Love it, though I'm now zooming in hopelessly into the end of a tendril. It's like trying to find the end of a rainbow

It can be about both. If it's about both, censorship and surveillance are still a massive problem.

thanks for that quote, found the original. Good read https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/#subprime-intelligence

Thanks but not considering hardware adjustments. I'll look at the bios board efficiency, turning it off, and the wall meter thing

desktop ... lots of browsing, lots of coding/compiling, some gaming

Here's the list

• AMD 9950X
• Deepcool AK620
• MSI B850M GAMING PLUS
• TEAMGROUP 2x32GB DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory
• KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G4 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD
• AMD 9060XT 16GB GPU
• Jonsbo D32 PRO MESH MicroATX Case
• Corsair SF850 PSU
• 3x ARCTIC P12 120mm Fan
• 1x ARCTIC P14 140mm Fan

part list here https://programming.dev/post/52768664/24715637

I suppose I mean "which is most efficient out of the box?"

You don't justify "Wi-Fi can be used to track your movements". Sure, it seems plausible that radio waves can be used to detect an individual's location, but does anyone have the infrastructure, organization, funds, will, and power, to track the generic "you", the "you" at scale, as implied in the post title?

Do be careful with your wording.

Elon Musk

Who's up for making villages where this kind of shit is burnt in a ritual fire?

thanks for the great technical suggestions everyone

well I do hate going into town, so that would work