DjangoFett

I’d wanna be south of the arctic circle, though. I need something resembling seasons and am absolutely certain I would go genuinely insane with six month intervals of night and day. As long as those conditions are met, I’m down with that too.

I also read somewhere that Britons might wanna consider starting vineyards as the climate there is likely to become more Mediterranean. Also something to consider.

I am more and more convinced we need to build a commune somewhere in New Zealand and do our best to ride out the climate wars in the most resilient part of the world. What are the weed laws in NZ and how seriously do they take them?

As was pointed out, that’s the nature of the internet and those who inhabit it.

Broadly, though, I enjoy my time here. I wouldn’t remain otherwise.

This is totally an echo chamber. Just look around. Its part of what drew us all here at the end of the day.

And for the record, I prefer that flavor of madness over whatever the US is voting in around the country right now, so maybe take my observations as nothing more or less than just that - observations.

Dunno, I rather enjoy interacting with other humans.

Its people that fuck things up, broadly speaking. I don’t particularly love people, but humans are alright in my book. Unfortunately, people are everywhere.

To define terms a little more clearly, humans recognize things like “the other human” and “do unto others” and such. People, broadly, are greedy selfish creatures that will step on your feet without a second glance but be utterly appalled should anybody have the unmitigated gall to treat them in kind.

These definitions transcend all political divisions and ideologies and belief systems, for the record. I have known some lovely religious conservative humans and some genuinely awful and repulsive progressively-minded people.

I always try to be a human. Emphasis on try, as people make it difficult sometimes.

My experience has been very different, especially yesterday. My reddit account had plenty of trolls on the blocklist, but I encountered an individual here who made several snap judgments about me based on an innocent response to a question and then demanded an apology from me for their hurt feelings when I said nothing targeted at anyone and they initially inserted themselves with arrogance and vitriol.

As well, if you’re not full on tankie/anarchist or at least more than halfway to either one, prepare for people to take issue with your stances. Vehemently. As if you were personally attacking them for having the audacity to, you know, be an individual.

However I still prefer this experience to whatever it is Reddit has become and agree with your suggestions for how to make it more engaging.

Meanwhile, the A-10 built in the 70s is still doing the job this one was supposed to be better at.

(Two things can be true; I can be an aviation nerd and really loathe imperialism. They aren’t mutually exclusive.)

Give me actual information instead of anger and I am more than happy to engage in discourse. Everyone is anonymous here. My country of birth doesn’t define who I am any more than yours does you.

A) I didn’t come out sideways at a stranger on the internet.

B) I absolutely admitted genuine innocent ignorance. You then doubled down on “Amerikkans suck lol” so, uh, no.

Troll less, love more, and leave me the fuck alone.

My reply prior to this one did admit it. Get off your high horse you arrogant fuck.

You know what’s way better than berating ignorance?

Educating it. Especially when it was genuinely innocent instead of willfully malicious.

Assuming I’m an idiot because of where I’m from makes you no better than the majority of those in my country you so clearly spurn. Be better than a typical American, yeah?

Touché, but I was going for the most overtly despotic nation I am aware of, and I don’t think its unfair to call that regime despotic.

At the height of the Colin Kaepernick nonsense, my cousin got married to a cop.

So the reception is going normally when everyone is asked to stand and they started playing the National fucking Anthem. Literally everyone was surprised and taken aback by this, but most complied and faced the flag.

My Very Conservative Uncle, however, was busy having a conversation with me. Next to my chair. On one knee. During the anthem.

To his credit, nobody laughed harder about it than he did. “Of course I’m the guy taking a knee during the anthem!” He also was blocking me in and gave me the perfect excuse to do what I’d planned to anyway and remain seated because what the fuck? Are we in North Korea and need to tribute Glorious Leader at every event?

That was probably one of the last family functions I’ve been to, come to think of it.

I upvote because I strongly disagree.

The better educated and informed the populace, the better and more informed their decisions will be as well as their ability to articulate the how and why of those decisions.

If you can’t even agree on objective reality, then there’s no way a coherent discourse can ever be achieved.

Yeah, CachyOS has been working just fine for me. And while both of those points raise an eyebrow for me, I have also heard things about the Cachy team that do the same. Perfect can’t be the enemy of good enough. Though to that second point you raised, I just watched a [Veritasium?] video recently on how just such a system-level package was very nearly compromised by what has all the hallmarks of a malicious state actor precisely because it was so seemingly innocuous and open.

I appreciate the clear and concise explanation. Cheers, friend.

What’s the issue with systemd?

I was shy about Linux for far too long, but have jumped in with both feet recently.

For people complaining this is internal news, I should think the leader of any “democratic” nation offering to openly bribe the populace to stay in power - amidst an illegal war - would be something to pay attention to. Just like German internal politics getting weird and making world news.

I understand the overall anti-American sentiment and can’t say I’m upset with anyone for feeling that way given how my government has handled itself internationally. However, this one is a big deal. Change the names to a British or German or French PM and party and suddenly it’s appropriate again?

My point being some things will have external repercussions despite being internal debates - Brexit being an example of an internal debate with global consequences. Or, y’know, Trump being elected. Again.

Don’t confuse me with that thing that was ostensibly a government once. Please.

The piracy option is by far the cheaper and easier method all things considered. If you like Free Media (Heck Yeah) then just Google those words or even their acronym and you’ll probably be rewarded with all you could ever want. Of course, this isn’t a legal thing I would ever actually suggest anyone do.

This is how a family could have watched things ranging from entire series to latest it-shows to classic films and newest releases as a family while on a reasonable budget. Of course, mind your local ordnance regarding such things and take appropriate measures when doing anything other than verifying those websites exist for purely educational purposes as governments and corporations are absolutely watching every single byte of data that passes through your pipes unless you actively shield it. You will receive notices about any illicit activity they detect and they would be within their legal right to restrict or deny your access to the internet for piracy and theft.

On an unrelated note, I’m quite happy with Proton VPN and the services they offer. Being Swiss-based with that reputation for international privacy, I’m reasonably assured my data isn’t at any greater risk of loss or breach than anyone else relying on a single point of failure and have my eggs in a basket that is otherwise entirely uninterested in me outside a subscription to keep their lights on.

One monthly fee for privacy and a one-time investment in some basic hardware and you’ve got all of humanity’s recorded media on your television. Uh. In theory.

Edit: word. I swear I English good.

Not the specific answer you’re looking for, but the one I’ve got as its the one I use for myself…

I have a RaspberryPi as the default input for my TV now. Any and all interactions with the big screen happen through mouse and keyboard now rather than the TV remote besides power and maybe sometimes the volume.

If you’re looking for a cheaper option than that, I believe you can get older chromesasts/firesticks and jailbreak those for more or less the same results I’ve got with my setup, but YMMV depending on what you’ve got and what you seek.