If the US ever supports democracy, it is purely by accident.

I like how they take a moral stance against Apple and Google, but then proudly display Boeing and the US Air Force as customers.

Projection, or machiavellianism.

There is no way in hell Russia would make such a deal.

You have to be high as hell to think Ukraine would ever be in NATO at this point. All NATO countries would have to agree to start WW3.

Public lands are the sovereign wealth.

Hey thanks for following up. I did see that, and I have it installed :)

Just engage. Make sure you are fully committed to not being a creep, and play your part. Lots of youngsters want and need older role-models/mentors/whatever. As long as you are clear with maintaining and signaling your boundaries, it can be a really positive experience for everyone.

Damn that looks cool. I’m disappointed in how many projects are only for Docker though :(

I have studiously avoided learning any bash scripting for the 17 years I’ve used Linux, so all I can say is good job! Actually just today I found a command that I needed to get a certain appimage to run without crashing, and I remembered enough that I was able to make it into a script (I struggle with whether it’s !# or #!). Having just done it today, I can confirm you don’t need to include ‘/bin/bash’, just FYI. I believe that is assumed.

We’re all mad at each other.

I don’t lol. I just save it in a credit union. I’m not judging people who invest. I also have economic anxiety. I just can’t bring myself to participate in that way.

Sure, if you or a consortium control a majority of voting shares, you can make the company do whatever you want. Doesn’t seem very realistic to me.

I agree with you and your examples generally, but then that sounds like “active investing” which I have neither the time nor the “risk appetite” for.

I avoid the stock market because I can’t find anything ethical to invest in. Particularly stocks that “perform” well are all variants of EvilCorp. So-called “Ethical Funds” all include companies that I wouldn’t consider ethical.

Once China has obsoleted Taiwan’s chip dominance, the US will stop arming Taiwan.

My brother recently texted me asking for advice about installing Mint on an old laptop. He is the one that got me into computers as a kid, and he has worked at Microsoft for maybe 25 years. It made me so happy lol.

Yes I know anarchists. I organize with them in real life.

Lots of money? Do you actually know any anarchists? Living in communal squat houses and dumpster diving for food is the lifestyle that comes to mind for me.

It’s so the police always have something they can stop you for.