NutWrench

Microsoft should be getting worried about Linux.

I have 3-4 older games, like Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Deus Ex that I run separately under Wine, using the default settings.

One of the ways to avoid a copyright strike is if you copy other people’s work, then what you upload must be “transformative” i.e. you have alter that source content significantly. Satire / Parody are two ways to do that.

But the cheapest, laziest way to “transform” content is to do reaction videos to it. And some people don’t even do that. They’ll just sit there, eating their dinner . . . occasionally glancing at the screen and going, “huh.” Lazy jerks.

A good sense of humor helps a lot. Also, if you want to avoid getting bogged down by nonsense, it’s a good idea to develop your critical thinking skills. That depends on having good sources of information that you trust.

Karl Marx said a lot of things about socialism and collectivism a hundred years ago, but he’s not in charge anymore. The rich oligarchs who replaced him are saying this. You keep saying “but they SAID they were SOCIALISTS” and all I see is Sponge Bob’s eyes, filling up with tears because he just can’t believe that some rich assholes are lying to him.

We have people in this country who claim to be “christians” who literally elected the anti-christ. Trump embodies ALL the seven deadly sins, but those folks are just fine with it. So let’s quit pretending that belief systems can’t be exploited.

The people who told you what socialism or capitalism is, LIED to you. “The good of the people” is a noble-sounding goal. But the reality is that the people who deliberately seek power are . . . for the most part . . . vain, greedy, brutal assholes.

The point is that it’s a class war. It always has been. It’s not about “socialism vs capitalism” or “liberals vs conservatives” or The Romulans vs The Federation. It’s about billionaires vs everybody else. It’s about the cluefull vs the clueless.

Started with Linux Mint. Added the KDE desktop. And I’m done. This distro does everything I want.

Yeah, there’s nothing worse than a bunch of billionaire shitheads, using the media they control to keep the lower classes fighting with each other while they . . . the rich . . . run off with all the farking money. Oh wait, that’s what’s going on Russia, too.

There are no “good guys” here. Just billionaire assholes exploiting everybody.

In the US, it was probably called “Preview.” It was an over-the-air movie channel that needed a decoder box to view it.

They usually broadcast from a UHF TV station that had made a deal with HBO or CineMax (often nicknamed “Skin-a-Max” because they tended to show pron after 11pm or so). It was basically cable TV without the cable.

Stop re-electing these ancient incumbents who are WAY too comfortable being Republican-lite. Vote for younger candidates, preferably someone who was born AFTER the Battle of the Bulge.

I’m also sick of hearing people say, “God never gives you more than you can handle.”

I know people who have been driven batshit insane by what God has given them.

For me, it’s a close race between Boost and Connect.

This. If updates are SO important, then Windows can do it while it’s shutting down.

I recommend Keepass. It’s freeware, is available on all platforms and supports biometrics (fingerprints, etc) on Android devices. It also encrypts the password file on your device, so you can keep a copy of that file on a cloud service without worrying if that service really respects your privacy or not.

Company-wide email: “We’ve had our best year ever and it’s all thanks to YOU!”

Me: “Great. Can I have a raise?”

Company: “Oh, we can’t afford THAT.”

What was it last week? China had invented Internet hardware that was 5,000 times faster than any current hardware? And a few weeks earlier, they had built a new particle accelerator more powerful than the one at CERN? If you’re going to make shit up, at least make it believable.

I suppose next week, China is going to invent Cold Fusion. And the week after that, they’ll put the first man on Mars!

I still have an old, Viewsonic media player. I wish I could find a modern one that didn’t need an always-on Internet connection.

The “1 trillion” never existed in the first place. It was all hype by a bunch of Tech-Bros, huffing each other’s farts.

I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.

https://search.inetol.net/

It’s also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:

https://searx.space/