TimeSquirrel

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ubuntu is basically dead

It's dead for hardcore nerds that care about such things as snaps and such. But in the corporate world, it's very much alive. I literally just got done installing an Ubuntu-based NVR from Wisenet for a store's CCTV system.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Perry then defended replacement theory,

"I ain't racist, they're racist."

Immediately proceeds to do a racism

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And if someone chooses to watch that, that's their business. Not nanny government's. Not saying I do. But none of us have any business telling someone else what they can and cannot watch. That's part of living in a supposedly "free" country. We aren't China. You want a "great firewall", then move there.

In our zeal to shun everything China-related, we must not become them.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I was under the assumption that the Constitution applies to all within the sovereign territory of the US, not just citizens. That's why undocumented immigrants are still given trials for suspected crimes.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (27 children)

I thought brainworms were just a colloquial saying, not an actual thing!

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that still in system RAM at this stage in the boot process?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm 42. I always got systems later than other kids. The Atari was in the house ever since I could form memories, and I finally got an NES in 1990, when the SNES and Genesis/Mega drive were on the horizon.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Parents?? That was my first console. How young is everyone here?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, OutKast, not Lil Jon.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They aren't. But if one side could grow a pair instead of pretending that the other side is still willing to debate and act rationally like it's still the 90s, that would be great.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All those guns and missiles < fast as fuck carrying just some cameras, always watching, invisible to radar. Don't even know it's there.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The race never stopped. You buy an Apple II. It works for a while. Then everyone is running Lotus 1-2-3 so you gotta get an expensive 386. Now Windows 3.1 and 95 is the standard, and you need Internet too so you buy a modem and a Pentium machine for a couple grand. It's okay for a while. Then downloads take longer and longer, and your computer gets slower again, so you upgrade to 6mbps cable internet and an AMD athlon/Pentium 4, and Windows XP. It's okay for a while. But then games and software no longer fit on a CD ROM. They're using DVDs, and the space they take up on your HD is approaching tens of GB. Suddenly you need to upgrade to 25mbps internet and a terabyte drive to keep up with the space requirements and updates/service packs. You're on a multi core CPU now because nobody fucking optimizes shit anymore and assumes you have the horsepower to deal with it. Then they get rid of physical media altogether. Now you're stuck downloading a fucking several hundred gigabyte game or piece of software on a 100+mbps connection to do largely the same shit we did on that Apple II in 1980. Your system RAM alone can now hold all software ever made for that Apple II with plenty room to spare.

I get why a lot of retirees in the industry want to burn their computers and take up farming.

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