

The unforeseen effects should be enough to give us pause.
Interests: Linux, Economics, Politics, & Religion.


The unforeseen effects should be enough to give us pause.


What’s the difference between big software companies and drug cartels? No, this is not the opening line of a joke.


I started using Linux as my primary computer about 7 years ago. After a few months of distro hopping, I landed on Solus because it is stable and rolling. I didn’t want to deal with breaks during major upgrades. My system is still going and I have no complaints. I’m just a regular computer user, personal and work (non-tech job). I have to wonder why Solus doesn’t get more attention.


It requires more effort to spread intelligent ideas.


Humans have always been stupid but today technology has made it easier for the dumbest among us to be more influential than any stupid person of any prior era. This, we are in the golden age of stupidity.


I think it is because people who identify as antifa are usually more than just opposed to fascism. They also promote a set of political opinions beyond opposition to fascism. Those political opinions are unattractive to many people who dislike both fascism and antifa.


Do you have a neighbor who well let you borrow their address?


Instead of demonizing a class of person, perhaps you should select someone’s writing or speech and then make an argument about something someone actually said. Even better if you turn it into a conversation with two way discourse. Your question just alienates others.


He changed his mind to agree with Catholics about the Blessed Virgin Mary. That’s rare for an Evangelical.


Capable? Everyone who isn’t mentally handicapped or disabled.


I get told that whenever I run into people from high school, unless I’ve got my beard. My beard is gray enough to show my age.
Just use RSS to follow specific channels.
That’s what my friends and family use!


Will a .onion site work for you instead? No registration, no cost, and easy to self-host.


You are more than welcome to cite the actual Geneva convention to show where I’m wrong.


My wife buys gift cards to restaurants with quality food (usually fast casual without table service) and hands them out to the homeless. We also donate razors, feminine products, etc. to a local house that gets supplies out to the homeless.


If that’s your metric, then I think Israel meets it. Iran has sponsored and directed non-state actors in Israel. These include both Hamas and Hezbollah. Additionally, Houthi militants have targeted Israeli civilian shipping.


An official declaration of war is not required. These nuclear scientists are not protected by the Geneva convention because Iranian nuclear infrastructure, including persons, are military targets. The purpose is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity and that’s a purposeful military objective.
Which communities do you most recommend or enjoy?