@jon No cars for me. Though if I had the money, maybe I'd get an old 80's Fiat 600 in good shape and convert it to an EV.

Tying tariffs and antitrust undermines the concept of antitrust. This is a very unfortunate move.There is plenty of reasons to regulate Big Tech and we are happy with those that take them on. Those kind of moves undermine all of it. #Antitrust #Regulation #Google #Politics https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/china-responds-to-tariffs-with-antitrust-investigations-of-google-nvidia/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@jon I’m thinking more of building a life that the internet means absolutely nothing to. Some land near the Canadian border, lots of trees good cover. Might obscure us enough from the black hawks and apaches. Thank god I’ll have my trusty Walmart ar15 to shoot at them to reveal my cover and become Swiss cheese.

@GorgeCorps There are some good choices there: DuckDuckGo, Startpage, Ecosia and Qwant come to mind. Kagi and Mojeek as well.

@jon I very, very, very much recommend playing "The evolution of trust" (link below) which shows (with game theory) that a certain amount of forgiveness towards errors (or opposing viewpoints) of the other side is a winning strategy, whereas screwing people over is a losing strategy. Everyone, it's Sunday, play it.https://ncase.me/trust/#trust #gametheory #winwin

New Vivaldi on Android. Vivaldi 7.1. Enjoy!https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-android-7-1/#Android #Vivaldi #browser

New release of Vivaldi for iPhones and iPads. Enjoy!https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-ios-7-1/#Vivaldi #browser #ios #iPhone #Ipad

One story that has not gotten a lot of focus outside of Norway is this one:The players:1. Elon Musk 2. Nicolai Tangen, head of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.Tangen had invited Musk to speak at a conference and attend dinner. Musk initially said yes, but then reversed after the Norwegian fund had voted against his package. The story shows some of the communication between the two, as required by law. It shows a petty and disrespectful Musk, as you would expect. The Fund is a large investor in Tesla. https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/i/rP3w5e/elon-musk-til-nicolai-tangen-i-hemmelige-sms-er-ikke-be-meg-om-noe-foer-du-har-gjort-opp-for-deg?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no #ElonMusk #Tesla #Twitter #X #Mastodon #Politics

@jon love Vivaldi. I would like to work with Vivaldi. I am a Psychologist MD and Holistic doctor, I would love to be their ear, trusted confidant and friend. Are they hiring? I offer online, private sessions at their preferred video platform. I use Proton Mail, no choice, my clients come first, privacy. I prefer holistic medine over modern, can't prescribe out of the United states of America, need to get licensed in Europe, I am a resident of the EU. #nevergoingback to the #dividedstatesofamerica #loveGermany and & #lovenetherlands #openminded #alwayslearning #godblessatheisttoo

@jon I have worked for a bank in IT for more than 10 years. I got to know investment banking. I know that these guys are often players. And if they think they can make money with crypto, they'll do it. There are enough guys ouside with a lot of money for investing. And they are gamers too.

@jon I hope they will download Vivaldi.

@xliiv , point taken. Just the words they used, so I used their words.

@jon I use it as a backup browser in case Firefox have some issues with a site (recently Twitch freezes a lot). I was also a fan of the 'old' Opera (used the last 12.** until it became borderline unusable). Still waiting for you to swim across the Atlantic Ocean.

@rspfau One of our devs did a little investigation and found that it's an issue with filesystem access. We'll try to fix it on our side, but as a quick fix he suggested looking for "All user files" using Flatseal (https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal) and allowing filesystem=home permission for Vivaldi.

@rattenhirn @leeloo I think any engine would have to match what is out there. There might be some small exceptions, but not much.When it comes down to it, if an engine does not work with the content out there, it does not have much real value and clearly would not be something any normal browser could use.Presto was a much more compact codebase and because it was all written by us, with almost no use of libraries, it could do what the other engines did, but just better. Thus it is possible to build an engine that does it all, but it just takes a lot of effort. After that you still have the compatibility and blocking issues, though.

@MIfoodie , here you go. https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/vivaldi-wont-allow-a-machine-to-lie-to-you/

@jon So far I hadn't much luck finding the organizations I follow on X in the ferdiverse. Even if there is an account, it most likely isn't anything official.

Investing pension funds into Bitcoin and other Crypto currencies is not what I would call a safe investment. Are people aware that their funds are being invested this way?This is a significant risk to financial stability. Sorry about the article being in Icelandic, but I think a translation gets it about right.https://vb.is/frettir/lifeyrissjodir-byrja-ad-dyfa-tanum-i-bitcoin-sjodi/#Crypto #Scam #Pension

@jon Install Vivaldi on laptop, give it the old internet explorer icon, rename the shortcut "The Internet". *Looks innocent*

@jon @ruario Yeah here in the US public transportation really doesn’t exist unless you live in a major city and most of the time it is just not feasible to walk or bike everywhere.