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Time to go down the Panspermia rabbit hole!

That the primary motivator towards forcing the sale wasn't the algorithm as such, it was the probability that the PRC would use TikTok as a propaganda tool.

The Republicans aren't conservative in any sensible meaning of the word. They are radicals. The Democrats are far more conservative than the Republicans these days.

Lots of medical workers, especially in rural hospitals, are on H1-Bs.

I never stopped coming in to the office. Before that I worked in industrial automation, and that work couldn't be done remotely either.

Thatâ(TM)s your fucking choice! You chose to buy into the rich get richer while the poor get poorer You decided to buy into this system of wage slavery because you are a weak minded coward And you will sit there like a slack jawed moron as they build more and more go concentration camps and start rounding up the immigrants, then the trans, then the gays and liberals And you tell yourself âoewhat can I do? I have rent to pay!â You and your pathetic, slavish ilk deserve every bit of whatâ(TM)s coming You are about to find out that you arenâ(TM)t entitled to anything you arenâ(TM)t willing to fight for Enjoy your stay in camp â" the brutality of those who you have enslaved yourself to is all you deserve

"diesel engines are known for being especially difficult to start in cold."

When I was in the Army in Korea in 1985/86 one of the duties on the duty roster was to start every vehicle in the motor pool every 4 hours and run it for half an hour to keep it warm. Nothing like getting up at 0200 on a Sunday morning to spend an hour in the motor pool.

America is now filled with a bunch of willfully ignorant assholes Within a few years there will no facts in American media, only content If you arenâ(TM)t a member of the wealthy elite and donâ(TM)t want to live as a slave, GTFO now The fact is most Americans are slaves they are just too farking blind to see it If you hate whatâ(TM)s going on, but feel powerless to do anything meaningful because âoeyou have rent to payâ â" youâ(TM)re a fucking slave and should just STFU because your opinion does not matter, because uou speak empty words, have no autonomy and youâ(TM)re just worthless trash by choice

Yes, buying. I lived in Cedar City Utah and first encountered Linux in a RedHat 2.0 beige box at a gaming store in Red Cliffs Mall in St George. Probably in 1994 or 5. Came with a couple of manuals, a boot floppy, and a CD. Had the 0.95 kernel. Getting dial-up configured was interesting since the ISP only knew about Trumpet Winsock... Then leaving it running for a few hours in the evening to update everything.

Within a week I was at the local BN buying O'Reilly books.

Why didnâ(TM)t the âoetechâ setup automated backups? That shouldâ(TM)ve been #1 on the agenda after services were restored. And wouldâ(TM)ve been an easy sell at the time. So did they âoenever learnâ, or did the geniuses they hired to fix their shit not give a shit about best practices and were happy to do the bare minimum and leave their hapless clients to their own devices? Frankly, I am fucking done with the tech industry. Fucking jackholes, sociopaths and scumbags from top to bottom. The fact that itâ(TM)s the mid 2020s and our security standards as a whole are just as abysmal as they were in the 80s, perhaps worse But at least our top tech visionaries have shifted from âoemaking everyoneâ(TM)s lives betterâ to âoefuck you, you filthy animals, weâ(TM)re going to take away everyoneâ(TM)s jobs then subjugate you all under autocracy and slaveryâ So yeah. Everything had gone to shit and I concede the MAGAts might be right. Burning everything to the ground might in fact be the only thing Americans are capable of doing at this point.

Itâ(TM)s information warfare. Itâ(TM)s a fraud meant to deceive and cause harm Spreading lies to influence public opinion or obtain political votes should be a felony Conducting Information Warfare against the people should put one well within Enemy Combatant status and earn one a trip to Gitmo. These are acts of warfare against my rights and freedoms and my democracy. Itâ(TM)s violence against the people and a form of hate speech Enough with these enemies of democracy who want to drive us to civil war and/or enslave use under authoritarians for their shits and giggles

Our Government knows full well the dangers snd effects of Information Warfare, yet they do nothing Our CIA used information warfare to radicalize college students and the youth to depose their own democratically elected leader and reimpose the Shah. We have used these tactics around the world to conduct âoeregime changeâ and are commonly known as âoedirty tricks campaignsâ Yet our government stands by and does nothing as parties such as Alex Jones and other âoeinfluencerâ pieces of shit radicalize Americans against their own democracy, rights and freedoms. We have the PATRIOT Act. USE IT! Lock these pieces of shit up in Gitmo and water board them and do your Abu Graib rapey bits. Because thatâ(TM)s what these people deserve. They are enemy combatants who want to take away our rights, our freedoms and our way of life for shits and giggles Do you value your rights? Do you value being able to live free and not under the boot heel of a fascist, hateful piece of shit like Trump or Musk? Do you want to see our democracy and way of life maintained? Or would you prefer to see it all burned down and live as an actual slave under the rule of sociopathic, hateful tyrants that view the common man as trash? Itâ(TM)s high time the tolerance of these acts of warfare against the people, against democracy and against common decency is ended and the enemy combatants are rounded up and dealt with We have the laws and the institutions, use them. Our democracy and very way of life is at stake. And start treating lies by politicians and media to sway politics and public opinion as fraud and start charging the perpetrators with felonies. Enough is a fucking nuff. This isnâ(TM)t free speech itâ(TM)s hate speech and information warfare

So letâ(TM)s burn democracy and the bill of rights to the ground right now. TRUMP 2024! Freedoms are for rich people, the billionaires. Letâ(TM)s stop deluding ourselves and accept slavery, because thatâ(TM)s the future for pieces of shit like you who are already slaves, just too self centered and ignorant to realize it yet

Iâ(TM)m a techie and I visualize in my head, not just âoeseeâ an apple but see it being thrown by people, see it spinning the air, and also hear various sounds it might make like a crisp crunch when being bitten into or a dull thud when it hits the ground. Iâ(TM)m also able to conceptualize. I started off as an artist, doing character design and animation, but self taught to become a programmer. Yes, I am an autodidact, and quickly went from learning PHP and MySQL to being a Software Architect, because I simply get it and understand as you said, the inner workings, but what separates me from other software devs, is the ability to think conceptually about complex systems with many moving parts and interdependencies. Something a good many devs simply lack the ability to do. Iâ(TM)ve always been a bit different. This article puts a lot of that into perspective, perhaps most people can either visualize or conceptualize. I can do both easily. I also âoeprogramâ my subconscious to wake me up at a given time, recall forgotten info, feed me info or help solve more perplexing problems. I already know most people do not do that. However, now I wonder if a good many people simply canâ(TM)t.