Yes, like my chess computer in the 90th. I don’t have any lenguage modell in Windows, nor any other MS crap and services, the first I deleted from Windows. The lenguage pack and fonts are another thing, nothing to do with LLM or AI

I use the inbuild OCR in ShareX, which works pretty well, without AI. FOSS

Cement is also a by-product in the manufacture of steel in blast fumaces. There where steel is made, there is also produced cement.

Yeah, running an local AI, which to be somewhat usefull and reliable, need half of the system performance, is a good idea…for sure…I think…maybe…not.

It’s a good one, but still in alpha and only Windows for the moment. Keeping an eye on it as alternative somewhat later.

I use Vivaldi, european and against the AI (and also crypto) hype

A lot of things have gone wrong since than

Maybe Diffusion, a free standalone conversion of Half Life https://www.moddb.com/mods/diffusion

There is also a nice First Person Stealth game, OpenSource (my favorite) https://www.thedarkmod.com/main/

I use mostly EU search engines without AI (Startpage, Metager, Mojeek…)

I always used Bandcamp as mainsource to listen music of my favorite bands (if present). For general background music mostly https://www.internet-radio.com/ or https://www.radio.net/genre (genre specific channels, 24/7)

I’m aware of Mesh nets, also about grid communication (using the electric net), back to the paleolitic Finger protocol.

I know these as cardboard case, but certainly with some treatment to make it more resistant.

I saw Punchcards in my military service and in the payroll office in my job later.

I remeber times where a 5¹/₄ cardboard floppy was enough for all my documents and apps.

Agree, but the problem are not random pages. As you said, if you need to access the page for administrative or professional reasons, you are pretty fucked up.

FairPhone, the farest away from Google or US Tech (EU, NL), sustainable and modular, e/OS (EU, FR)

Also a off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure.

Yes, depending the case there are several alternatives, eg.Yggdrasil or OSHI Mesh. 40 years ago there was the Finger Protocol which still is implemented by default and works in Windows, Mac and most distros

Also Palomares in Spain are still radioactive, thanks to “our good friends”

There is also an Metasearch engine which, like Ecosia, create search revenues to support several charity projects (Environment, Education, Medical Support), Max-Impact (FOSS)

https://llarryyllarryy.github.io/Max-Impact-Search/