Solvespace is a FLOSS light weight 3D CAD alternative. Although it lacks the advanced features of Solidworks works really great for most of my 3d designs.

Thanks for the tip.

Another good use for VPN is to counter dynamic pricing. My wife visited a website some time ago to request the price for a ticket. When she visited the website a second time the price had increased considerably. However when visiting the price with VPN it was the original price again. It saved her a lot of money.

I was able to reach the profile from kbin as follows.

I liked it but until an annoying bug drove me to Podverse which is also pretty good.

I’m pessimistic about the chances to stop this. People in the EU are more and more living in an era where privacy is a thing of the past and where every citizen is guilty unless proven otherwise. It has become clear that the EU is not working in the interest of civilians, as they are seen as a potential threat that needs to be monitored. It has become a oligarchy working for the rich.

For the people willing to resist we have p2p, onion services and privacy respecting free software to defend ourselves against these shameless attacks against our privacy.

Done. Thx.

This report from Oxfam Novib shows a similar view. As a citizen from the EU I’m therefore torn between two choices. Either go the Taoist way, cut myself loose from society and remain on the side line. Or rather radicalize and take part in nonviolent but hugely annoying action to try to change the course of events.