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Comment Re:Heatwaves all over northern hemisphere this sum (Score 2) 67

Being Canada isn't America

You need some geography lessons.

Brilliant self-own. You are the one who needs geography lessons. And maybe throw in lessons on the definition of a "sovereign nation."

"Canada isn't America" is an objectively true statement. That holds whether you consider "America" to be the United States, or all of North America, which consists of 23 sovereign countries. (Yes, that many.)

Comment Re:Financial SW is usually windows-only (Score 1) 242

Over my career, half of my printers have had problems in Linux.

I have discovered the reverse. I have an old Deskjet 460 that no longer has Windows drivers, but works just fine in all the Linux distros I have tried.

Sometimes Linux is a good option for hardware that has been orphaned in Windows.

Comment Re:I hate to say it... (Score 1) 242

I've been using staroffice, openoffice, and libreofice for decades and have only run into issues with "powerpoint" files, which isn't a big deal.

Many times in the past I have run into issues with PowerPoint files ... in PowerPoint. More specifically, details of slides I agonized over not storing and reloading correctly. Same with some Word files, on occasion.

Some Windows programs aren't even compatible with themselves.

Comment Re:Windows has the opposite problem (Score 1) 242

Linux software repos are so much more intuitive than the Windows store, as it is moderated by volunteers with incentives to keep it high quality while Windows just rakes in the coins.

True perhaps, but that's not an "opposite" problem. It's a different kind of problem.

The current discussion is about apps, not repositories. And I daresay Windows does not have the opposite problem when it comes to apps. Many Linux apps are ported to Windows. I don't think you see the reverse nearly as often.

Comment Re:What's his defense? (Score 1) 98

You left out the obvious one:

"The law that supports these cameras is unjust, and that's why I'm challenging it."

There are rare -- extremely rare -- times in history when a citizen has challenged an unjust law, and may not have won in court, but succeeded in effecting change. Rosa Parks refusing to sit at the back of the bus is perhaps a canonical example.

Someone who follows this strategy must be prepared to face the consequences if they lose. But they may be celebrated as a hero. Or may not.

Comment Re:pray I don't alter the deal further (Score 1) 114

Wow. Poe's Law is strong on this AC post.

Whatever Trump does is justice. It's not like he's going to obstruct himself?

So, Trump is a king. No more pretense?

But what about those other people obstructing him?

You mean, oh say, Congress and SCOTUS? (*) Co-equal branches of the US government? Those other people?

(*) Yeah I know, these days they support him more often than they obstruct him.

On second thought, isn't obstructing Trump some kind of Treason?

Uh ... no, because (1) the USA is not currently in a war declared by Congress, so nobody can be convicted of treason; and (2) pushing back on what the President does is the job of Congress and POTUS -- it is not treason in any way.

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