https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UGzLZbL7zM

And yet, the Jaipur Police and Indian Media are strangely uninterested in this story. So, Indians, where you guys at? Is your country so corrupt that it's beyond repair? Where are the good men and women of India who should be outraged that their country is starting to only be known for it's scam call centers?

What's worse - one of the scammers is a 15 year old girl. Where are the "won't someone think of the children" liberals at? You guys going to sit there and do nothing?

Here's what you should do. Share this video. Share it on Xwitter, Reddit, Facebook, and tag Indian Media and Police. Let's try to bring these scammers to justice and make a dent in the roughly 22 BILLION dollars these assholes are stealing from people who's only crime is not being tech saavy.

that is about it. reddit is imploding. is slashdot still junk? anyone even here any more? Major Tom to ground control?

I'm back from a long hiatus from \.
Hope to have something interesting to say here shortly.

No?

Probably just as well. Slashdot has apparently completed it's descent into irrelevancy.

Did you Demonrats really just nominate the creepy pedo / hair sniffing / dementia patient Joe Biden?

You know, the guy who creates characters like bad dude "Corn Pop" when he's not getting overly touchy with kids? You did. You really did it.

Thanks for making this easy.

The rat-faced, Alfred E. Neumann wannabe Pete Bootyjudge dropped out.

How will Demonrats decide which commie to vote for now?

Step 1: Give the Democratic Nomination to Mini-Mike Bloomberg
Step 2: The country unites behind Trump, who wins in a landslide as both Democrats and Republicans alike seem to hate Mini-Mike "NO SODA FOR YOU!" Bloomberg.
Step 3: Reap the economic rewards of 4 more years of Trumponomics, which has given us an excellent (if not quite historic yet) economy.

So c'mon Demonrats. Do the right thing - none of the Demonrats running have a chance of beating Trump - Crazy Bernie is a pinko commie, Pocahontas is female Bernie, Bootyjudge is just a more masculine Beto, Biden's gone completely insane, and Klobuchar's run out of stuff to throw at staffers.

So do the right thing, Demonrats. Vote for Mini-Mike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSxi96o43Q

Honestly I haven't decided yet.

Trump 2020

... there was a "Circle".

Not sure why I thought of it, but figured I'd throw a shout-out and see who's still around and kicking.

So who's still out there? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

I have spent years working with an assortment of programming languages - C, C++, Pascal/Delphi, Fortran, Ada, MS-DOS batch scripts (I didn't say all *good* languages), bash/csh scripts, SAS, PHP, Javascript...among others. Until recently I would have identified C++ as my "favorite" language. But that is changing.

The more I work with Perl, the more I like it. Yes, I know it's losing ground to Python (a language I do not like even a little). Like every other language I have used it is not perfect, but it does have a lot going for it - it's well-designed (though quirky in a few areas), it allows me to do things that would take twice as long to do in other languages, and I like the community support when I do occasionally get stuck.

It's been since 2010 or so, at least -- if not longer.

Yes, I'm still here. Yes, I know hardly anyone will read this. No, I don't especially care.

Recently I decided to change Linux disctributions on my main system and I installed BlueStar. It is an Arch-based distro which is a new experience for me; I have been using RedHat-based distros for ages, specifically Scientific. I wanted to try something new, and I ended up on BlueStar based on the reputation of Arch and based on a few reviews.

Wow. Wish I had done this years ago. It's faster, it has a better layout, its package manager works well even though it's a little strange, and it runs my VMs just fine. I can run either CentOS or Scientific in a VM so I can still keep up with certification, but I think BlueStar is my new primary distro of choice.

I don't know if I will post more here or not. I need an outlet, and I have not found a social media platform that works for me.

Looks like the journal page is still broken so I have to scroll to the bottom to find the link to create a new journal.

sooooo why is /. dying? Ohhhhhhhh yeah.

See Have Bruce Perens Keynote Your Confference at perens.com