others have argued that advanced…
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