Right. It is a bad mechanism if used for that purpose.

The correct way to do what they actually want is to have a global, anonymous nationality verification. There are all kinds of ways to do this that aren’t dystopian. Then, if desired, there can be attestation to nationality without disclosure of personal information.

That would allow us to appropriately measure the national origins of content, and I could see the use of that.

Instead, people are supporting a deeply flawed mechanism as “good enough,” as they always do. It is lazy, sloppy, and dangerous.

To that end, if it continues to go that way, there are countless ways to undermine it. That’s also what makes it so stupid. Dishonest actors will easily circumvent it, and honest actors will once again be left suffering.

I already said it is useful to know. It isn’t useful to take drastic action with, however.

“That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer.”

• Benjamin Franklin

Did you know Americans (and other nationals of any country) also live in other countries? Personally, I could be in several different countries at any given time, not accounting for VPN use.

The feature doesn’t reveal much.

That said, I also support the feature because it is data held by privileged users already. Make all privileged data public. No one should have more rights than anyone else, besides the greater rights we have over ourselves.

I’m glad to hear that, thank you for sharing.

It sounds like Windows users have a lot more options now, which is a good thing.

Cinnamon, to me, is an in-between, more like modern Windows, which moved in a more macos direction. KDE is like golden age Windows. Gnome is like macos.

When I used Mint (maybe 10 years ago now?), I had all kinds of problems with Cinnamon. KDE was like magic and I always use it now. Perhaps things have changed but we can only make recommendations based on our experiences and knowledge.

Just add a new partition and dual boot, it is pretty easy.

Also I do not recommend Mint for Windows users, because the officially supported UX layers are more apple-esque. Use a distro that has KDE support baked in. Adding KDE to Mint is easy but may not be for people switching.

For that reason, I recommend going with distros with KDE Plasma by default. Kubuntu or KDE neon.

Why KDE? It feels like where Windows should have gone. It’s like the glory days of Windows (windows 2000, etc) in the modern age. It is a drastic upgrade from Windows with more freedom than you ever had.

Brazil has a LOT of electrical issues.

It is also pretty expensive to import appropriate gear, and it shows.

Between a sort of disregard for electrical safety, hordes of animals chewing on wires, and the difficulty of importing modern electrical equipment, it is an electrical nightmare.

It doesn’t help that a lot of electrical generation is modern, there is a lot of electricity available, but the actual application of it in last mile is atrocious.

All this to say it is of no surprise an electrical fire occurred, if that is the cause.