That’s some weird American thing.
Most countries normally have their showerheads on a cord that you can grab and direct wherever you want. Plus, occasionally, a wall-mounted one added to it. But you can just put the corded shower on a mount to the same effect.
Having a corded shower is pretty much the only way to wash properly without wasting tonnes of water.
Unfortunately, this is more likely pushed by acute necessity than anything else.
Hopefully, we all won’t require a massive war to figure out solar should be invested into.
No, I just don’t think enforcement is good at this stage of platform development.
I do support adding alt-text!
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With just how many posts don’t have alt-text, the feed may get to look quite empty.
This, in turn, would drive many off the Fediverse altogether, as it will be seen as a dead place.
Besides, we are not at the level of popularity where we can afford to exclude any creators.
Just my humble opinion
Also Squidward, but in Russian
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Absolutely. I don’t have a leader, but I do have you and others by my side.
Fuck the war. Fuck the so-called “leaders”
Daily life…it depends. Overall, things as running as usual, except for some things that cause everyone’s anxiety.
First is, obviously, heavy Internet censorship. Living without a VPN is so unbearable even older generations call the younger one for help. Government is currently high on pushing the state-controlled messenger Max, but no one, even the older folks, wanna join. So, they do everything in their power, from forcing government services to use Max as a communications platform, to blocking all other options. People keep using Telegram regardless, and find ways not only around blacklist, but even whitelist blocking. Max is nearly universally despised. VK remains a not-much-better alternative for those who didn’t yet find their way around whitelists. Unease grows about plans to use state-controlled apps to monitor VPN connections on Android phones and block respective IPs. iPhones are better protected in this respect, but other plans are devised as well.
Second is war. The last 2-3 years of it were relatively chill for most Russians, but with drone strikes appearing as far as Saint Petersburg, the war knocks back home. The unease is amplified by Russia turning mobile connections to whitelist mode when drones appear. The appearance of circumvention methods (bridging through whitelisted resources into the wider Internet), on one hand, relieves the anxieties of losing last bits of access to the world, but on the other, shows governments inefficiency at maintaining the drone defense.
Third is more broad and globally known - the cost of living crisis, which hits here just as everywhere else. Housing is practically unattainable for most, and rent goes through the roof. Food gets more expensive, and scandals arise about managing the existing supply, such as Miratorg claimed to push government’s hand in exterminating private farms’ livestock under the guise of disease prevention.
Overall, plenty of room for anxiety and sense of instability.
The Putin support has long switched from “go go Putin” to “who, if not Putin?” and then to “if Putin loses, the country is going to collapse”. So, over time it became less of actual support and more of added anxiety about war’s resolution and what it means for Russia going forward. Putin is often seen as a beacon of some, fainting, stability. But even with all that, support does indeed fade.
That’s a curious device, but quite expensive at that. Starter array at near-$1000.
As someone living in Russia, it indeed works to trick complex DPI systems. Unlike classic Wireguard, it works.
Alternatively, you can download Amnezia VPN client app on your phone or PC, and it has this amazing function where you provide the IP and root credentials, and it installs server software automatically.
Obviously, only use it when you don’t have other things running on your server.
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