I hope in some fashion computers and related technology drop out of mainstream appeal and are relegated to actual nerds and tinkerers again. Not in a gatekeeping sense, but just where the goals are about pushing boundaries for the sake of exploration and not solely profit and personal data acquisition motivated.
Even aside from the soap opera-like conversation, the timestamps seem pretty suspect to me. Even assuming STT input it seems unlikely both sides (especially with one being ostensibly emotionally distraught) would be reading and responding within a minute each time.
I'm just a bit too young to have been part of the BBS scene, but I've certainly done plenty of Windows re-installs. I had a friend that would wipe his Windows 98SE drive every two weeks or so, whether or not there was any instability. I recently stumbled across an old backup of some screenshots and found one where I was apparently proud of the 31 day system uptime. Best part of the transition to NT based Windows was definitely the near complete elimination of BSoDs. Kinda blocked out the bad memories of random lockups and blue screens just being an expected part of daily computing life.
fdisk, format, reinstalldoo-dah, doo-dah
To be somewhat close to on-topic with self-hosting, the oldest service I have fond memories of running was a small Hotline server.
A new day, a new cm0002 account to add to the block list (this one marks #25). I really hope the next Lemmy update includes wildcard filters or something.
I get that the quote about feeling despair is supposed to be read in the "look for the helpers" sense, but it could also be interpreted in the discouraging bystander effect way that there were hundreds of us and only four federal agents still succeeded.
EDIT:Another possibility I overlooked, maybe instead of it being meant in the "look for the helpers" it was actually more in the "can you dig it?" & jury nullification sense...
I'm guessing it wouldn't be a valid legal argument, but I liked the thought experiment of claiming that it can't be piracy if the rights holder is intentionally publicly sharing the content. Like trying to charge trick-or-treaters for theft when they took candy out of the bowl you left out with a "Free!" sign attached.
I'd think sending tens of billions of dollars to foreign governments - plus spending hundreds of millions on aesthetic remodeling of the white house - while simultaneously threatening and endangering the food security and medical coverage of the entire country would be considered bad politics, too. At this point I honestly wouldn't even be surprised if they try spinning furloughed workers as attempting an insurrection or something and that the workers actually owe money to the government for their machinations.
Johnson, a lawyer, said he hadn’t fully read the memo but “there are some legal analysts who are saying” that it may not be necessary or appropriate to repay the federal workers.
If nothing else, you should easily be able to determine the amount of RAM by watching during POST (might need to press esc/tab/etc. if there's just a fullscreen logo or something) or by entering the BIOS/UEFI (check mfg site for specific button, but usually delete or an F-key).
Depending on the friend's willingness and aptitude there's also the option of booting a live linux environment with a flash drive (or disc) and using its tools to profile all the detected hardware.
I was just sharing that comment to demonstrate a proper mindset and wasn't intending it to be an actual guide anyone should follow - but you're definitely right. A good carry permit class will cover what is recommend to do and say if you're ever involved in an incident.
I saved this comment from u/jlbraun about 13 years ago (would link to the source comment but fuck that site):
As a gun owner, you have to be cool-headed, moreso than the police ever have to be.
You do not start shit, act aggressively, flip the bird, roll your eyes, talk shit, or even raise your voice. To anyone. Ever.
A combat instructor (who happened to be Buddhist and a Marine) once said to me: "From now on, if no one's life is on the line, you will lose every argument. You are always wrong. You are sorry for impinging on their day. You will apologize and apologize again. You will back the fuck down. You will put your tail between your legs. You will let them talk shit about your ladyfriend. You will let them call your mother a bitch and a whore and your dad a bastard. You have no ego. "
"You do all this because if you are the one to start a fight, by default that fight now has a gun in it, and if you start losing, you're going to pull it and kill him. And even if you don't go to jail because you could convince the jury that it was self-defense, you're going to have to live with the fact that you could have saved someone's life and yet you let your ego kill someone."
"You are not the police, so don't act like them. Though all of you [civilians] are better shots than the police, you do not have the training, the continuum of force policy, or a union plus free lawyers protecting you if you screw up."
ed: He also said: "but after backing down and trying to apologize, if at any time you then feel your life or that of a loved one is in danger, put three rounds into his [cardiothoracic] vault, call the police, give a statement, go home, and sleep like a baby. You did all you could for your attacker, and he was the one that made the final decision to kill himself."
There's probably a simple explanation for it, but it's weird to me that the bottom text has a fixed height* but the top has oversized Cs, Gs, Os, and Ss.
*or whatever the proper font terminology equivalent might be
I'm choosing to believe it's another element of the meme displaying the Joker's disregard for order or something.
re: that "Who we are" blurb on their page- they care so much about Iryna they couldn't be bothered to spellcheck her last name [it's Zarutska] but also apparently hate immigrants even though she was a Ukrainian refugee that was killed by a good ol' American (as far as Wikipedia indicates).
I don't understand why this particular link needed to be posted at all, let alone to multiple privacy communities. A random internet user posted a vague comment claiming they were trying to read "some article" (but no idea specifically which one, or where it's hosted) and were "blocked by Google" and requested to provide age/ID proof to proceed. Unsure why they were being asked to provide this personal information, they decide to ask Google AI and paste its response to Hacker News.
If the poster was some kind of heavyweight in the business or political world whose inconvenience might spur change this might be worth being aware of. Or, suppose they had lots of specific details demonstrating that this age gate was being intentionally triggered for some nefarious purpose, and maybe with this information users could sidestep the block or otherwise preserve their privacy.
It isn't surprising or noteworthy when companies known for their ubiquitous digital presence and insatiable appetite for personal information attempt to collect as much as possible. Especially when people are using their software and services,
"I was using Chrome as the browser at the time. I was also logged into my Chrome account".
Yesterday I was going to go to a place, but I wasn't allowed to, and the king of Norway demanded I send him a fax of my hand to prove I'm not a horse. I asked my Magic 8-Ball why I was being asked to do this but it said I need to try again later.
MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM!
That website is loaded with ads (of course), has no information about itself/staff, and most of the links in the whole "digital chew" footer don't resolve to anything.
In 20 years the only people who will remember you worked late will be your kids.Your job posting will be up before your obituary.