They should keep politics out of the news stories except for when it touches tech or your rights online. I never did like the politics section when it was originally introduced to cover a US election and I still don't think it is wise. If the take away from any discussion here is "those evil conservatives " or "those hippie liberals " instead of we do or do not want backdoors in encryption or whatever the story is about, i think it's just a waste here.
I'm not positive but I think the new owners might have some regulars in the management team. I was seeing posts earlier by people with lower ids than i have making assertive statements about what will not change as if they had the abilities to control it. The one i liked best was about the beta never being implemented.
I find APK annoying but i can easily skip over the posts. The ones that really drove me crazy was the mycleanPC floods.
Anyways, i am willing to put up with some crap from time to time. I purposely add value points to troll and flamebait mods so those posts do not get buried in my feed. Maybe I'm used to it?
What's the difference between an AC and a throw away account other than the throw away account can be tracked back to someone easier so 8 years from now someone can bring up something that you have long ago changed your mind about and use that to get you fired from your job?
Hell, there are a lot of insightful AC comments made in every story by people just browsing and wanting to add something who otherwise would never create an account.
Yeah. Karma can save you but then you have to be "good" and not step out of line in order to keep it up else you will end with bad karma and not be able to post.
In a sane country, this issue is already addressed by the 9th, 10th and 14th amendments but I have little faith it would be that easy. The federal government needs to act and either pass a law removing weed from the controlled substances act or create a separate category that allows exemption from it according to state laws.
I don't partake in marijuana and do not really care if it is legal or not. But i do strangly care about states rights and limiting the federal government to constitutional roles (federalism ). Sadly politicians spouting the ideals of federalism likely would ignore this problem and the politicians who do not support federalism seem to only want to ignore the laws effectively always leaving the issues hanging over everyones heads.
Don't reveal moderators name or anything. Just limit their ability to mod the same poster to a couple times per mod session and make meta moderation a priority again.
ACs also don't want to be mass down moderated just because someone had to be the adult in the room and state the obvious or wanted to play devil's advocate in order to explore different ends of a position.
If that annoys you, I suggest you get over it else face a boring echo chamber.
You are correct which is why states that have legalized it have provisions to keep it intrastate in their laws and as long as it doesn't cross an established interstate commerce line the feds cannot do squat about it. That's was the entire premise behind medical use and how it got around the fda and Colorado's recreational legislation.
Also, Unless you are directly in federal jurisdiction, the feds do not prosecute for drugs and defer to the states. Actually, this is true for most federal crimes outside of ones justified by constitutional amendment that gives congress powers to make laws to enact or ensure the amendment.
It appears that the healthcare industry takes in over 3 trillion a year. 40 billion is what 1.3 percent? Maybe I missed a zero or something but it doesn't sound like it is a terribly big problem.
So basically create a new Palestine and it will all work out better at least until we lose interest or their makeshift government become corrupt and waste the funds?
There are problems with all the scenarios.Even putting boots on the ground and removing the threat causing the refugees will have long term issues whether we are successful or not.
This real world of yours sounds very authoritarian with the government ignoring its citizens and all and you blaming them because you like the idea of spending taxes on proprietary software and enriching corporations.
I'm not sure I want to live in your real world. Fortunately, Both our worlds give us the ability to change them.
I have several disk arrays that are hot swappable which technically have removable drives. But I cannot seem to find the reference stating they were on removable drives. For all I know they could have been removed from a failed server and was waiting for a new one to arrive.
I wires an office a few years ago and labeled every single network jack, wires going to and from it, the punch down pannel, all the same for the phone and even the wires for the alarm.
Come back two years later to troubleshoot static in a phone line and someone painted over every single marking not in the wire closet and they were unreadable. To make things worse, they lost the book with the legend and office map showing the routine and locations.
They don't need to go to another platform. They just need to create and publish standards so everyone or anyone can create working software that isn't locked into some unavailable proprietary format. They could use the existing software and skip the parts that don't play well with others.
That's what they want you to think so you wouldn't recognize the truth when you see it.
Most government conspiracies are rooted in misdirection and trying to keep something else secret or to trick certain actors into taking certain actions. In other words, they start at the government or an enemy of the government trying to get the government to divulge information in response.
As for Windows 98/me- I see some that are still in use and as long as they are behind a router and as long as they only visit trusted sites, they can still finction safely and well on the internet. I just picked up a $25 laptop at a flee market for misc parts which still had a functional Windows ME install on it.you know poorer people would use the hell out of i for as long as they could. I still have running win98 boxes with all the software that is practical already on it which could function similar.
As for exploitable vulnerabilities, i know of several that MS knew full well and didn't patch for months on end. One win XP issue with the help center went unpatched for 11months so they could put the fix in a service pack which also invalidated cracks for the OS. Even with a new and supported system you can have the same with no ability to do anything about it.
There is no acroreader for Windows 98/me or linux dumbass. And while two of those are outdated, you are essentially saying buy a new computer to deal with government and yes, all sorts of new computers are sold without Windows or a Windows license. Get out of your mom's basement and look around a bit.
Pen and paper should be enough but standards and not software programs should be the acceptable forms.
And yes, it has everything to do with rights and culture. Poorer people cannot always afford specific programs and people may for whatever ideological reasons not want to use specific programs and that should be their right because of arbitrary costs associated. If the government is to require specific software instead of acceptable standards, they need to ensure it is free from the bottom up. This means an operating system, software, and perhaps even computers and internet. There should be no barriers to government services artificially put in place. Standards allow options -
Not sure about Texas but a lot of places allow you to sit your fines off in jail for about $30 a day. At least that was the going rate in the 90s when I took the option. I did it out of protest but couldn't really afford the fine either so i don't know if income has anything to do with it either.
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They should keep politics out of the news stories except for when it touches tech or your rights online. I never did like the politics section when it was originally introduced to cover a US election and I still don't think it is wise. If the take away from any discussion here is "those evil conservatives " or "those hippie liberals " instead of we do or do not want backdoors in encryption or whatever the story is about, i think it's just a waste here.
I'm not positive but I think the new owners might have some regulars in the management team. I was seeing posts earlier by people with lower ids than i have making assertive statements about what will not change as if they had the abilities to control it. The one i liked best was about the beta never being implemented.
I find APK annoying but i can easily skip over the posts. The ones that really drove me crazy was the mycleanPC floods.
Anyways, i am willing to put up with some crap from time to time. I purposely add value points to troll and flamebait mods so those posts do not get buried in my feed. Maybe I'm used to it?
What's the difference between an AC and a throw away account other than the throw away account can be tracked back to someone easier so 8 years from now someone can bring up something that you have long ago changed your mind about and use that to get you fired from your job?
Hell, there are a lot of insightful AC comments made in every story by people just browsing and wanting to add something who otherwise would never create an account.
Yeah. Karma can save you but then you have to be "good" and not step out of line in order to keep it up else you will end with bad karma and not be able to post.
In a sane country, this issue is already addressed by the 9th, 10th and 14th amendments but I have little faith it would be that easy. The federal government needs to act and either pass a law removing weed from the controlled substances act or create a separate category that allows exemption from it according to state laws.
I don't partake in marijuana and do not really care if it is legal or not. But i do strangly care about states rights and limiting the federal government to constitutional roles (federalism ). Sadly politicians spouting the ideals of federalism likely would ignore this problem and the politicians who do not support federalism seem to only want to ignore the laws effectively always leaving the issues hanging over everyones heads.
I would think it is possible for women to be cows but given the barrage of stories about no women in IT and coding i think it is improbable here.
We also need a wtf and stupid mod.
Don't reveal moderators name or anything. Just limit their ability to mod the same poster to a couple times per mod session and make meta moderation a priority again.
ACs also don't want to be mass down moderated just because someone had to be the adult in the room and state the obvious or wanted to play devil's advocate in order to explore different ends of a position.
If that annoys you, I suggest you get over it else face a boring echo chamber.
They are. It's like a Harley Davidson. You spend X on buying it and twice that much customizing it so you can find it in a sea of parked bikes.
You are correct which is why states that have legalized it have provisions to keep it intrastate in their laws and as long as it doesn't cross an established interstate commerce line the feds cannot do squat about it. That's was the entire premise behind medical use and how it got around the fda and Colorado's recreational legislation.
Also, Unless you are directly in federal jurisdiction, the feds do not prosecute for drugs and defer to the states. Actually, this is true for most federal crimes outside of ones justified by constitutional amendment that gives congress powers to make laws to enact or ensure the amendment.
Look into the mead public lands. Peabody coal mines, sunny creek coal, and AEP (ohio power) does the same. Private companies do it all the time.
It appears that the healthcare industry takes in over 3 trillion a year. 40 billion is what 1.3 percent? Maybe I missed a zero or something but it doesn't sound like it is a terribly big problem.
So basically create a new Palestine and it will all work out better at least until we lose interest or their makeshift government become corrupt and waste the funds?
There are problems with all the scenarios.Even putting boots on the ground and removing the threat causing the refugees will have long term issues whether we are successful or not.
This real world of yours sounds very authoritarian with the government ignoring its citizens and all and you blaming them because you like the idea of spending taxes on proprietary software and enriching corporations.
I'm not sure I want to live in your real world. Fortunately, Both our worlds give us the ability to change them.
To go from working cabinet to fireproof safe?
I have several disk arrays that are hot swappable which technically have removable drives. But I cannot seem to find the reference stating they were on removable drives. For all I know they could have been removed from a failed server and was waiting for a new one to arrive.
I wires an office a few years ago and labeled every single network jack, wires going to and from it, the punch down pannel, all the same for the phone and even the wires for the alarm.
Come back two years later to troubleshoot static in a phone line and someone painted over every single marking not in the wire closet and they were unreadable. To make things worse, they lost the book with the legend and office map showing the routine and locations.
No, you failed to cite your facts and quoted something that doesn't say what you pretend that it says. Give up.
They don't need to go to another platform. They just need to create and publish standards so everyone or anyone can create working software that isn't locked into some unavailable proprietary format. They could use the existing software and skip the parts that don't play well with others.
That's what they want you to think so you wouldn't recognize the truth when you see it.
Most government conspiracies are rooted in misdirection and trying to keep something else secret or to trick certain actors into taking certain actions. In other words, they start at the government or an enemy of the government trying to get the government to divulge information in response.
It's really easy to base your claims on reality too. Perhaps until you can do that, you should walk away.
And some are actual linux desktop computers.
As for Windows 98 /me- I see some that are still in use and as long as they are behind a router and as long as they only visit trusted sites, they can still finction safely and well on the internet. I just picked up a $25 laptop at a flee market for misc parts which still had a functional Windows ME install on it.you know poorer people would use the hell out of i for as long as they could. I still have running win98 boxes with all the software that is practical already on it which could function similar.
As for exploitable vulnerabilities, i know of several that MS knew full well and didn't patch for months on end. One win XP issue with the help center went unpatched for 11months so they could put the fix in a service pack which also invalidated cracks for the OS. Even with a new and supported system you can have the same with no ability to do anything about it.
There is no acroreader for Windows 98/me or linux dumbass. And while two of those are outdated, you are essentially saying buy a new computer to deal with government and yes, all sorts of new computers are sold without Windows or a Windows license. Get out of your mom's basement and look around a bit.
Pen and paper should be enough but standards and not software programs should be the acceptable forms.
And yes, it has everything to do with rights and culture. Poorer people cannot always afford specific programs and people may for whatever ideological reasons not want to use specific programs and that should be their right because of arbitrary costs associated. If the government is to require specific software instead of acceptable standards, they need to ensure it is free from the bottom up. This means an operating system, software, and perhaps even computers and internet. There should be no barriers to government services artificially put in place. Standards allow options -
Not sure about Texas but a lot of places allow you to sit your fines off in jail for about $30 a day. At least that was the going rate in the 90s when I took the option. I did it out of protest but couldn't really afford the fine either so i don't know if income has anything to do with it either.