absentbird

absentbird , 2 months ago (edited 1 month ago)

💯

That’s what I love about Linux: you have options.

• Security updates automatically, but only restart or do feature upgrades manually?
  • You got it.
• Automatically update everything as soon as it comes out, with a little pop-up to let you know you should restart?
  • Sure thing boss.
• Automate the entire process with reboots scheduled during off-hours?
  • No problem.
• Never update anything without being asked?
  • There’s a setting for that.

It empowers the user to choose what works best for them.

absentbird , 2 months ago

American Idiot by Green Day comes to mind.

absentbird , 2 months ago

I guess the graduation ceremony is coming up or something. At least that’s the excuse I heard.

absentbird , 2 months ago

That’s not what the republicans blocking the aid have been saying: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67649497

absentbird , 2 months ago

Only dual boot two Linux partitions. Dual booting windows is a waste of disk space, and liable to fuck with your bootloader every update.

absentbird , 2 months ago

My understanding is that Netanyahu allowed for funding from foreign nations to reach Hamas, but the money was largely coming from Iran. Did Israel directly fund Hamas?

absentbird , 2 months ago

So you are saying Iran funds Hamas?

I thought Iran’s support for Hamas was widely acknowledged.

absentbird , 2 months ago

The difference is that Iran was doing the funding while Netanyahu was facilitating it. The comment above criticized Iran for funding terrorists, and you said that by that token Israel should lose their nukes for funding Hamas, but it was Iran who was doing the funding.

I agree that what Israel did was fucked up, and absolutely no way for a nuclear power to behave. But it seems relevant to the conversation that the government writing the checks was Iran.

absentbird , 2 months ago

What’s the difference between that and being demisexual? I identify as demi, but now I’m wondering if I misunderstood something, because I relate to what you said.

absentbird , 2 months ago

How does refusing asylum to working class Israeli refugees advance the class war or stop genocide?

absentbird , 2 months ago

Exactly what part of that is eugenics? Deciding not to have kids, or recognizing the environmental impact of the choice?

absentbird , 2 months ago

Steam OS is based on Arch, and Valve shares source code for nearly all their packages: steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/…/jupiter-main/

absentbird , 2 months ago

It’s not like this is coming out of nowhere, there’s some pretty compelling reasons to be concerned about forced labor in the Temu supply chain.

absentbird , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Where is that in the document? I tried to find it but it’s long and I couldn’t spot it. Weren’t the bombs dropped in August '45?

absentbird , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Thank you.

Reading it over, I can see that scenario would have involved continued fire bombing campaigns, which had already killed over 300,000 people and left over 8 million homeless. It also suggests that many of Japan’s 2 million troops and thousands of planes would have been destroyed before surrender.

It says the vast majority of people surveyed in Japan at the time were willing to continue fighting the war, and the political structure made surrender particularly unlikely.

What do you think the US should have done in 1945?

absentbird , 2 months ago

Isn’t it a bit of a homolog to the G-spot? Makes sense to me.

absentbird , 2 months ago

Well put. I am of the same perspective.

absentbird , 3 months ago

It’s spelled embarrass, you wrote ‘emberass’; would that be like someone who sits on hot coals?

absentbird , 3 months ago

Halting the Russian war machine before it increases to millions.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Where do you think Lemmy got all its users?

Fixed that for you.

/le reddit larping

absentbird , 3 months ago

The HBO Watchmen series has this as part of its premise.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Racism

absentbird , 3 months ago

I saw a video from the UK where a guy charged a cop with a knife and the cop just smacked it out of his hand with a baton and put him in handcuffs. Police in the UK only shoot two or three people each year, and the per capita injuries to the police are lower, seems like a better system.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Lawful Good IMO

absentbird , 3 months ago

Besides, not all seats are the same. The lid on my toilet wraps around the top of the bowl, which seems like it would reduce spread.

absentbird , 3 months ago

You’re getting down voted, but you’re absolutely right. Zionists will use this as another excuse to ignore the movement, while it does nothing to help the Palestinian people.

absentbird , 3 months ago

So Chromebooks aren’t popular there?

absentbird , 3 months ago

Historically I think it’s because women were almost universally noncombatants, but Israel has compulsory service for everyone. It seems like an anachronistic distinction.

absentbird , 3 months ago

the bombs were in response to incendiary balloons they’ve been trading blows for years.

absentbird , 3 months ago

My understanding is that Hamas has also repeatedly broken ceasefires. It doesn’t seem like the ceasefire agreements are as effective as they should be.

absentbird , 3 months ago

I am by no means an expert, but I’ve been hearing about the conflict from both sides for several decades now. My take away is that both sides seem ideologically opposed to the existence of the other.

If Israel stopped all aggression today, I don’t think it would stop the rockets; likewise Palestine could halt all aggression and still be attacked by the IDF. Lasting peace will require a shift in perspective, which gets harder to imagine with every day of the invasion.

absentbird , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I can see an argument for Israel being the original aggressor, but the idea that Palestinians have never taken a turn is baffling.

If Israel were to cease all aggression immediately, would a lasting peace follow? It seems like a lot of people won’t be satisfied unless Israel is removed from the Levant.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Would Hamas release the hostages and surrender if they did?

absentbird , 3 months ago

The religious texts aren’t an accurate historical record, but it is a fact that the Jewish culture and religion formed in that region. It’s backed up by multiple disciplines of study. Where do you think Judaism comes from if not the Levant?

absentbird , 3 months ago

There have been times in the past when the Jewish population was largely displaced or converted, but there have been some number of Jewish people living there for thousands of years.

Genetic testing shows that 75% of modern Jewish people are descended from that region.

I’m not arguing entitlements or indigenous status, I’m saying that there’s ample scientific evidence regarding Judaism coming from the Levant.

absentbird , 3 months ago

They also want to ban them from public libraries now. If successful, do you think they will stop there? I think it’s likely that they will keep pushing for more restrictions.

absentbird , 3 months ago

That’s pretty brilliant.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Uranium and the watch, for time travel reasons. Gotta refuell the DeLorean and keep track of relative timelines.

absentbird , 3 months ago

For the second item you could bring the synth, and use its magical limitless energy to recharge the laser for more dick doodles.

absentbird , 3 months ago

Hell, just press a bit of wax into the screw head for an impression, then use lost wax casting to cast a driver.

absentbird OP , 3 months ago

Has Israel received any military aid since December? Last I heard they were facing a pause in weapon transfers from the US until they could confirm the weapons were being used in accordance with international law.

absentbird OP , 3 months ago

So far it’s passed the Senate, but is being refused a vote in the house. Republicans are attempting to pass an Israel only bill, but Biden has vowed to veto it.

absentbird OP , 3 months ago

I found a video of him saying it: wlbt.com/…/biden-calls-immediate-cease-fire-gaza/

absentbird OP , 3 months ago

Sort of.

absentbird OP , 3 months ago

It seems to be moving his actions somewhat. He’s calling for a ceasefire and airdropping aid to Gaza. I feel like a lot of that is due to pressure from constituents.

absentbird OP , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Congress controls the purse, they have been providing foreign aid to Israel since long before he was elected. Biden directs the armed forces, and is using them to supply aid to Gaza.

That said, the US has been ‘helping both sides’ for ages. We provide more money to Israel than any other country, and also contribute more to UNRWA than any other nation. The goal of the US has been to reach a two state solution, so it makes sense to fund both states.

absentbird , 3 months ago

I’m not saying you don’t own the data, I’m saying it’s more expensive than storing it yourself. Obviously it depends on the purpose and budget; if you need it to be highly available and secure, and you have thousands of dollars to direct to the project, the cloud is great. If you want to make a backup of all your DVDs that fits on a single disc, it might be overkill.

The sort of data suited to discs like this is probably pretty different than the sort of data suited to an S3 bucket. It could make a decent tertiary backup though, a local copy of your data stored on offline media can be a lifesaver.

This isn’t a competing technology to the cloud, it’s complimentary.