Yep, USA. Part of my potential plans were to go to Canada first, though, for their better relationship with other countries!

Thanks a lot! This is invaluable to know and look into before I ever begin to seriously considering uprooting my life. I wouldn’t mind going through the paces to attain a life I find desirable, but it depends on how prohibitive things are if the time comes to make decisions like this.

Saved, this is a really good thing to have on hand. Thanks for posting.

Do you know anything about the data behind this paper? Why was there a spike in rent costs in 1928?

Seeing Cowbee around after joining Lemmy has reinforced my belief that I’m doing the right thing by being ruthlessly patient and positive with others. That dude’s awesome, he recommended me, a total stranger, some introductory ML literature (and I haven’t had the time to read it yet…), which I’m sure he gets questions about very often.

(If you see this, Cowbee, thanks again! I’d love to chat some after I’m done reading what you’ve provided me. :) )

This sort of life being possible in China makes me desire immigration to non-major city areas over there. I only have concerns of freedom of information and access to the greater internet- censorship on a national firewall level is something I’m simply not able to tolerate.

IMPORTANT: I am an American with a public education, and have no real knowledge of what life’s like there in terms of freedoms. I’ve just heard things.

Would you mind going into a bit of detail about how accessing the greater internet works over there? That is, if you know anything. I think I am correct in assuming you are not currently residing there. Would love another’s take on this.

Er… not that I think the current administration doesn’t blow donkey dick, but I don’t think buying things based solely on what someone in power wants is a particularly good strategy. I think the general consensus is that building your own is the end-game here, but I’ve been recommended some pre-built options too.

Agreed. Also, not that I think the entire internet needs to tiptoe around things, but I remember my un-medicated OCD having a field day with these sorts of images…

Someone else already put this in much wordier ways, but anything CyberGhost I would stay away from if you truly care about privacy on a significant level. You may want to consider using a full-on VPN like IVPN or Mullvad as much as you can if you’d like to stay away from targeted advertisements and profiles being built about the people that connect to things using your IP address.

I’m not sure Google is tracking you via Invidious recommendations. I think whatever instances are popular just get used by people with the same general content interests, so those IP addresses get served that sort of content.

Where you’re coming from actually makes a ton of sense. My intention with posting this was to get a starting point to see what would be wise to buy now that would actually apply to my personal life, with which I would actually be sensible about purchases for. I have hobbies that benefit greatly from tools like 3D printers and mechanical tools, as well as a sizeable interest in self-sufficiency (with the physical space to practice this!), so I figured mass opinions might point out something I’m missing.

I did some research into what Voron sells, and yeah, that’s not a committment I can dip my toes into right now even if I have the means (couple 123 blocks and don’t mind getting other things) nor is it something I’d ever recommend to someone dissimilar. I really shouldn’t assume people will behave the same as I, 'specially on the internet. Sorry if anyone saw this and thought I was encouraging panic buying! I’m just future conscious and like to be prepared when it comes to what I find pleasure in doing.

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I actually respectfully disagree! I think that if someone is to make any significant purchase in their life, they should take the time and do some research about what’s viable in the current moment. Having a thread like this already indexed and everything is important for people to start looking for things they might want to own sooner than later; hell that’s literally why Reddit is so popular.

I do agree, though, that some replies on Lemmy are simply complete ass. However, if you take everyone’s words as the absolute truth, you may not be ready to participate in forums, so I don’t think this is a big issue.

Thanks! o7

Dude, they’re all 12 lmao

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You mean parthially?

Dude, who would fall for this? I feel like you’d only believe this if you literally didn’t go to school worth a… damn… and… scroll algorithmic timelines… all day… fuck…