circuitfarmer

Yes. Avenues exist. But money is corrupting.

I tried giving you an opportunity, but I’m going to block you now.

I really don’t even know what this means.

I wish the best for you.

Your problem is that you want to censor ideas you don’t like.

This is a natural result of media controlled by corporate interests. It’s also a misunderstanding of “free speech” – even when you are free to say what you will, it does not mean you are free from the consequences of that speech.

You want to control what other people think by dictating what they get to see and what they’re allowed to share with others.

Again, I suggest looking into how propaganda works. Letting everyone speak about anything (without vetting of topic, qualifications, or direction) has consequences. We are seeing those consequences now and will continue to see more as the propaganda machine runs wild on the back of “let everyone speak”.

Your view of this is overly simplistic and I am, in the most polite way, attempting to direct you to self improvement. It is a common issue at the moment across all discourse – probably vestigial of the information sharing capabilities now available.

It’s right there in the TOS! /s

I recommend you take strides to learn how propaganda works, most specifically the purpose of shifting opinion (i.e. the Overton Window): “I’m just asking questions” and “I’ll let anyone speak” are two of the most effective methods of propaganda. It does not need to be intentional on the part of the interviewer.

“Don’t Be Evil”

(I know this hasn’t been the Google motto in years – when it stopped was one of the biggest corporate red flags)

Hm, I may need to rewatch it myself. That also doesn’t match what the link above suggests about interpreting the ending: “Algren finds redemption through his newfound purpose and ultimately sacrifices his life for the cause he once opposed.”

Edit: I just checked the last scene. You’re right, he doesn’t actually die. Which means the link is also wrong.

Still, I think it’s a stretch to say he’s the last samurai, since he never really becomes a samurai. One important note is that samurai is “samurai” in the plural, too.

What did he save? Literally everyone but Meiji-backed forces dies at the end.

It is implied that Tom Cruise dies at the end. I think the confusion comes from a voice over, but you never see the character on screen again.

He also does not “become a samurai”. He fights alongside them, but at no point do they call him a samurai.

Edit: looks like that link is wrong. He doesn’t die at the end. I guess memory is a fickle beast.

The fun thing about The Last Samurai is that the title doesn’t refer to Tom Cruise. He does not play a samurai in the film. He plays an American officer.

He hangs with a group of samurai, who are collectively the last of their kind.

That said, plenty of people complained about it in its day.

Thanks

Yep yep, I didn’t take offense. Tbh idk why I still do it. Just habit I guess.

Edit: I made an edit but I won’t say what it was. :)

Maybe it is. I always considered it a courtesy since otherwise it can be difficult to see what was edited. It’s from my reddit days.

But if the file system needs extra writes anyway for CoW, and the SSD needs its own CoW, then wouldn’t that end up being exponential writes? Or is there some mechanism which mitigates that?

I don’t disagree with that. They’re also a much smaller group so I think it just stands to reason.

But I do appreciate that they’re taking chances (probably for the same reason). Cosmic is quite impressive already and a good alternative to Gnome/KDE/Cinnamon; better than the Pop Shell on Gnome.

Edit: a word

It’s more expensive for a worse game than V or VI, both of which can be had for the price of dirt.

Not surprising.

Yes. My gaming rig has been on Pop for years now.

I hate the idea of still being on Pop. But it’s so damned pleasant.

Now on the Cosmic alpha.

The CoW nature of Btrfs means it’s often slower than ext4 for common tasks, right? It also means more writes to your SSDs.

I’ve stuck to ext4 so far, as someone who doesn’t really have a need for snapshotting.

Edit: I’m not an expert on file systems in the least, so do chime in if these assumptions are incorrect.

Whew, that’s gonna open up a lot or capital so these companies can finally pay other employees fair wages. Right?.. Right?!

It’s also way different from the goal of HL2. Downloading a launcher called Steam for free is not the same thing as buying specific hardware to play one game.