Nix shell basically just downloads the software (if it’s not already downloaded) and then modifies your PATH to include the new software.

Persistent data stay persistent.

Nix shell has one use case common with docker (local development), but other than that the solutions are not similar at all.

I love the common American boogeyman known as “government”. I like to imagine the president or any other of the fuckers in high positions going to the film studios and explaining to them what the government has chosen and what they’re gonna show in the movie. Instead of their more common leisure time - coke, hookers and moralizing.

Some military movies are sponsored by the military (not the government), but as much as you’d like there to be some conspiracy, it’s dead simple - the marketing guys decided it’s a great opportunity to recruit people and the director got to make an expensive movie for cheap.

Or how about everyone who wants to vote 3rd party, votes 3rd party?

I know it’s a little different because my country has proportional voting system, but the first two elections the party I vote for was below the limit to be in a parliament. I still voted for them as did others and now it’s one of the stronger parties.

If everyone who doesn’t like both the parties starts voting 3rd party, you have a chance.

Sony Xperia 10 III, one of the officially supported phones.

Nope, the only Linux phone OS I used is SailfishOS. I wanted to try Ubuntu Touch but then they stopped supporting it.

Heh, that one is very old, no surprise the certificates are out of date. I remember really wanting that phone when it was new.