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I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by 28304283409234 »

cromka wrote: post #93
omnimus wrote: post #58

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Well WebDav/CalDav/CardDav works quite OK. Baïkal is trivial to selfhost (cal+card) then you just pick some webdav implementation like KaraDav/PicoDav/FlyDav and you are good. Email is really the one that requires lot of caring about so not easy to self host.

IMHO the problem starts when you need to share your calendar with the outside, then you need to expose that service to the Internet and, to me, it's a whole different level of complexity making sure it remains safe.

If read only is good enough, a simple export of the .ics to a bucket can suffice.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by oktoberpaard »

wtcactus wrote: post #246
scrollaway wrote: post #236

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As someone who's lived in 7 different european countries throughout my life, I feel like I can confidently speak on the matter and yes, there is an EU culture. This does not mean there isn't also cultures individual to the countries, just like the latter doesn't mean there aren't cultures individual to regions or cities. (You'd think this last part is obvious, and yet it seems it has to be spelled out for some, who'd…

As someone that lived in 4 different European countries, I can tell you, you only talk nonsense. Go tell a Spanish or an Italian, that is normal for the authorities to go and investigate him and put him in jail for calling someone fat. It's fascinating the amount of bullocks that comes out of your keyboard with an aura of self-righteous intellectuality, as if you are preaching some universal acepted gospel.

Have you actually seen the contents of the comment? Do you actually have an example of anyone that went to jail for calling someone fat? Also: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/tennessee-ch....

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by scrollaway »

carlosjobim wrote: post #250
scrollaway wrote: post #236

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As someone who's lived in 7 different european countries throughout my life, I feel like I can confidently speak on the matter and yes, there is an EU culture. This does not mean there isn't also cultures individual to the countries, just like the latter doesn't mean there aren't cultures individual to regions or cities. (You'd think this last part is obvious, and yet it seems it has to be spelled out for some, who'd…

There's something of a common European culture, which has existed for centuries. Note: "European", not "EU". The EU is a steel tariffs union which has grown in scope to become an attempt of making member countries states in a federation. The common European culture is foremost christianity, and secondly renaissance values, as well as nationalism. The latter mostly in domestic matters, such as welfare. But those value…

There is no rage in my comments — I have better things to do than get upset at things online. I took a look at your own comment history however and it is … scary. Hence the “for the sake of your mental health”.

And yes there is an EU culture as well; just like there is a US culture not just a North American culture.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by scrollaway »

wtcactus wrote: post #246
scrollaway wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who's lived in 7 different european countries throughout my life, I feel like I can confidently speak on the matter and yes, there is an EU culture. This does not mean there isn't also cultures individual to the countries, just like the latter doesn't mean there aren't cultures individual to regions or cities. (You'd think this last part is obvious, and yet it seems it has to be spelled out for some, who'd…

As someone that lived in 4 different European countries, I can tell you, you only talk nonsense. Go tell a Spanish or an Italian, that is normal for the authorities to go and investigate him and put him in jail for calling someone fat. It's fascinating the amount of bullocks that comes out of your keyboard with an aura of self-righteous intellectuality, as if you are preaching some universal acepted gospel.

Buddy all you’re trying to do with all the screeching in this thread is pick an online fight with someone who doesn’t care about you. You haven’t answered any of the other people who contradicted you. Go tell someone else on a noisier forum they’re self-righteous if you want to elicit a reaction, cause I’m not interested.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by aiisjustanif »

rconti wrote: post #45
stanmancan wrote: post #19

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It’s far from impossible, you just have to prioritize your privacy at more than a few bucks a month.

Nothing would make parent happier, but they've placed a very small price on their happiness.

I think this is a very privileged statement when looking at affordability of many countries. For example 40 euros a month is out of reach for much of Albania.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by wtcactus »

scrollaway wrote: post #254
wtcactus wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone that lived in 4 different European countries, I can tell you, you only talk nonsense. Go tell a Spanish or an Italian, that is normal for the authorities to go and investigate him and put him in jail for calling someone fat. It's fascinating the amount of bullocks that comes out of your keyboard with an aura of self-righteous intellectuality, as if you are preaching some universal acepted gospel.

Buddy all you’re trying to do with all the screeching in this thread is pick an online fight with someone who doesn’t care about you. You haven’t answered any of the other people who contradicted you. Go tell someone else on a noisier forum they’re self-righteous if you want to elicit a reaction, cause I’m not interested.

For someone that doesn’t care, your really went out of your way - several times - to answer me with your lengthy, and funnily empty, dogmatic texts.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by scrollaway »

carlosjobim wrote: post #234
zipy124 wrote: post #196

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If Fox is the only one willing to publish it, it says a lot about the news story itself.... Whilst they may time to time have some journalism I'm sure, it's not a respectable news organisation in the same way as AP or Reuters and such. If it was a decent story it would be picked up on and re-reported by other outlets. There is not some conspiracy where all other journalists refuse to publish the 'truth'...

> it says a lot about the news story itself What does it say then about the news story itself?

It says it’s a non story.

As I said above: Fox is not reputable, and if they’re the only one willing to run a story, that’s not someone speaking truth to power — it’s the equivalent to a wacko conspiracy theorist being the only person agreeing with you. Not a good sign, and not one that will get you taken seriously.

Whether the story has legs can be evaluated independently, and others have done so (it is indeed a non-story that was simply used as rage bait, which you and the other guy are falling for hard). But a lot of time can be saved simply dismissing fox as a sole source, because they have this reputation, and it’s earned.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by carlosjobim »

scrollaway wrote: post #253
carlosjobim wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's something of a common European culture, which has existed for centuries. Note: "European", not "EU". The EU is a steel tariffs union which has grown in scope to become an attempt of making member countries states in a federation. The common European culture is foremost christianity, and secondly renaissance values, as well as nationalism. The latter mostly in domestic matters, such as welfare. But those value…

There is no rage in my comments — I have better things to do than get upset at things online. I took a look at your own comment history however and it is … scary. Hence the “for the sake of your mental health”. And yes there is an EU culture as well; just like there is a US culture not just a North American culture.

I'll let you end your year on a high note, without further comment.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by LtdJorge »

schubidubiduba wrote: post #206
LtdJorge wrote: post #114

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Unfortunate as that notification error might be, you cannot call free speech free if you only allow if for some opinions.

Nazism is not an opinion. It is a dangerous ideology that has cost the lives and freedoms of many people. And will do so again, if left unchecked.

There are many other dangerous ideologies out there. Having said ideologies should be allowed (freedom), doing bad things of the name of said ideology shouldn't.

I accept that some people think others are inferior, even if to me they are idiots. I would even be ok if they say it out loud without harming anyone, I just won't listen to them.

Re: I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year

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Post by mritzmann »

slackr wrote: post #77

Grammarly alternative: LanguageTool. Used by EU institutions

LanguageTool also belongs to an American company, because it was acquired by Learneo in 2023. You can also see this on the LanugaTool website. If you click on Imprint, you will see a German company, but if you go to the terms and conditions, it suddenly becomes an American company.
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