On one hand, I agree with you, I want everything done the old way and all my packages updated, and for all that software to still work.

On the other hand, that's not actually realistic, and a lot of people have to do a lot of hackery and patchwork in order to make it be like that.

I chose the version of Lutris that you get from their apt repo. If it installed extra 3d libraries, I didn't notice because disk space is cheap. I noticed it installed extra copies of runners available to Steam. I'm not thrilled about it, but I only noticed because I was was watching (I like to watch... status messages, that is.)

I run Devuan and I mostly run the versions of things I can get at least from backports, and I am running testing now, but it is now in rc status so that is not very testish. But sometimes, if you want the latest version of something, the best options are a flatpak or appimage. I also have found myself using docker containers to build a lot of software, and to run some services that are just problematic to get working otherwise.

The first thing that comes to mind is they could place the owners / operators of the website on a secret watch list for detention if they ever happen to step foot inside jurisdiction. And this could affect them for years to come. Have friends or family in the UK? You're not going to be going on vacation to visit them. Great job offer from over there? nope. Does this apply to your spouse too? How about your kids? ALL the employees of your company? They're already being unreasonable, what makes you think they won't continue to get MORE unreasonable? (it's already been seen for places like China to take away passports of menial employees to try to squeeze money out of their company that's left the country)

Second is this may be the first step in trying to ban your domain from users inside that country via DHCP poisoning, blocking IP addresses, and such. Sure there's ways around it, but it still hurts your traffic.

I still think the whole thing is a silly over-reach, but it's their house, their rules. All they can do right now though is piss and moan about it and start adding up unenforceable fines, till you step inside their house of course. Or until extradition gets jacked into the law somehow.

"If you're good at something, never do it for free!"

yep.

(experts predict it could happen, you should prepare)

  "that'll NEVER happen!"

(happens)

well ok, NO ONE could have predicted that.

(experts say it will happen again, you REALLY need to prepare)

Oh that was just a fluke, It'll NEVER happen again.

(happens again)

WOW, that was incredibly unlucky! NO ONE could have predicted that would happen again!

Even an idiot that ignores warnings can learn from their mistakes. It takes a SPECIAL kind of idiot to keep ignoring the experts, and make the same mistake over and over without learning.

and nukes, they also have those.

But they're all sensitive to extreme cold for different reasons. Not sure what oil's problem was (besides not having enough), but nuke plants need cooling water and have to shut down when their source freezes, and natural gas pipe lines actually have hydrates in them that makes the pipes ice up and clog in the cold.

I live in Iowa, and most (city) homes here use natural gas for winter heating. I've NEVER seen a gas line freeze around here, and it gets WAY colder here than in Texas. If we can figure it out, they can figure it out,

not evidence, just FUD

One way or another, cost of solar is only going down, and cost of coal is only going up. Even at those rates, it'll eventually reach and then cross parity.

[citation needed]

Windows 11 is causing me grief daily, and the UI is provably worse than it was in 10.

People don't appreciate how aerodynamic cars can be at this time, and have been since the late eighties. My 1989 240SX fastback had an 0.21 Cd. Yeah, the Aptera has a lot less frontal area, but it also has a bunch of stupid shapes sticking out that a car doesn't have to have.

Same for three wheeled car projects. The only time they ever made sense was for war-ravaged Europe trying to get back on its feet and saving scarce materials and manufacturing time by making simpler 3-wheeled microcars with fewer complex parts. It seems like a good idea at first glance, you reduce rolling resistance, you could potentially reduce wind resistance, you save money on parts. But the driving experience is shit; you can't corner as hard so your ability to avoid obstacles is reduced, the three tracks mean you drive through more potholes and hit more other obstacles (all kinds of shit falls off vehicles) that you could have dodged if you had two tracks, replacement of the third tire is more complicated than on a normal four-wheeled vehicle, you can only tow them on a rollback and not with a wrecker, etc.

Three-wheeled vehicles are shit, and any business plan which involves selling them in volume is stupid.

No, only the ones involving determining eligibility for social services that should be replaced by UBI.

Since when did we enshrine unsustainability?

Since when did we celebrate life's purpose being enhancing shareholder value?

You have nothing to lose but the boot you're deep throating.

If the workplace policies and procedures don't prevent certain employees making it toxic for everyone, then it's the workplace, same as how a business which cannot pay a living wage doesn't deserve to exist because it's an unsustainable business model.

Gee, that sure does sound familiar. I wonder where I heard that recently?

I've been compiling software for Linux since I first started running it 1994 and it has never been more complicated than it is today. Dependency changes five levels deep or more and you get compilation errors at multiple levels. Your dismissiveness is unwarranted and makes you look ignorant.

Some of us set smaller limits because we have 64GB in our system and don't want 32GB of tmp if something goes bananas.