I stopped updating at 1.8.9

I have not felt any desire or even vague interest to update since. The newer version don't add anything I'm interested in and mostly just breaks my favorite mods.

So if Microsoft wants to break the newest Minecraft versions that is their call. They paid for it, it is theirs to FUBAR as they choose.

Last I heard, about a month and a half ago actually, it is COMPLETELY LEGAL in the USA* to make your own gun. You just can't sell it, transfer it, and it has to be within Federal law in regards to barrel and overall length and a few other features. Oh, and it can't be an automatic unless you get a permit first.

(* last I heard CA was still part of the USA. did they secede while I was getting dinner or something?)

Not to mention anyone with more brain cells than the Cali politicians seem to have can walk into a hardware store, buy some pipe fittings and build what was commonly called a "zip gun" in a few hours. And it would be much easier, faster, and lets face it safer than a 3D printed gun. The BOM and instructions are all over the Internet already.

This whole thing is just California's political critters trying to look like they are doing something while they ignore or can't fix whatever real problems the state has.

"Pay no attention to the issues behind the curtain."

I'm not up to speed on what is California's current list of issues so I'm not going to try and comment on them.

Any better informed CA residents want to chime in with what is really going on?

For the the species "Homo Sapiens".

How much Human DNA can we change before we are a different species?

wouldn't have mattered if they did.

The USA doesn't recognize the ICC's jurisdiction with regards to US citizens.

Dick Cheney was one of the few people I was actually looking forward to their death. Sadly that list has gotten longer in the last decade rather than shorter.

I'm not cheering like I did when Scalia died, but I'm going to raise a glass later and toast "Good riddance, Mr.Cheney, may the Yama give you everything you deserve."

One of the things about making something with a larger volume is that you will also decrease the amount of heat it can get rid of.

How are they going to cool these new 3D chips?

Contempt for non biological consciousness's rights leads to contempt for biological consciousness's rights.

But then Mustafa Suleyman does work for Microsoft, so it is to be expected.

It does everything Microsoft really cares about.

No, I wouldn't steal a car, handbag, television, or a physicle DVD. That would deprive someone of their property and be a violation of Criminal law.

Downloading a copy of someones IP without their permission does NOT deprive them of their physical property and is not covered by Criminal law. Using a portion of someones IP for parody or satire is allowed in small amounts.

Making a complete copy and using it for profit is Copyright infringement and covered under Civil law. Operations that make and distribute IP covered by an active copyright without the permission of the rights holder are still considered Civil because no one has been deprived of their physical property.

I agree that data harvesting someone's IP for AI training is wrong for the simple fact that someone other than the copyright holder profits from the action and the people doing the training do not have permission to use the IP in that manner.

But please stop putting that BS "you wouldn't steal a car ..." line. It was BS when it came out, and is still BS. Media companies trying to change public perception of copyright infringement to justify their use of SWAT teams, criminal courts, and completely ruining average people's lives for downloading something for private, non profitable use.

For the record, IANAL but I have studied law. Life events intervened and I've never gotten around to taking the Bar exam.

When I read stories like this I'm reminded of a very old joke

"The only thing Microsoft could make the wouldn't suck is a vacuum cleaner"

Prisons are filled with stupid criminals.

The smart ones don't get caught.

My sympathies for your lose.

She was a great woman who will be remembered for all that she accomplished in her life and for who she was.

I raise a glass to her memory, and legacy.

I was laughing about that Farside with my brother just 4 days ago.

We both remembered that panel so well. And the back story of the "incident" between Larson and Goodall's foundation. An interesting tail indeed, Worked out well thankfully, and Goodall's foundation welcomed a new director shortly afterwards :D

She will be missed.

Yes actually I can, and have every couple of years over the last 25 years or so. I currently have four systems cobbled together from random parts I had laying around running Devuan Linux providing a media server, 2 NAS, and my current gaming rig.

Only time I've needed to install a "special package" was on my gaming system because the default nouveau video drivers installed during Devuan's initial install don't support the 32bit libraries needed by Steam's Proton and WINE. Installing the official nvidia driver package only took one command and about 15 minutes as everything needed was already in the Debian repositories.

From bare HD to fully secure and operational system ready to start loading and playing "Windows only" games in less than 2 hours. Last time I tried a Windows install (Win 7) it took that long just to get the base install done and start on the first batch of updates. Then I still had to download the GPU drivers from nvida and I never was able to get the MB's USB 3 ports working, something Linux did right from go.

Your comment really makes me wonder what Linux disrto you've been using. I'd recommend you try Devuan Daedalus.

OK, so it goes really fast on a track. it will go at the same speed as every other car on the road when it is stuck in a traffic jam. And I don't want to think about the insurance costs for a car that has "it goes really fast" as a major selling point.

In a EV, any car actually, I want the following, in order of importance; comfortable, range to do what I need, reasonably priced for that range, low maintenance, doesn't look like a rusty abandoned clunker.

My 2 Yen.