Comment "investigating actual events and stories" (Score 1) 123
Who does that anymore anyway? The mainstream is all just repackaged AP stories and press releases.
Comment Or they get it from OSINT sources. (Score 0) 123
Anyway, they're not worse than traditional media.
Comment The Internet of Damn Things (Score 0) 194
Anyone who fell for this whole idea is getting what he deserves.
I'm against gratuitous computerization. Not because I hate computers. Because I hate gratuitousness.
I'm against gratuitous computerization. Not because I hate computers. Because I hate gratuitousness.
Comment Grade separated is good for other reasons. (Score 1) 220
Stopping at a crossing is inefficient.
And the point of high speed is efficiency.
And the point of high speed is efficiency.
Comment My side: truth. Your side: proaganda. (Score 1) 122
Truth: both sides are propaganda and always have been.
Comment He who pays the piper calls the tune. (Score 2) 122
No philanthropist funds anything for free. They're looking for propaganda outlets.
Before you get too outraged, consider this: news outlets, including local ones, have always been propaganda outlets.
(Want to know about the fire last night down the block? Ask somebody down the block. Reporters know nothing.)
Before you get too outraged, consider this: news outlets, including local ones, have always been propaganda outlets.
(Want to know about the fire last night down the block? Ask somebody down the block. Reporters know nothing.)
Comment The three letter agencies ARE the government. (Score 1) 151
The watchmen do not police themselves, not even secretly.
Comment There are these people who... (Score 1) 265
don't want us to fly so much.
In fact, I may be off my meds or something, but I think this whole discussion is about them.
Also, you seem to be agreeing with them. Maybe don't do that.
In fact, I may be off my meds or something, but I think this whole discussion is about them.
Also, you seem to be agreeing with them. Maybe don't do that.
Comment That guy at the end of the bar (Score 3, Funny) 119
Cliff Clavin raises a mug to you.
Comment Robot Chicken is helping you with your homework. (Score 1) 119
Don't worry about it. Unless you intend to put that code into production.
Comment I never flew anywhere as a kid... (Score 1) 265
on account of I was poor.
There's a whole world out there. Sights to see, other cultures to experience. And there are people who would deny that world to us... but not to themselves.
They want to under-privilege us.
Travel may or may not broaden the mind, but staying home will certainly narrow it.
There's a whole world out there. Sights to see, other cultures to experience. And there are people who would deny that world to us... but not to themselves.
They want to under-privilege us.
Travel may or may not broaden the mind, but staying home will certainly narrow it.
Comment Have a reference distro that everyone forks off of (Score 2) 283
This way we all have our freedom, and the resulting complexity is managed.
We can all go our own way, and we can all navigate relative to each other.
Anyone who is just starting out, or who doesn't want paid tech support, can install the reference distro,
If and when this fails to meet your needs, go shopping for a fork.
If something goes wrong, try it again with the reference distro before posting questions online. This way you can narrow down the source of the problem. The reference distro will end up getting many eyes and become well debugged. The forks will be at a disadvantage there, but then there's paid support.
If a fork is buggy, the reference can serve as a "safe mode."
We can all go our own way, and we can all navigate relative to each other.
Anyone who is just starting out, or who doesn't want paid tech support, can install the reference distro,
If and when this fails to meet your needs, go shopping for a fork.
If something goes wrong, try it again with the reference distro before posting questions online. This way you can narrow down the source of the problem. The reference distro will end up getting many eyes and become well debugged. The forks will be at a disadvantage there, but then there's paid support.
If a fork is buggy, the reference can serve as a "safe mode."
Comment We must give up having nice things like air travel (Score 1) 265
Go ahead. You first.
Comment It won't slow anything down. (Score 1) 220
They feel no pain. They just pass the costs along to the taxpayer.
Comment Remembering that pipeline that got ransomwared... (Score 1) 140
a while back, and thinking this sort of thing ought to be confined to private networks.
Screw the Internet of Damn Things.
Screw the Internet of Damn Things.
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