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Cake day: February 2nd, 2026

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  • I won’t claim to have more knowledge than you, just more optimism. Let’s stick to the car example and say you’re a European looking to buy a car. You can choose between a petrol-guzzling American-made monster of a car and a reasonably efficient European-made ICE car or EV. Even if I “sweeten the deal” for you by slashing import tariffs, making the American car a little cheaper, you’re not a complete buffoon (unlike the American President). You know that whatever you “saved” on your initial purchase will be eaten up by European petrol prices in no time - particularly if the orange moron destabilises even more oil-producing regions. So you’re not going to buy the American-made car, 0% tariff be damned.

    This might have been what the EU negotiators went with: “Let’s give the idiot the larger number if it makes him happy. It will have little to no effect.”





  • I ran into the same problem recently and gave up. (You were much more persistent / stubborn than me; thanks for compiling the above list!)

    All major providers prevent you from registering anonymously because they don’t want to have their services abused by spammers and scammers. Your best bet might be to get a VoIP number (not one of those public ones, but a paid one just for yourself), possibly paid with crypto. (Monero?) I haven’t tried that route, though, because it wasn’t worth the effort for me.







  • It also means you end up playing administrator to all of the “I forgot my password for the ninth time this week, can you reset it for me” inane requests.

    Jellyfin is a self-hosted streaming service. You have just understood the concept of self-hosting, Sir.

    your only real option for remote access is a VPN. But that makes sharing with friends/family extremely difficult.

    The first part is true. The latter is exaggerated. Yes, it’s more of a hassle than just “install the app, follow a link and you’re done.” That said, if done through wg-easy (a wireguard configuration frontend), it’s “install two apps, scan a QR code, enter a server URL and you’re done.” Also, corporations spoon-feeding users, creating an expectation that tech just magically knows who I am and works on fairydust and rainbows, that’s what got us into this mess. Expecting a modicum of setting up from the user isn’t too much to ask if they can then access somebody else’s services for free.