It can be useful for apps which are dropped by distributions. For example on Debian zenmap (gui version of nmap) is no more. The easiest way to get it is a flatpak.

A more important app for me was displaycal as I need a colour managed display for photo editing. It had become useless as hadn't made the transition from python2 to python3 and no longer worked. A flatpak version solved that very nicely for the period before a working version again became available in a distro repo.

I agree that it's pretty much pointless using flatpaks for apps easily available in the same versions in distro repos but for me it has been occasionally incredibly useful. It's also quite useful for trying out a different version of an app. For example maybe you run a stable distro and would prefer not to mix in testing or experimental packages.

Prime ministers in real democracies are people who have been elected by voters.

The EU parliament *cannot* propose legislation. What kind of parliament is that? You can compare it to parliaments in UK, Aus, NZ, Canada and the Congress in the US.

In the EU the government is *not* made up of people elected by the voters. They are all appointees. None have been elected. None. Often they are people who have been unambiguously *rejected* by the electorates in their own country and the EU allows them to "fail upwards". In real democracies the ministers are chosen from elected representatives. They can typically be recalled or voted out *by the electorate*.

The EU government is not elected, it's appointed. The government is the EU Commission. The commissioners are *not* elected. It's the EU Commission which proposes legislation and makes decisions, not the elected EU Parliament. The EU Parliament is a rubber stamp and a hot air generator. It *cannot* propose legislation. This means it is not like any parliament as understood in the Anglosphere. It appears to be democratic only on casual inspection but in fact the citizens of the EU *cannot* vote in or out any member of the EU government who actually makes government policy, decisions or proposed laws. That is not democracy.

How many fingers am I holding up Winston?

Four. I suppose there are four. I tried to see five. I wish I could.

I don't like to brag but that is my hot shit they are using. Oh yes.

Thank you. I read The Guardian article and suspected it was wrong in some way but I don't have access to the paywalled Nature article to check.

If this decline is over 600 years then is it reasonable to expect to reverse or halt it by changing our behaviour now? After all, for most of that 600 years it can't have been human activity making an impact.

If the removal tool doesn't work then use a debian install iso.

I do not spend a third of my life asleep. It's more like two thirds. My whole life has been a preparation for the time when I can earn money while snoring and farting. I am the modern Stakhanov.

Scottish pussies are easy.

Bitch eff ess

"If you are really important, you need no watch."

Or if you have any smartphone, even the worst, oldest, cheapest.

How Euro-centric. Use Wembley Stadiums and areas the size of Wales like the civilised nations of Britain.

A tip for those called mjwx. The average mjwx won't notice a wordplay or joke that involves two elements, for example fani and fanny, and matrix and complexity. See y'all.

Professor Ian Duncan of Birmingham is a cunt.