Great read. I was surprised to see Portuguese mentioned in one example, albeit not entirely correct. That, of course, adds another falsehood, so that may be ok.

The four surnames if you’re a married woman is not accurate. I had four surnames when I was born. Two names, and four surnames. Two from my father’s side, and another pair from my mother’s.

When I got married, I did something not entirely normal, and added one from my wife. I now have seven.

@benjamineskola

For the sake of it I had checked these two desktop environments during the installation. I am testing the performances with LXDE. Then I will try XFCE.

I installed the latest version of Linux Mint with XFCE on a Medion with only 2 GB of memory, on a machine belonging to a friend, and I admit that the system runs impeccably. But this USB installation key did not want to launch the installation on my Samsung N210. Rebooting in a loop after a few commands executed on the screen.

@benjamineskola

I'm trying different desktop solutions.. :0)

#Linux #Debian #Samsung #N210 #SamsungN210

The transcript to the Naomi Klein episode is also available thanks to @antidotezine

thefirethesetimes.com/2025/01/…

Our Mirror Worlds w/ Naomi Klein

For episode 182, Elia, Anna, and Dana are joined by author, scholar, and activist Naomi Klein to discuss her most recent book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, and the myriad connections…

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Ich hab keine Ahnung von Nextcloud. Aber ich find den Ptepaid-Hoster.de grundsäzlich interessant weil Prepaid, keine Kündigung notwendig. Läuft einfach aus wenn man nicht zahlt.
Es kann sogar mit PaySafe gezahlt werden.
Server in DE.
Die haben mir bei einem Problem sehr schnell geholfen.

prepaid-hoster.de/vserver/moeg…

A couple of additions.

"The number of buildings is the difference between the highest and lowest building numbers"

Some streets do have a no. 13, others don't, and you can get a mixture of both WITHIN THE SAME ESTATE.

"A customer will only want reminders mailed to single address"

Power of attorney. If a customer can only have one address recorded, then how can the institution send information (statements etc) to the attorney but physical objects (plastic cards) to the customer?

biggest misconception that there will be an address *at all*

Until recently in city I live in, to get your post you have had to find a post person who delivers in your area and tell this person that you live here now, and where to deliver post address to your name.

And you usually add some landmarks in address like “John Doe, next house from Jane Peterson, near the market named Bread and Butter”

Because we haven’t had not just streets, we haven’t had building numbers. And some regions are still not fully addressed.

And that apart of the fact that not every country list fucking have country I live in.