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    6 months ago

    It’s been a buzzword among the ultra-libertarian, anti-government, tinfoil hat wearing set for decades.

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      6 months ago

      And how do ultra-libertarians tie into the topic of hosting open source services?

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        6 months ago

        The title literally says “Sovereign computing”. Are you okay? I do recommend reading from the top down, for more information please re-read.

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          6 months ago

          Oh wow, thx. No. I’m just clueless. And there is a cultural difference, so souvereign citizens aren’t the first thing that comes to my mind when reading that word… But thanks for explaining the joke to me, anyways 😅

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            6 months ago

            Okay, sorry for the sarcasm. I think there is a certain overlap in the language used around general privacy principles and the more… out there, political anti-society movements.

            Sometimes it’s innocent and random but when I see somebody putting cryptocurrency up front in their project and using “sovereign computing” as a tagline, my internal crackpot detector goes nuts. I’m fairly sure that deep down these people would want to see the world burn to stay warm toward the end.

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              6 months ago

              Hehehe. Yeah they put everything in on their site. From a canary to their company ethics, to an origin story, all necessary buzzwords, job offers (which they have none), a marketplace … Lot’s of flowery words. And honestly, it doesn’t even smell like AI generated text. They’ve probably mastered the bullshit bingo and decided to go all in. I kinda like it (in a twisted way.)