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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Signal on Linux
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:09:12 +0100
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On 30/03/2025 00:20, Woozy Song wrote:
> Joel wrote:
>>
>>>     To use the Signal desktop app, Signal must first be installed
>>>     on your phone.
>>
> Pretty much the same for Whatsapp is it not?
> I installed it once on phone for a one-off purpose, then wiped it.
Most of my trivial everyday comms go via whatsapp. So it stays on.

Being able to video call around the world for nothing is useful
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The biggest threat to humanity comes from socialism, which has utterly 
diverted our attention away from what really matters to our existential 
survival, to indulging in navel gazing and faux moral investigations 
into what the world ought to be, whilst we fail utterly to deal with 
what it actually is.