I called it in 2015 when I stated Trump would win because the Democrats have moved too far right and people are angry or indifferent and will vote for Trump for the sake/hope of any change, and that even though hell probably lose re-election he or anyone else that's populist would win right after that.
I moved to another country almost 6 years ago now. I was prepping since Highschool when I had seen Bush steal the election via the supreme court and Florida beforehand and Obama's policies afterwards being just as right-wing in many ways. I only had some hope at first since he had raised the minimum wage, but the ACA was too strong a compromise.
Though if you studied history, you could say the USA was eventually doomed to fail ever since the Civil War's aftermath was solved "amicably". That allowed the cancer to remain and spread again. The whole "unity for the sake of unity" bs started then.
It's a simple command, kinda hard to mess up repeatedly.
It's probably something to do with which Windows edition is used. This was just a consumer grade laptop after all
What's the difference between this and Framatube which has a similar logo and is an option on Newpipe?
In that case you might be interested in Tiny 11 which someone else mentioned. Since you like collecting, you may also be interested in ReactOS and Zorin.
To be fair, I think anyone going through something as traumatic as basically being put into stasis and having their heart cut out and and then having one reattached would change a bit simply because of the process.
I mean, you don't keep stepping on Lego bricks barefoot after you've done so, and we expect people who have had a heart ripped out and then another one reinserted to act the same?...
That no longer works.
Tried it on my girlfriend's new gaming laptop about 4 months ago and it did nothing, so just went back to using my custom Rufus install.
LEDs just can't recreate the glow of Electroluminescent displays...
Edit: although I guess the are digital.
I miss electroluminescence though... It never bothered me the way LED does
It's not so much about USA helping Ukraine as it is about USA helping Russia.
To add, some of you might be interested in Metal: Hellsinger too
Desktop has both Mint and Bazzite. I use both daily.
Mint can't natively control my display or sound, and it has had issues with internet and the Nvidia graphics card before.
Bazzite can natively control display and sound, and I haven't had to use the CLI even once.
New Lenovo Laptop I tried both too. The mousepad and fn shortcuts for brightness and sound didn't work on Mint. Fedora mousepad works perfectly and fn shortcuts work
Old 8 year HP 4gb ddr4 laptop neither worked well, so went with a lightweight distro that was debian based.
Old 12 year HP 16gb ddr3 laptop; mint gave internet LAN issues and DVD drive issues, keyboard shortcut for brightness issues. Fedora XFCE no issues.
Friend's 4 year old Asus laptop; Mint gave issues with WiFi, Nvidia graphics card, and controlling screen brightness. Fedora no issues.
Another friend had similar issues with their laptop on Mint but said no issues on Zorin btw, and Zorin also worked better on their mom's old desktop. Both are debian based interestingly enough, but Zorin is sort of paid so makes some sense I guess?...
This is all anecdotal of course, but at least based on what I've seen, Mint has never been as beginner friendly as it seems compared to Fedora in that it usually requires more tinkering. You even see that here with the pro mint comments suggesting some use of a CLI.
You could do 10-40 people. The trolley problem isn't about it being specifically 1-3 people.
So, instead of a runaway trolley, what if the villain themselves was inside driving it towards either 10 people or 30 people? Of course with a team helping them execute this thing. Wouldn't it be easier if someone was driving the trolley instead of it being empty?
Essentially what you're suggesting at that point, is a terrorist attack
Well duh, but the trolley problem was never about the ethics of who orchestrated the attack, but rather whoever made it on time to the track switch. Apathy still shows something.
That said, you'd be a great consult of DC ever wanted to make a Batman comic in which the Joker executes the plans for a Trolley Problem, as it's definitely something he'd do to Batman. He'd definitely be the time to research trolleys, has a gang to help him do what you said, and would have no qualms driving the trolley himself. Plus could easily take place in the 60s to 80s.
We don't have vast swaths of Frozen Tundras. This isn't Alaska.
And it's actually stored south not north.
But the premise of the trolley problem already has some element of sabotage considering there's people tied up on the track. I'd imagine if they would do that, they'd also break the trolley brakes. And that the villain likely would have done this at a depot yard because of what you said.
I mean, you're pretty knowledgeable about this; if you, for whatever reason, and others, decided to tie people down at the depot and incapacitate the workers, surely you with your knowledge and expertise could find a way to disable the brakes and have the trolley go as fast as possible, right?
Weird everyone suggests Mint, when it's way less user friendly then KDE Fedora. I mean, I guess on old hardware Mint is good, but anything newer (like the last 4-5 years) Fedora is pretty much set and forget.
Same with gaming, Bazzite is a WHOLE lot better than Mint.
If Finland could find space, Germany definitely can.
How to keep your privacy
I imagine most of you might know at least the basics of keeping your privacy and preventing tracking, since you're on here instead of Reddit.
But I thought it would be sure to expand on it a bit just in case after the US elections. These are easier to use solutions for people who don't know or can't for whatever reason run their own home server, email, etc.
- don't use Google products (at least, unaltered ones). Don't use Chrome, don't use Search, don't use Android*. The government will use Google to buy profiles of their enemies and possibly do even worse. Use a Fairphone with /e/is or install /e/ on a Samsung, or get a *Pixel and install GrapheneOS. /e/ does at least have an easy to use installer for certain phones (https://doc.e.foundation/easy-installer).
For email, Proton is easy to sign up for and outside of the USA. For messaging, I recommend going with something that won't use a phone number, like encrypted XMPP (removed Matrix from recommendation due to possible encryption issues). For keeping social networks I recommend taking a look at this as well (https://circles-project.github.io/). You can also keep apps updated easily using something like Obtanium. For browser, I'd avoid Firefox too if possible and maybe go with something a bit more hardened, like Librewolf or Mullvad. Also use a VPN. Proton has one, and so does AdGuard for phones, both being easy to install and use.
I'd avoid Apple phones because they can still be tracked easily, but it's still better than an unaltered Android phone.
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don't use Windows. Use any Linux distro, but not Windows. If you absolutely must use Windows, look into using Rufus to stop the telemetry, and using a non-consumer version of Windows (massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links) or look into ReactOS (although in Alpha, apparently still runs many popular Windows applications).
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turn off any smart features your TV has, and don't use Netflix etc. Eventually they'll target media habits as well if they can. Although I sell a device that uses Plasma Bigscreen to legitimately run things that use DRM in Europe, I'm making a package that'll run on an Odroid C4 that instead includes programs like Lidarr, Radarr, etc and release the package publicly so people can install it easily themselves.
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block trackers on the router level. Easiest way of doing this for someone not too technology inclined is to just get a Gl.inet router and activate/install the AdGuard Home plugin on it.
These are just some basic quick tips. Stay safe. You still have some months to prepare at least.
This is why it's not mainstream
It's the simple things really. I've swapped back to Linux as my primary about a year ago, and still I have issues I don't have with Windows.
6 months now, particularly on Linux Mint (Bazzite to its credit hasn't had this issue much) I just can't fit connect to the internet. Linux is the only thing with this issue. By some arcane lucky magic, it somehow fixes itself when I'm fiddling around trying to fix it myself.
Only for the problem to come back next time I boot up my PC on Mint.
I have it connected to a TP link switch, just like other devices. None have the issue, not even a console (Nintendo Switch). Months, fucking months of going through forum posts, articles, social media, and trying out dozens upon dozens of "solutions", both in gui and the terminal - and the problem persists.
Now, I don't think I'm tech savvy exactly, but I'm not tech illiterate either. I understand some simple lines of code, some very basics of networking, etc. I'm patient enough to deal with issues like these for over half a year.
But how the hell is Linux even going to dream of being anywhere near mainstream when one of the most recommended "beginner" distros can't even run a year long without something as simple as the damned internet working???
And it's not just the internet. It's little things that just pop up one day and now you have to solve a puzzle to figure it out. Oh, suddenly you have to print something? Oh, you decided to get a light up keyboard that was on sale? Try to use Steam Link? Get ready to roll the dice on whether it'll take you a weekend to do / use it.
Microsoft is shit. Windows, is shit. Windows 11 is a privacy goddamn nightmare.
But in the end of the day, it just fucking works, those damn bastards ensure that. And even when something doesn't work, it seems, for some unknown reason, most of the online solutions do fix the issue.
Now imagine someone who's less likely to open up a terminal using Linux. They won't. They'll sacrifice their privacy because they might have full time jobs in something not remotely tech related and just wanted to watch some YouTube and don't want to spend the little free time they have fixing their own computer.
What's hilarious is just as I'm finishing this rant, the internet on Mint just magically decided to work again with no issues.
Maybe next time then I'll try yelling at the Linux fairies in my PC to see if they'll do their magic. At this point it's about a valid solution as any other.
Unless you count android at least
I just want the Manjaro Arm to not fizzle the gui's and run Firefox at speeds faster than 1980s era internet...
Or any desktop distro, even gnome or ubuntu
How to set up local home video game streaming with two routers?
I haven't really done home networking since Windows XP / gnome only Ubuntu days, so rusty is an understatement.
Currently due to the layout of my apartment, I have my main PC in a bedroom connected to a gli.net Velica router, such then connects to the wall, which then connects to a TP-Link Switch (1), which is connected to the internet.
In the living room, where I want to stream to a Raspberry Pi that has Android TV (lineage os), I have the Pi and 2 Nintendo Switches connected to another TP-Link switch (2), which is then connected to another gli.net router, which connects to the wall and then to TP-Link switch (1) which is connected to internet.
How do I set up a local LAN network so that my computer can then stream to the Pi via Steam Link, Moonlight, Sunshine, or any other recommended option?
Layout
Bedroom
• Wall connection (port 3) | ∆ Velica Router 2 | § PC
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Living Room
• Wall connection (port 1) | ∆ Velica Router 1 | × TP Link Switch 2 |. |. |. π ™ Nintendo Switch 1&2
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Electrical Box
• Port 1, Port 3 | × TP Link Switch 1 | 🌐 Internet
Rainbow Trout Plate
Made this before my mom left back to the states, and had written down the recipe for her.
Cut onions, shallots, sweet onions, and garlic into small pieces. Call
Cut sweet paprika into small pieces separately.
Melt butter in a steel pot on low heat, then add onions, shallots, sweet onions, and garlic to the pot and fry until they sweat. Separate and keep the oil to the side, and put the aromatics back in the pot.
Lower the heat to low, then add smetana, cream of tartar, dill, and a touch of salt, whisking continuously.
Turn off the heat, add a touch of coffee cream to sauce, and continue whisking off heat.
Cut bread loafs and brush them with the oil you set aside earlier, and top them with the cut sweet paprika. Put in an oven preheated to 200°C/390°F and bake until crispy.
Prepare the Brussels sprouts by removing their outer leaves and cutting their ends. Add sesame oil to a small bowl, then add a few drops of truffle oil and 2-4 drops of orange bitters and mix together. Brush the sprouts with the oil mix. Roast in the oven as well, sprinkling some salt on sprouts after they are ready and out of the oven.
Heat a decent amount of rapeseed oil in a pan, and fry fish, flipping only once. Fry skin side first well so it crisps up, then only briefly fry the other side after turning the heat off from the oil.
Plate by adding sauce, and topping it with the fish. Add sauce and bread to the side. You can also garnish the dish with edible flowers.
Golden Squash Ravioli "Lasagna"
I don't usually write recipes or amounts but recently I've been doing some experiments so I've loosely written what I did at least, in case my wife wants to recreate the dish with my help when going through chemo.
Mix crushed garlic and tomatoes with chipotle, paprika, umami, onion, and garlic powders, citrus pepper, mint, and dried basil. Then mix in some apricot puree.
Cut Golden Squash into discs, leaving skin on.
Melt butter in an enameled cast iron pan or similar until hot, then fry the discs until browned.
Lower temperature to medium-low heat, flip discs, then add sauce mix evenly and simmer for a while.
Make/buy raviolis, preferably a pork with some fresh herb or pine nut filling.
When ravioli is cooked, layer half onto a plate.
Then, add a layer of cheese, preferably kerma, gouda, or port salt.
Turn heat off from the pan with sauce and squash. Layer the squash on top of cheese and cover with half the sauce.
Layer the rest of the ravioli, and add the rest of the squash.
Straight Line Challenge
I did the line challenge through the ocean (ultra hand only, no zonai devices, 3 hearts, 1 stamina wheel, no items except those found, no armor, y160-y175)