I wasn't a guard, but I know about it because a friend of mine was. IIRC the guard just stepped inside the shack and called in to report it. He was more confused than anything.
spauldo
joined 2 years ago
The witches I know say every full moon is a super moon!
Or the one that closed in 1925 and is currently a coffee shop.
I don't know why journalists make a big deal about supermoons. They look no different than any other full moon, they're just (imperceptibly) larger.
If you're in the US, replace it with a western red cedar post. It costs more but lasts much longer than standard SPF 4x4s. Let your kids replace the next one.
Or a 3" thick gauge steel pipe, if you're not concerned with looks. Your great grandkids can replace that.
Pulseaudio was always buggy for me. I've only tried pipewire recently and so far I've had no issues.
The only downside is that (from having to do so much troubleshooting) I know more or less how to configure and tweak pulseaudio. If I ever decide to do weird sound things with pipewire, I'm starting from scratch.
A few points you missed.
Yes, the Rykuyu islands were a sovereign country... In the 16th century. It's been run by Japan - save for a brief period between 1945 and 1978 - ever since. There's a small and insignificant independence movement that pretty much everyone ignores. I remember them throwing bread rolls at our gate guards.
The US didn't nuke Okinawa. I don't think it was intentional, but your wording implied that it did.
Okinawans are split over the military issue. Some people want the US out. Others make tons of money off the Americans being there. It's not a clear cut situation as you seem to imply.
The US is responsible for Japan's defense ever since the end of WWII, just like it was for west Germany. Given that Japan didn't make many friends during their little adventure across east Asia, having the world's largest military protect them is a favorable arrangement for them.
It's been several generations since WWII. Japan is one of the US' closest allies. If they wanted to transform their self-defense force into a full-blown military and take over responsibility for their own defense, I'm sure they could do so. So far, no one has generated the political will to do that. Your buddy Kim isn't helping things by sending missiles over Japan.
And lastly, WWII wasn't a war of conquest for the US. Blame the US for interfering in Korea and Vietnam and the middle east all you like, but Japan was a different story. Calling the US' actions in Japan "Imperialism" destroys any credibility you may have otherwise had.
jwz addressed this, actually, by responding, "Who hurt you?"
Just keep telling yourself, "two Christmases and two birthdays" until greed washes away the pain.
Then try to be less of an asshole to your kids.
Other than rumors that HiDPI stuff works better on Wayland (which only affects me on my laptop since I was stupid enough to buy a 4k one), I've seen no real reason to switch away from X. It's always just worked for me, and has since the 90s.
Maybe I'll reevaluate again in another decade. Perhaps Wayland will be finished by then.
I'm a smoker. If I get lung cancer, it won't be from secondhand smoke.
I'd suggest actually learning a bit about cancer. The claims by the CDC are technically true but misleading. Unless someone has a specific condition where they react badly to tobacco smoke, the biggest threat to their health in the smoke pit is the car exhaust (airport smoke pits are almost always on the arrivals terminal). If the NRC held the same standard, we'd all be living in lead boxes.
"Stay together for the kids, we can make them as miserable as we are together!"