The future I want is people bidding for trade routes through a wormhole?

You’re right, better to leave the mentally ill in charge than elected officials.

I’m here with your regular reminder that is you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.

I would say capitalism is the cancer, but conservatism sure supports it.

Which one is the psycho, and which one isn’t?

Neither. I’m pretty sure therapists are not using “how do you play The Sims” as a diagnostic tool, and if you think the situation you laid out is enough to diagnose anything about a person that just shows how woefully misinformed you are on the topic.

A number of individuals individually deciding that your post is stupid, irrelevant, or off topic does not a hivemind make.

At least when I’m trying to fix something in Linux the OS itself isn’t trying to fight me.

It’s all about the design philosophy. Linux is made by volunteers, but their goal is functionality for the user. Windows has a lot of funding, but their goal is more profits for the shareholders.

If that’s not the very definition of a categorically unsustainable business model, I don’t know what the fuck is.

So is expecting infinite growth in a finite system and they’ve been doing that for years.

They want Trump to create the guardrails (the exact guardrails they tell him to create) before the midterms and the Republicans lose a bunch of seats.

My experience with Linux:

Step 1) wow, that was surprisingly easy to install and get set up. This is working great!

Step 2) God dammnit, another small little thing I want to change and have no idea how to do without a half hour of research. Maybe I should just go back to Windows.

Step 3) [Logging into windows after having used Linux for a couple weeks] Holy fucking shit Windows is a nightmare. I forgot how much the OS hates me, wants to control and resit everything I do, and how much of its bullshit I need to disable in roundabout ways. Back to Linux! I’ll learn it over time.

Netflix had a different type of license they negotiated with the rights holder. They didn’t just buy DVDs retail and start mailing them around.

You take on the risks.

It’s easier to take on the risks when you’re already rich from inherited wealth.

If we’re lucky Flock can be the catalyst for people turning against all of the other surveillance systems as well

Something easy to take off and stash in my bag.

And the zombies said “all we want to do is eat your brains, maybe we can compromise…”

Having a standard “uniform” tells the authorities who to watch and follow before anything happens.

Better to have a general strategy of “costume you can easily change / remove.”

Then do that if they pull their phone out during class.

So what do you do if the kid doesn’t lock up their phone at the start of the day and has it in class?

The longer it goes on for the higher the price will be. The sooner it pops the better.