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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • Ran into this issue a few days ago, exactly the same way you described.

    I am on GrapheneOS and figured it was something to do with a a setting where it’s blocking network access for my specific browser app. After reading your post I see it’s a android 17 feature.

    Checked all the settings in my browsers related to DNS at first and was stumped for a bit, until I flipped on the nearby device setting and everything worked.

    I also looked into the DNS settings under Network & Internet > Private DNS. Make sure your phone is using your local networks DNS server. Just make sure to understand the implications of changing this (especially when you disconnect from you’re home networks DNS). Also making sure your home DNS is not defaulting to your ISP DNS.

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  • I dought a government could just out right ban something, because “freedom” like you say.

    Though the action of taxing something is IMO preferred, especially for a government. It allows people, or corporation’s, to still attain or use a product, but they need to be willing to pay the costs. (ie. Freedom & Capitalism)

    The only thing i would change is the amount of tax. Paying a few cents for a plastic bag as a example is still “cheeper” in a one time cost for a consumer, then buying a reusable bag or paper bag. And that plastic material is still cheep enough for manufacturer to buy, create the bag, and sell it at a profit.

    Tax for polluting materials should be equivalent to both the “true cost” and the “external costs”, such as environmental costs and public health costs. These are a little harder to quantify but should be accounted for.

    This means if a company wants to use plastic or some other material for bottled water it needs to pay the full costs of said material or choose to use something “cheeper” like glass (after accounting for the tax on plastics).

    This would work similar to how counties enact tariffs on imported goods. And yea it would probably mean items would become more expensive as plastic is pretty light compared to glass meaning higher fuel/transportation costs.


  • I was just wondering about this topic this morning.

    My thought was peoples happiness seemed to have been higher during the lock downs as driving habits changed drastically, such as a great number of individuals not needing to commut to/from work. This decrease traffic and commute times for essential workers, and increased satisfaction of both commuters and now non-commuters.

    “Extreme car dependence is affecting Americans’ quality of life, with a new study finding there is a tipping point at which more driving leads to deeper unhappiness. It found that while having a car is better than not for overall life satisfaction, having to drive for more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is linked to a decrease in life satisfaction.”

    The car has artificially increased distances people need to travel, and has also had a impact on inducing urban sprawl. Cars require space to drive and at the same time require large parking spaces at destinations points. If all this infrastructure was instead used for trains, trams, and buses, things would be closer and cities would be denser.

    It would also be interesting to know how increased commute times on all forms of transportation affect peoples happiness and satisfaction. For example increased crowding and increased commute times on public transportation such as trains and subways could also be draining and frustrating when performed on a daily basis.