@thenewoil I've been meaning to try Qwant search since Startpage stopped respecting search operators, this doesn't bode well

I had a thought this morning that I haven't made "progress" on my consultancy-in-a-box #selfhosted software stack, and the reverse proxy glue code that needs to be written for my goal of being able to deploy behind NAT with a $3/mo VPS as one's public IP

but... actually that's wrong, because I've been building my development infrastructure, and using the shit out of a lot of the software that'll go into this whole thing

so, things are happening in the dirt underneath the snow, so to speak.

@clacke many fragrant culinary herbs like basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary etc

@clacke garlic & onions probably, what would life even be without those

@hypolite Most of these are great examples, I guess one thing I'm wondering is, is it possible to have a non centrally planned economy without profit motive? it may well be, I'm ignorant of a lot of the thinking on these issues.

@hypolite I'm inclined to agree, but haven't specifically thought it through with fields other than social media or health care in a modern context.

I should probably get around to actually reading Marx, heh

Bionic eye recipients left in the dark with obsolete tech

It happened to more than 350 people who are blind and received artificial eyes only to be abandoned by the company that invented them, Second Sight Medical Products.

The risk for early adopters is that their high-tech implants turn into just another obsolete gadget.

"If something does go wrong with it, I'm screwed," said Terry Byland, a double-implant recipient. "Because there's no way of getting it fixed."

https://www.axios.com/bionic-eye-recipients-left-in-the-dark-with-obsolete-tech-23946ccc-518e-4be7-b074-bce1f9287c95.html

demand open source medical tech??

profit motive ruins everything it touches in the fields of medicine and social media, I'm convinced of it. what other fields?

@garbados medication (unsustainable in the long term), meditation + a zen mindset, lots and lots and lots of really dark gallows humor - not sure what I'm gonna do when I don't have a friend around who's into that, but fortunately it hasn't been a problem for a while