Then you need it factored into the interest rate you decide upon that volatility may cause the price of XMR to get so high that your debtor would rather default than pay the debt.

Well you don’t want to lose Monero and you don’t want to lose fiat, but you can’t have both. XMR isn’t a stablecoin.

If it matters more to you that you get your XMR back, then require XMR payments. You need to include the XMR volatility as part of the interest rate calculation.

If it matters more that you get your fiat back, then require fiat-equivalent in XMR payments.

Or, demand you get either XMR or fiat back, whichever is higher. But I don’t think a borrower would like this. Tesla did this when they let you pay in BTC; Tesla reserved the right to refund you in whichever currency was cheaper. For the consumer, it a bad deal.

lemmy.world users aren’t necessarily brigading; what you’re seeing is one biased sample (local users) and one larger group of less biased users

Very cool! Nice work!

For example, people of color tend to post fewer pictures of themselves on the internet, mostly because remaining anonymous is preferable to experiencing racism.

That is quite the bold statement. Source?

Same with windows, Android, iOS, etc.

Windows is the only OS listed where you almost need to break those rules. You can’t easily keep software updated and basically need to install software from outside the store. Only winget and choco are promising in this regard, but these are power user tools. MacOS, and even many Linux distros, ship with a graphical app store that keeps packages updated.

On Android and iOS, most users can get away with never installing an app outside the Play Store or App Store. The app store keeps the apps updated.

Not sure when you last used windows, but there’s a built in store for most mainstream software,

Unless all you’re doing is web browsing, the Windows Store doesn’t contain nearly enough software. Users of Windows need to be used to installing software outside of the store. How many Windows PC’s have never run an exe or msi?

and I’m sure most games come from steam.

Perfect example. I need to find, download, and run an exe from a website to install Steam. Having this be a normal procedure that a user is used to doing is horrible for security.

Wait a few days

Yeah probably lol. If it’s a Linux virus that you can detect with a scan, then there’s probably already a patch ready (or coming very soon) to fix the vulnerability. I could be wrong on this though.

I haven’t used Waterfox but didnt realize they’re independent again. Maybe I’ll give it a try, but I’m liking LibreWolf.

https://www.waterfox.net/blog/a-new-chapter-for-waterfox/

Waterfox was sold to an advertising company in 2019. However, the founder took back over in 2023.

Read that Wikipedia page from yourself. Anti-virus is recommended by the quoted Scott Granneman for Samba servers, NFS servers, and Linux mail servers. For desktop use, Linux has a clear advantage compared to Windows.

The use of software repositories significantly reduces any threat of installation of malware

As long as you keep your packages up to date, don’t install random packages found online, and don’t run random scripts, desktop Linux is very secure. No one is using a zero-day to target your home office computer behind your router’s firewall unless you’re a high value target.

On the other hand, Windows users almost have to install software from the wider internet. Windows also doesn’t have an easy way to keep everything updated. Your PDF reader could have a known vulnerability for a year before you finally update it. Add to the fact that Windows has more desktop users and is thus a bigger target for desktop-style malware, and the difference isn’t even close.

Most users do not need anti-virus on Linux.

I haven’t tried it but I think so. As long as it runs Android and you can connect via ADB, it should work. It might be a pain to connect via ABD either wireless or using a USB hub. You’ll also want to he extra cautious that you’re not disabling things that break the basic functions. For example, you can probably disable Google TV on your phone but maybe not on Android TV because it might break the UI.

Use this tool to automate it: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation?tab=readme-ov-file

I’d still read the description it gives of each package before disabling and not instantly trust that their recommended list is 100% fit for you.

They have it, it’s a setting

If you’ve never used that phone with a SIM card, there’s no connection between the IMEI and you or your internet traffic. Assuming the phone never pings towers, network operators could only track the location of your phone location over time without you associated. I don’t think it’s accurate enough to determine where you live to identify you.

A phone without a SIM card hypothetically also shouldn’t ping cell towers, but who knows if it does. It should only connect to the cell towers when you make an emergency call.

URLcheck has been amazing for me, great for tracking links in apps like Slickdeals (non-FOSS) to skip the tracker especially if you block it on a DNS level

Did you read the article? He’s saying he’ll do it again as soon as he gets out.

https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/-/blob/master/HARDWARE.md

It can be found from the “Quick Start” page

It’s a cool idea and there are similar devices, but they never seem to catch on because most people would rather carry a laptop that’s still useful if something happens to their phone

Why not Aegis?

What’s the salary for Brave’s CEO again?