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buying a village with friends and starting a citadel there sounds like a great idea but when you get down into the details of trying to determine a good location for it then things start to get very complicated quickly
The issue is, there isn’t really a “perfect” location, every government, whether local or national, is going to want to get involved in some way. There’s always a level of bureaucracy, taxation, and legal red tape that can’t be avoided, especially if you’re building something outside the norm. Plus, once you start introducing an economy of your own, you’ll run into even more resistance, be it from regulators or larger political forces.
I thought about doing that too, here is my advice.
step 1 is securing energy, without a reliable and sustainable power source, the whole thing is pretty much dead in the water. Look at El Salvador’s “Bitcoin City.” They were drawing up all these grandiose plans, but without a firm infrastructure, especially in terms of energy, it all crumbled. They essentially ran into the same issue that would-be citadel builders everywhere would face, you can’t just rely on abstract ideas without the foundational work to back it up.
The energy plant isn’t just a necessity, it’s a lifeline. Without a solid, self-sustaining source of power, whether through solar, wind, or even nuclear, you can’t hope to build anything that survives long-term. A citadel without power is essentially a mirage, looks great from afar but ultimately unfeasible.
Plus, there’s the economic side of it. How will the citadel sustain itself? How do you attract people? Even if you create it, you still need to make it attractive to the right mix of people who can contribute to its growth.
In theory, it’s an awesome idea, but in practice, it's a complex idea.
start with energy but that requires billions of dollars, just don't be dumb like El Salvador who thought if they legalized Bitcoin, rich Bitcoiners would flock to El Salvador and build a city. Bitcoiers are smarter than that plus they don't have experience in building a city or county.
first of all buying an old/abandoned village with friends vs "this piece of jungle will become a city" is a slightly different scale of a problem.
villages have infrastructure, sure they might be tied to municipal grid but it was a place where people live(d) so it tends to have water and power in one way or the other. depending on the geographical location residential solar can solve a lot of power needs in the mid term (provided you're in a reasonably sunny climate).
the suggestion of building a nuclear power plant for the purpose of a group of friends starting a community somewhere is obnoxious. obviously it would be great to have an abundant energy source, but that being prerequisite makes all of these plans a armchair survivalists dream.
the citadel doesn't need to sustain itself or attract people, the community can first prioritize food independence which is not impossible to achieve with decent amount of land over couple of years, while building out the infrastructure for other things on the go. the point is not to create an isolationist dream setup (thats how everything fails), but a community of productive families that work towards greater independence
you are right. I underestimated your ambition. All you need is a few small generators, couple hammers and beer and you're pretty much set. Easily achievable.
clearly my ambition is only matched by your arrogance. small groups of dedicated people can accomplish tons and big grandiose plans that require endless amounts of capital and central planning tend to stay just that - plans.
You keep bringing up the el salvador fail without realizing that the fail was in having this needlessly grandiose plan that sounded great as a pitch but was not based in any reality.
Would having a nuclear reactor be great? Absolutely, i'd also love to have more compute than openai at my disposal and be able to produce my own semiconductors to be truly independent, but does any of that prevent me to move one step closer to independence as a start and not be paralyzed by telling people that without first figuring out how to have sovereign energy everything is useless is idiotic. what you really need is as @relentless_eduardo pointed out is water which is the basis for any kind of food production, and a lot more complicated to solve than energy if the land has no water access/isnt suitable for wells
What kills these projects? The most obvious thing in human nature - humans bickering about prioritising tasks due to scarce resources. Like this thread. 😂
Wonder if it's even better to find an allready functional small village where you and friends can blend in as assets. Build businesses employing villagers and you are probably set. Small enough that you can slowly affect county politics etc. if that's needed. Not an easy feat.
My 9-year-old has been tech-free since December. It’s been the same for my 12-year-old at home, but his middle school had Chromebooks. I sent him to a tech-free boarding school in May. These two boys are discovering themselves. They have made good friends, developed hobbies, and taken on responsibility, forging a revolution for tweens to play and hang IRL. They just had a video call together with better interactions than I can recall. They are on the right path. TYFYC, @adam
@relentless_eduardo Touche… while my 12-year-old is several states away, we get to video conference with him for 20 minutes a week. I don’t see the harm in that, do you? Please explain. I am trying to do the best I can.
ok, yes, I concede your point. Assuming you know what I mean by tech-free equaling device-free and PC-free and Chromebook/Macbook-free, PlayStation and Nintendo free, and any of the like, how would you suggest I describe this transformation in my children’s lives? Mastadon only allows for a certain number of characters and I am doing my best to fit in, make my point, and express my gratitude.
In this Roundtable hosted by Shaun Newman, Tom Luongo, Alex Krainer and Matt Ehret discuss the causes for the existential crisis striking western civilization and address the question: Is Trump a genius, a patriotic doofus, captured by transhumanists…
The problem with the entire center-right spectrum is that collectivism is a borderline dirty word associated with "nazism" and "communism". Everyone is obsessed with individualism. The only ones that grasp the collective concept are the far right and the far left. But the way forward is collective action.
A week ago, a grotesque parade of op-ed writers, pundits, and politicians who have publicly supported, justified, or excused the war on Gaza for more than a year and a half began a series of predictable contortions in hopes of escaping what I am goin…
Letter to the Central Committee, The Moscow And Petrograd Committees and the Bolshevik Members of the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets marxists.org/archive/lenin/wor…
@klaatu @raintrees did you get sucked into a python morass? i just am going to look a the script enough until i can tweak it to keep the coded squelch... i also just realized if i open the original cvs file...copy the relevant column in spreadsheet, then paste into scripts output cvs...i might save a lotta time too...
still not sure why they didnt pass the parameter "compatability reasons" but the radio DM32UV IS a known factor and supports the codes and tones 🤔
@raintrees ...and a minor in electronic technology. everything was so close to requirements, it was silly not to do 3 minors. and tutoring computer classes they gave me credit for one of the requirements. ahh the ole university shuffle. walk across campus for this signature, ohh you need approval first , go back to starting point 🤣
turns out that Ubers are upsettingly expensive ways of getting around cities, so if you’ve liked the work I’ve been doing this last few weeks a Ko-Fi or PayPal donation would be a great boon
It is cold comfort that, in the very final stages of Israel’s genocide, media pundits such as Piers Morgan are finally ready to concede that a genocide may be about to happen.
By Jonathan Cook
Jonathan-Cook.
Are you feeling bad about yourself? Your country? Your economic system?
You can end all of that RIGHT NOW by just blaming the Jews!
Wartime blues? Blame the jews! Got a soft willy? Blame the Israelis!
Stop following the money and reading conspiracy theories; make all your research start and end with Israel! Save time, money and most of all, make your problems their problems!
@Richard if you look back into enough ancestry, you would come to the conclusion that we these fucking "homo sapiens" are to blame for your problems. You should go ahead and start a campaign to wipe them from the earth.
Auswärtiges Amt lehnt die Initiative deutscher Städte zur Aufnahme von Kindern aus Gaza ab - Wir tun nix, dann sollt ihr auch nix tun, lautet das Motto des Außenamtes.
Staatsministerin Güler sagte dem „Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger“, die Idee sei nett, um im Wahlkampf zu punkten, helfe den Menschen aber nicht. Sie verwies unter anderem auf die Reisestrapazen.
Echt jetzt? 4h Flug. Man mutet den Kids die Hölle von Gaza zu, aber ein vierstündiger Flug muss als Ausrede hinhalten. deutschlandfunk.de/auswaertige…
@rlier23 Nexon uses something called Blackcipher for all of their games. I haven't researched too much into it, but it has been known to collect hardware info, and possibly even your browser tabs. I'm not too sure whether or not they actually send this information, but yeah shit glows harder than a CIA n'wah. Here's someone's attempt at reverse engineering what it does: github.com/67-6f-64/rebecca
If you also search Blackcipher, people also complain about it being creepy.
@ninja8tyu @Xeraser @rlier23 @ainsworth you mean C++ the original keepass is the one in C# anyways yeah i started using keepassxc before i switched fully to linux
@SuperSnekFriend @rlier23 @William_The_Dragonborn @ainsworth oh no they figured out im playing this shit on a desktop that was meant to be retired from service last decade and they found all my open wakamo tabs too!
🚨Doctors in Gaza have raised the alarm over a dangerous spike in post-infection paralytic syndromes like Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), triggered by severe viral and bacterial infections spreading rapidly through the besieged population.
On July 16, 2025, more than 400 public library staff from across the United States joined a powerful webinar, Serving Neurodiverse Library Patrons and Colleagues, hosted by two NASA Science Activation program teams: NASA@ My Library and NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3). The event brought together researchers, library professionals, and individuals with lived experience of neurodiversity […]
The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee unanimously found in 2020 that the ICA was “coherent and well constructed” -- and reconfirmed that Russia “engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence” the 2016 election in Trump’s favor.
Durham’s work is particularly instructive here.
Durham was a Trump U.S. attorney whom Attorney General William Barr tasked with leading an investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe into alleged Trump-Russia campaign ties. Durham investigated exhaustively —over almost four years —whether anyone broke the law in connection with the 2016 intelligence assessments.
While Durham’s final report found certain procedural faults with intelligence actors and the Mueller operation, it confirmed that Russian spies were behind the hacking of Democratic campaign files and the release of campaign emails. It specifically failed to find a plot approved by Hillary Clinton to tie Trump to Putin
But now enter Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s controversial director of National Intelligence.
Trump strong-armed her confirmation notwithstanding her lack of experience in the intelligence community —a depressing point she has in common with so many Trump nominees —and her apparent pro-Syria and pro-Russia sympathies.
Over 100 former intelligence professionals wrote to Congress to warn that her candidacy posed a national security risk.
Gabbard has gone on the warpath in recent weeks with a series of document dumps seeking to revisit the unanimous verdict about 2016.
Last month, she appeared at the White House press podium to accuse Obama, along with former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former FBI Director James Comey, of engineering a “yearslong coup” against Trump.
She then chimed in that the information she was releasing showed a “treasonous conspiracy” by top Obama administration officials.
A few days later, Trump touted Gabbard’s comments and took it over the top, laying it on Obama himself: “It’s there. He’s guilty. This was treason.”
"You know, when I was young, I...I hated my eyes. And now that I'm older, I hate what my body has become. But there's something else there now. Something like...pride. You know? I mean, without all this...I couldn't have become your friend.
"You know, when I was young, I...I hated my eyes. And now that I'm older, I hate what my body has become. But there's something else there now. Something like...pride. You know? I mean, without all this...I couldn't have become your friend.
We are looking for an investor who can loan our holding company 237,000 US dollars.
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SANAA, Aug.05 (YPA) – Yemen’s Armed Forces to announce an important statement this morning at 09:00 AM (Sanaa Time), the military spokesman, brigadier general Yahya Sarie wrote on his Telegram channel . @E.Y.M
Why the UK’s age verification system (probably) won’t work
The latest attempt to control the internet is just more evidence the-powers-that-be never really understood it
On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result was a sudden surge in discussion, and a lot of people realising – finally – what the law really means.
People have been googling “VPN” a lot. That’s a good thing; we’ll get to why later.
Unfortunately, much of this is stable doors and bolted horses. We’ve been warning about the OSA since it was first mooted (by the Conservatives, just to remind you that “sides” are an illusion), and we’re rather past the point where awareness would have mattered.
The new law essentially forces companies to put any even potentially “adult content” behind an ID wall – meaning a user must prove their age before they access it. The ways of doing that vary; you can use a credit card or let an AI-powered system scan your face via webcam to guess your age.
On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result was a sudden surge in discussion, and a lot of people realising ̵…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has accused Israel of carrying out a “systematic genocide” in Gaza. Speaking at a press conference in Cairo, he said ...
be Emil Think? That was his name in t he game.
relentless_eduardo
in reply to aljaz • • •access roads
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mar 🇺🇲(₿)
in reply to aljaz • • •The issue is, there isn’t really a “perfect” location, every government, whether local or national, is going to want to get involved in some way. There’s always a level of bureaucracy, taxation, and legal red tape that can’t be avoided, especially if you’re building something outside the norm. Plus, once you start introducing an economy of your own, you’ll run into even more resistance, be it from regulators or larger political forces.
I thought about doing that too, here is my advice.
step 1 is securing energy, without a reliable and sustainable power source, the whole thing is pretty much dead in the water. Look at El Salvador’s “Bitcoin City.” They were drawing up all these grandiose plans, but without a firm infrastructure, especially in terms of energy, it all crumbled. They essentially ran into the same issue that would-be citadel builders everywhere would face, you can’t just rely on abstract ideas without the foundational work to back it up.
The energy plant isn’t just a necessity, it’s a lifeline. Without a solid, self-sustaining source of power, whether through solar, wind, or even nuclear, you can’t hope to build anything that survives long-term. A citadel without power is essentially a mirage, looks great from afar but ultimately unfeasible.
Plus, there’s the economic side of it. How will the citadel sustain itself? How do you attract people? Even if you create it, you still need to make it attractive to the right mix of people who can contribute to its growth.
In theory, it’s an awesome idea, but in practice, it's a complex idea.
start with energy but that requires billions of dollars, just don't be dumb like El Salvador who thought if they legalized Bitcoin, rich Bitcoiners would flock to El Salvador and build a city. Bitcoiers are smarter than that plus they don't have experience in building a city or county.
aljaz
in reply to mar 🇺🇲(₿) • • •first of all buying an old/abandoned village with friends vs "this piece of jungle will become a city" is a slightly different scale of a problem.
villages have infrastructure, sure they might be tied to municipal grid but it was a place where people live(d) so it tends to have water and power in one way or the other. depending on the geographical location residential solar can solve a lot of power needs in the mid term (provided you're in a reasonably sunny climate).
the suggestion of building a nuclear power plant for the purpose of a group of friends starting a community somewhere is obnoxious. obviously it would be great to have an abundant energy source, but that being prerequisite makes all of these plans a armchair survivalists dream.
the citadel doesn't need to sustain itself or attract people, the community can first prioritize food independence which is not impossible to achieve with decent amount of land over couple of years, while building out the infrastructure for other things on the go. the point is not to create an isolationist dream setup (thats how everything fails), but a community of productive families that work towards greater independence
mar 🇺🇲(₿)
in reply to aljaz • • •aljaz
in reply to mar 🇺🇲(₿) • • •clearly my ambition is only matched by your arrogance. small groups of dedicated people can accomplish tons and big grandiose plans that require endless amounts of capital and central planning tend to stay just that - plans.
You keep bringing up the el salvador fail without realizing that the fail was in having this needlessly grandiose plan that sounded great as a pitch but was not based in any reality.
Would having a nuclear reactor be great? Absolutely, i'd also love to have more compute than openai at my disposal and be able to produce my own semiconductors to be truly independent, but does any of that prevent me to move one step closer to independence as a start and not be paralyzed by telling people that without first figuring out how to have sovereign energy everything is useless is idiotic. what you really need is as @relentless_eduardo pointed out is water which is the basis for any kind of food production, and a lot more complicated to solve than energy if the land has no water access/isnt suitable for wells
remnant
in reply to aljaz • • •Ahi
in reply to aljaz • • •Small enough that you can slowly affect county politics etc. if that's needed.
Not an easy feat.
remnant
in reply to Ahi • • •