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Would be so cool to have something like this for Nix (with appropriate accommodations for packages and NixOS modules, and some Flake search too).

(Actually, bhoogle is stuttering a lot with some queries - looks like the TUI rendering and search happen in a single thread. Not cool.)

Wait, is #haskell still on Freenode? I thought they migrated to libera.chat during the Freenode collapse

Nah, this is just regular capitalism. Late-stage capitalism would be just "be exploited or starve", no third alternative.

Hard to say with a .world

POTUS? Nobody. No single person should hold a position with such power.

There are semi-independent organizations for (almost) every Wikipedia language, called Wikimedia Foundation Chapters. I'm sure it wouldn't be too big of a problem to also move the English Wiki to some other English-speaking country.

The database move is fairly trivial. The entire English Wikipedia, including associated media, fits on an SD card in my phone (with room to spare). If we trust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia, the entire Wikipedia database (including edit history, talks, etc) is 10TB, which can fit on a single M.2 SSD in someone's pocket. Moving Wikimedia (430 TB) would require a purse of SSDs.

If push comes to shove, I'm sure this in particular wouldn't be a problem.

It's not too bad tho, we've already replaced this with Github actions: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/356023

I don't think it's a solution for this, it would just mean maintaining many distro-agnostic repos. Forks and alternatives always thrive in the FOSS world.

Nixpkgs too BTW https://discourse.nixos.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-the-future-of-ofborg-your-help-needed/56025

I've never done something on the scale I'm describing, so this is mostly just speculation, but I hope it could be useful.

First of all, find the people who do care. Talk with them. Make a local antifascist group in a secure messenger (Matrix/XMPP, or at the very least Signal), or join an existing org that you disagree with the least (don't be afraid of the word "socialist" if you stumble upon them). Do not discuss anything illegal, as it could spell trouble for everyone - you live in an (increasingly) authoritarian country with a wide range of tools to repress you. Keeping it legal at least makes it less likely.

Now that you have a support network, you can start reaching out. Until/unless your organization gains serious traction, unite over common goals instead of squabbling over your differences. DO NOT guilt anyone for being financially well off, voting for the wrong candidate, believing in stupid things, etc. Find people who are somewhat unhappy or unsure about concentration camps. Try convincing them that concentration camps are bad - it probably would be easier if they are on the fence already or if they are being unjustly treated themselves. Show compassion. Do not be condescending or use the words that may trigger them (Nazism, etc), instead appeal to humanity and empathy to specific people who are being repressed. Bring some examples of unjust repression with you. Do not overdo it - you don't (yet) have to agree on anything except that these concentration camps are bad. Propose to do something together - it can be small at first, like calling your representative or organizing a picket - common action builds connections and mutual understanding.

Actually, I don't remember if I ever thanked you for your work; We don't always agree on everything but your positions are thought-provoking, your delivery respectful, and your patience seemingly infinite. So, thank you. I wish there were more people like you on the left.

Ending the program entirely signals a drastic change in strategy, perhaps to hard power.

That's... rather unnerving, but expected given the mask-off nazism now on display. I can only hope that this backfires quickly and not too many lives are lost in the process.

Also I will still mourn the loss of whatever funding USAID was providing, as now many of those facilities will inevitably close down. Life is rough in those places already, can't imagine the horror of learning that you no longer have a hospital because a rich fuck on the other side of the world wanted to see his number go up.