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Worstdriver

@ Worstdriver @lemmy.world

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  • Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted

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  • Nah, just somebody who was lucky enough to soar with some actual sword masters over the years. I'm no Jill Bearup, but I know which end goes into the other guy.

  • Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted

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  • You obviously haven't fought anyone with a sword. And before you ask, yes I have.

  • Harris says ‘of course’ her team is prepared if Trump declares victory before votes are counted

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  • It's also called being ready for anything. It's what you do when you aren't entirely sure what the idiot on the other side is going to do.

    The world's best swordsman isn't afraid of the second best swordsman. He's afraid of the world's worst swordsman, cause he can never be sure what the idiot will do.

    Same principle.

  • Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today

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  • I'm 58, and the only "code" I've ever written is hexadecimal for the Apple ][+ we had back in high school. Which isn't even remotely close to what actual code is. Thanks for the attempt at insult, but it's my reality, so fuck you too.

  • Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today

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  • Some questions:

    What version of Linux does Fedora install? Is it directly compatible with Windows software such as games and OBS, or does it require modifications/compatibility installations such as WINE? Does it have documented support online or is it a matter of haunting forums and such for when problems occur? And no matter how solid an OS is, I will tend to break it, generally by doing stupid shit, but I will break it. Before putting it back together. Which is generally how I tend to learn software.

  • Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today

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  • Frankly, I don't care.

    I'm going to keep using Windows 10, updates or not, until I absolutely have no other choice, hoping against hope that the cracks in the Recall/AI monolith with have spread wide enough that a future Win 12 or 13 won't have them in it. I don't run a business. I don't keep sensitive information on any internet capable devices and my work uses the AS400 system.

    I know Linux is a thing, and about a dozen years ago I spent a year using Ubuntu exclusively. While appreciating the OS, I got tired of chanting magic spells at computer every time I wanted to use software I liked on it, and so went back to Windows.

    These days, despite being a reasonably tech savvy person approaching 60, I'm getting to the point where I'm just not up to learning/relearning an OS unless there is a critical need, and using Windows 10 there just isn't. At least not for me.

  • 'Trump did this’: Supreme Court blocks Biden emergency abortion mandate in Texas

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  • As a Canadian, I'd like to ask you a couple of things.

    What exactly does it mean to codify something? Two, why can't the Federal Gov put out a set of standards and say, "If you want Federal money for your healthcare systems, you have to meet these standards. If you don't want to, that's fine, but in that case you get get nothing from us."

    That's essentially how it works in Canada between our Federal gov and the Provinces, granted Canadian Provinces are less powerful than American states, but the power of the purse should still be the same, yes?

  • 'Trump did this’: Supreme Court blocks Biden emergency abortion mandate in Texas

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  • Two reasons:

    1. Ethics
    2. The GOP engaged in a campaign of doing everything, fair and foul, to prevent or at least slow this from happening.

  • Harris: ‘If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot’ during event with Oprah

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  • How so? Explain please, cause I'm not understanding the connection. (Yes, I'm both non-American and an idiot)

  • Harris: ‘If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot’ during event with Oprah

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  • Well, better than the time someone broke into the home of the Canadian Prime Minister (Jean Chretien at the time) and his wife held off the intruder with a soapstone carving...

  • What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?

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  • Doesn't the DPRK operate under the Juche political concept?

  • What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?

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  • Serious question, are there any true communist/Marxist nations today that would be examples of your statement?

    Sorry about terribad formatting, old phone is old

  • Low blow

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  • Reti for Life!

  • Autocorrect Rule

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  • Women are my favorite guy.

  • 'Embarrassing for Putin': Russian territory is under occupation for the first time since WWII

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  • As someone who lived during a large chunk of the Cold War, let me add some personal perspective on this. You are absolutely right in that the Soviet Union and the West were in a war from WWII on. A spy war, an economic war and several hot proxy wars.

    The US lost nearly all of those, but they did win the economic war, and in doing so broke the USSR economically and politically.

    After the USSR fell, the Cold War was over. Done. Finito. To emphasize this, capitalism came pouring into all the former SSR's and former Soviet citizens got to taste consumerism triggering chaos that took a full generation to hammer out. And then the 2010's came along and Russia began using it's natural resources to become more and more integrated with Europe.

    To the point where some analysts were beginning to be worried that Russia might come to dominate the EU economically.

    In fact, if Putin had waited another 5 years Europe would likely have become so dependant on Russian natural gas that they would literally have been unable to effectively protest any move Russia made, in fear of them turning off the tap. Russia was on the road to being THE dominant power in Europe, and Putin literally threw it ALL away chasing dreams of a renewed Russian Empire.

  • White man tells Black journalists his Black opponent is not Black

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  • I have a truck that can drive on roads and rail tracks. I use the method most convenient at the time.

  • Adopting a stray cat

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  • Weirdly enough, actual lifespan comparisons seem to be very hard to find. Studies showing slightly higher disease (4%) rates. Higher rates of eating things their owner didn't give them. Higher dangers from traffic, cars, etc. but I have yet to an actual study with lifespan numbers, let alone the 3-5 yrs vs 10-15 I've seen bandied about.

    I'm still looking for it as a lower lifespan sounds logical, but I've seen enough things defy apparent logic to not just accept the statement without supporting documentation.

    Let me clear. I support in principle the statement that indoor cats live longer, I just haven't found the proof for it yet.

  • Adopting a stray cat

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  • Appreciate not getting a snarky comeback. My personal experience has been outdoor/indoor cats lead long, satisfying lives. But my experience could be an outlier which is why I asked for your source.

    Will definitely give this a read once I'm done work. Again, much appreciated

  • Adopting a stray cat

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  • Then can you quote your source for your statement? My experiential information is counter to your claim, so I would like to see your data so I can improve my understanding.