It’s good to have a rational for your choices. And we know it can’t be because you think Microsoft makes good software that you enjoy using.

Linux is easier to install than Windows. With the new Win11 requirements, Linux is the only choice for PC hardware more than 5yo. And like you say, hardware drivers just work. This used to be Windows major advantage, but now the chance you run into a compatibility issue is about the same for either OS.

The problem is that the distinction between the pigs and soldiers is academic. But didn’t we always know that the skills learned in Iraq and Afghanistan would be applied at home?

A large contributor to Irish suffering were the British corn laws, a tariff that kept the price of barley, wheat, and oats artificially high. So when potato crops failed, the poor Irish couldn’t afford substitutes. Ironically, American maze was exempt from the corn laws, so much of that was imported to Ireland.

Tariffs: never any externalities or unintended consequences; you will certainly not regret imposing tariffs.

What’s ironic is the same people warning of Sharia law and a Muslim takeover conspiracies are the same people actively clawing back women’s rights in the West TODAY!.

Stop pretending that bigotry and chauvinism are products of critical thought or rationality.

It’s a tool that has gone from interesting (GPT3) to terrifying (Veo 3)

It’s ironic that you describe your impression of LLMs in emotional terms.

This is just absurd. Even if Chrome-Dome was feasible (it isn’t), or a good idea (it isn’t), How TF to you propose to protect Detroit, Cleveland, Rochester, and Buffalo… but not Toronto?

The motions which the planets now have,…could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent.

Non-credible scientist, notorious for spreading his “theories” about planetary motion.

it’s interesting that the guns were silent throughout the trailer.

Nobody is arguing that the government is too moral to do such a thing. They’re saying that contrails are a well understood phenomena and would be a lousy way to distribute chemical weapons.

If your a history buff, check out footage of ‘agent orange’. Did they spray that from B52s at the roof of the troposphere? No, cargo planes flying low. (and slow)

Discharge from fossil fuel processing and power generation is known to cause health problems in humans and that junk is dispersed a few hundred meters into the air to keep ground levels below pollution thresholds.

Chemtrails is a stupid idea that could only satisfy the least curious mind.

Fun fact, Errol heaps praise on Elon’s brother, but speaks with disappointment and contempt about Elon. All MAGA has daddy issues.

You know how Hallmark movies are romances in a world where sex doesn’t exist? Well coverage of why Harris lost is just like that except that it’s misogyny that’s missing from our timeline.

Never mind the fact that 1/5 of black men implies that black voters are and have always been overwhelmingly supportive of Democrats. Why do we never see coverage of White Women in these terms? They’re the only marginalized group that fucks with Republicans in numbers to swing elections.

Reminder that the conservative SCOTUS have written that actual innocence is irrelevant to appeal; all they can consider is if the process was constitutional.

I just got my favorite game (Sekiro) to run on Linux! It wasn’t hard or anything, just the first time I’ve gotten a Windows game to run.

Nintendo is actively hostile to it’s customers. They want hardware to work just like software. You pay for it, but you don’t own it.

They even surpass Apple with the switch2’s booby trap to brick modded consoles.

Court documents state Sheahen, a registered nurse…

This should be in the headline. In my State at least, a medical professional is liable for negligence and neglect in circumstances where a laymen would not be.

Or you could just be the Police. (the band or the pigs, your choice)

Windows users are a revenue stream, not customers. M$ views it’s users as a sort of raw material that can be processed with dark patterns for ads and subscriptions. And like everything else, Americans are treated with the most disrespect and coercion.

I installed Ubuntu back when that was popular, and insisted on having all the graphical bling, like 3d cube that would spin to change desktops. And windows that shook like jello when you moved them.

Of course all this messing around by an amateur did nothing for stability and after 3 or 4 frustrating issues I went back to Windows.

It’s important to use a regular shop for routine maintenance because you’ll build a relationship for when something major goes wrong. The extra cost is worth it.

Plus, imagine what kind of “mechanic” works in these places. Accepting low wages implies they can’t get a job at a real shop because they suck, or because they have no experience.