Interesting you say the Linux community is hostile.
I've found that the Redhat, Suse and Ubuntu support forums have a VERY friendly bunch of people in them. The days of 'RTFM N00B' seem to be slowly fading into the past.
Where's the renewable energy going to come from?
Tassie is 95% Hydro & Wind (possibly a bit higher), and connected to the National Grid by Basslink. (Good in Theory, but we don't have a lot of water right now......)
Google is offering advertisers more information on where their adverts are appearing and how they are performing.
NSFW Online sex toy outfit LoveHoney has got itself into hot water over the promotion of its Brush Bunny Electric Toothbrush Rabbit Vibrator after deciding the best way to punt the product was to picture it beside the pleasure delivery platform of choice - an Oral-B electric toothbrush.
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