Permafrost melting also plays into it I guess. Think about that: large areas - larger than many countries - have adapted to permafrost, i.e. below a certain depth the ground is always frozen - and now it’s melting. We’re so fucked.

Noice.

BTW, this is from his previous London visit:

But hey, he promised: if you vote for me you’ll never have to vote again!

It implies that it’s the GNU stuff I care about (just as much as the kernel). But e.g. systemd is not GNU. And let me tell you, it is really cool to have systemd on your phone, write your own services.

I wouldn’t want to call it systemd/Linux either though. Or GPL/Linux.

Oh sure, I phrased it a little badly.

In other places it shows more during the summer, in the North it shows more during the winter. can’t remember the last time we had a proper one here, without several melting and re-freezing phases.

Sounds like plain old stupidity to me. Unwillingness to learn. Often stronger in “main character syndrome” people than in others. I guess Darwinism will sort it out.

OTOH I surely am the main character of my own life. I guess there’s different ways of interpreting that phrase. I don’t think I have so-called main character syndrome.

My 5G still sucks.

OK but surely you can stick spoons all over your body now?

You mean Fascism?

Canada will get is getting warmer too you know. From nice and cool to nice and warm. Same as here in Norhern Europe*, and I believe the influx of rich “Southerners” will increase, if it hasn’t already.

* I can’t believe how far South Canada goes. The most populated area is on a latitude with Central Europe. I live on the same latitude as, say, Anchorage. I can’t even find a reasonably-sized town in Canada. But afaiu climate is very different because of the Gulf stream?

I had that argument a long time ago and I tend to agree with you, but unfortunately it’s officially OK to call the US of NA just America.

“Linux” is usually used as a term for the operating system based on the kernel. Look up “pars pro toto”.

Mr Stallman tried to remedy that by telling us all to call it GNU/Linux. He’s not wrong (even the license, the GPL, is GNU) but it still isn’t the whole picture. Also I’m sure some Rust fans will tell you that a revolution is underway replacing venerable GNU tools with new, alround Just Better™ versions. Anyhow, I have given up on calling it GNU/Linux and now use terms like “true Linux OS”.

So, a Linux phone is one that is internally a Linux operating system. The difference (to Android) is worldview-shattering. Just like with your other Linux machines, you are in control and not $CORPO.

Yeah I feel this should be bigger news.

Trumps die, News Corp continues.

The protocol is called CalDAV (and CardDAV for contacts).

Plenty applications exist that can do it on both sides - it’s not like you need a specific client app that fits your specific server app.

FWIW, I find NextCloud too bloated and prefer Radicale for the above mentioned.

And yes, it runs in Docker.

What happened in Afghanistan when/after the Americans pulled out is a fucking disaster that was talked about for way too short a time.

Add to that the more recent USAID cuts.

The worst thing is that all these cuts together are still peanuts compared to government bailouts, funding OpenAI, military, losses in tax revenue because multibillionaires etc.

Like, killing people is bad, but killing them just because you’re cheap. Or greedy. Trump and his posse will juice the lemon called USA until it’s completely dry, taking parts of the world with them.

The indiscriminate is the “funny” part here - GOP voters are slowly waking up to the fact that there’s no way to “punish” only the libs, illegals and sexual deviants.

Actually that’s exactly what Vance looks like.

Christofascism is the spade. Fascism is the tool.

So what’s the alternative?

Constantly improving the big compromise. No one size fits all. Constant work. Not only in the government, but also in people’s heads.

Keeping the checks and balances in place. Finding loopholes and fixing them - if need be with more checks and balances.

Yes, a stable and relatively just state will always require administration. Be sure it doesn’t all fall into one person’s hand.

But the USA lost all this decades ago. Frankly, it’s a miracle that it took so long for a president to take full advantage.

Who could’ve seen that coming.