So long. And thanks for all the fish.
It's not federal vs state
It's protected vs sacrificial lamb.
The powerful avoid the mobs by occasionally giving up one of their own to the horde.
Hmmm. Not really a true "detective" novel and more of a crime novel, but L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy is probably one of my top three books of all time, with the entire L.A. Quartet taking a fair chunk of my top ten.
But my interest in Ellroy got me down a rabbit hole of classic noir detective fiction and my favourites from THAT era would have to be Poodle Springs and Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. I'm pretty fond of a lot of Elmore Leonard's work as well. Dashiell Hammet for some reason never really clicked with me, nor did any of the Mike Hammer books.
I've said for years that the very last power we have as consumers is the ability to turn off our internet and still be able to use our devices. That is my minimum expectation of any company.
Fridge needs an internet connection, fuck you. TV won't work unless it's connected to the internet, fuck you.
But most especially (and this is why I moved to Linux originally), computer needs to always be connected to the internet even if all I'm doing is opening an office program that has nothing to do online? Go fuck yourself.
The ability to unplug my ethernet cable and still be able to use 99% of my computer with the exception of email and a web browser is the absolutely most basic human right left to us.
I agree...in theory. But the reality is those things already exist. It is generally the wealthy who take office for a number of reasons.
a) You have to be independently wealthy in order to take the time to campaign. Johnny punch-clock working 8 hours a day isn't going to have the financial means to take the time to win and election.
b) Independently wealthy people are usually the ones with access to investors/contacts who can fund their campaign. and
c) Winning an election usually requires some sort of name recognition in your community/district, etc... So it's likely a business owner, a local city council person, etc... someone with existing ties in the constituency they are seeking to represent.
It's always going to be the wealthy (or at least moderately well off) that get into power regardless of how much they are paid. Because it takes wealth to even get there in the first place.
I don't know why, I have zero reason to even think this. Maybe it's my growing distaste for Musk and his bullshit. But something about this whole thing has my "press X to doubt" meter going off the charts.
If I'm wrong. Great. But something in my gut tells me that you don't just go from multiple dead test subjects and a steven king novel's worth of FDA investigations, to suddenly having someone using it perfectly fine with no side effects.
Again, this is all allegedly. I have no proof or evidence either way. It's just my own gut. So don't sue me, Elon.
Some programs still relying on python2 when the operating system has long since upgraded to python3.
Not really an issue per se, I just had to switch those apps over to using the flatpak version which would have it installed as needed. (I'm looking at you GIMP)
It literally says "what is your favorite way to READ books" in the thread title.
Yeah. Same. I moved to Mastodon, and then ended up getting my invite to Bluesky (two weeks before it opened to everyone...thanks Jack Dorsey...real helpful...). But no one is there. Mastodon has mostly tech and open source. Bluesky is...well...nothing that I can tell.
Unquestionably the winner of Twitter's fall was TikTok, when suddenly everyone including politicians started making accounts/posts. Which is likely a large part of the push to get it banned in the US. Because it's taking away users/advertisers from good ol' 'murican tech businesses owned by south african diamond mine nepo babies.
No I didn't. lol. But it's worth mentioning again since it's by far his best film, and probably nic cages best film
Stock Market Capitalism is just imaginary numbers made up by rich people to convince other rich people to give them money. It's completely ephemeral.
The fact that it can rise or fall with nothing more than a silly antic from one person is proof about how insubstantial and frankly ridiculous the whole scheme is.