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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Shane/Rayo2 of the Vonu Podcast. They discuss a variety of topics regarding becoming invulnerable to coercion and escaping the servile society. Such strategies include unjobbing, living in a van or a shipping container, escaping to Mexico, and developing a homestead. Gabriel gets Shane's thoughts on the recent 3D printed gun drama, Samourai Wallet, and self-sufficiency. His show is the Vonu Podcast.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:37 – What is Vonu? 5:23 – Unjobbing 9:30 – Living in a Van 12:40 – Police interactions 15:05 – Mexico an anarchist paradise? 18:30 – Living in a shipping container 20:05 – Thoughts on 3D printed gun drama 22:25 – Shane's views on Samourai Wallet 25:10 – Developing a homestead and producing one's own food 29:35 – Other important aspects of self-sufficiency 32:00 – What is P.A.Z.NIA? 36:20 – How to organize anarchists? 39:15 – Final thoughts

Why yes… yes they are.

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Morgan Lerette, a former mercenary with the private military company Blackwater in Iraq. They discuss the mechanics and geopolitics of PMCs.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – How do people react to your former occupation? 3:00 – Fallujah 3:50 – Relation to higher-ups at Blackwater 5:50 – Blackwater enticements 8:00 – Blackwater world-class facilities 11:12 – Diplomatic immunity 16:25 – Any personal consequences of being a mercenary? 17:30 – Do PMC employees have to be of the same country of origin as the company? 20:10 – Lerette's big picture views of PMCs as their role in the world 23:50 – Rapid Fire 25:00 – High suicide rates for mercenaries 25:55 – Utopian view of PMC proponents 29:10 – Mistaken reasons to be in Iraq and Afghanistan; culture ignorance 33:40 – Origins of human violence 38:00 – Equipment as a mercenary 42:10 – How to run your own PMC 44:00 – Getting mind ready for daily conflict 46:05 – Mercenaries vs traditional military 50:00 – Reflections from military intelligence 54:00 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Origins of encryption 5:10 – Ways we use PGP without knowing 8:50 – Why should someone get into PGP? 11:05 – Using PGP for authentication 17:50 – How can people start making use of PGP? 22:10 – Do we really need PGP today? 27:10 – How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail 31:52 – Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail 37:45 – How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level 48:20 – Final thoughts

Discussion of the Lebanon and Syria pager explosions of September 2024.

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I discuss the privacy legend Michael Bazzell and why he is still the standard.

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In this Torchlight Chat Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent released of a Samourai Wallet fork, Ashigaru Wallet: and what steps it takes to vet this kind of software.

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary Barry Reid of Paper Trip fame. They discuss Barry Reid's latest Paper Trip (Paper Trip 5) about setting up a DBA to have a convenient business identity to become an independent contractor with separation from one's personal identity.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:40 – Origins of Paper Trip in Vietnam War 8:40 – Were the hippies really anti-establishment? 11:05 – How did the original Paper Trip work? 12:45 – Name change has always been acceptable in common law tradition 14:55 – What does "defrauding" mean? 18:10 – What is the REAL ID Act? 20:45 – Which Paper Trips should one buy? 22:20 – What is a DBA? 26:30 – How to remember your new name 27:50 – Picking Barry's brain about IDs without one's birth name 31:50 – Do you do consulting? (No) 32:30 – Barry's underlying philosophy 35:00 – Existentialism question 38:00 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nick of the YouTube channel The Linux Experiment. They discuss a variety of Linux topics: Apple compatibility, the "problem" with Linux packages, choosing hardware best optimized for Linux, Wayland, Linux kernel "bloat," criticism of Mozilla, Arch Linux, and how to game on Linux computers.

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Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:40 – Where is Microsoft headed? 4:55 – Apple computers vs Linux 8:40 – The "Problem" with Linux packages (downloading programs) 14:05 – Flatpak "not verified" 17:30 – Scenario: finding the best version of a program such as a crypto wallet 19:55 – Going beyond Linux Mint 23:20 – Choosing best hardware for driver compatibility 27:50 – Problems with Linux-specific laptop companies 31:10 – Linux kernel has increased by 2700x lines of code since inception 33:35 – What is Wayland? 38:50 – Thoughts on Mozilla? 44:20 – Thoughts on tablets 47:20 – Gauging France's temperature on FOSS, privacy, etc. 51:45 – Nick's audience's preferred distro (Arch Linux) 54:00 – Linux gaming 101 59:10 – Final thoughts