i wonder if it’ll save any time/space if you make iso images from your bluray’s with something like dd and mount them when you want to play them, instead of ripping their contents.

we’ve started arrested native americans & american citizens for the crime of not being in the country legally; nothing is absurd anymore.

i struggle to convince myself that the knowledge is useful when it’s so widely & willfully ignored.

same here on both counts.

i created a convincing lcars interface based on enlightenment 20-ish years ago and it would take on a whole new level of enjoyment nowadays with a touchscreen laptop; i could pretend that i have a padd. lol

that part of my comment was meant to be a self indictment/reflection; i’m a bit of a linux cuck since i’ve adapted myself to fit ordinary distros’ designs instead of creating something that works for me. lol

that’s why i marvel at people who do the needful that i should be doing, like here.

it’s nice to see people are still doing this; bravo!

i’ve also intended to try my hand at this, but my inner masochist is too lazy for it. lol

that or thousands/millions of other books, essays, treatises, manifestos, etc. saying the same thing.

it’s an indictment of humanity that we keep doing these same things despite it being so well documented and analyzed.

The exploding cigar assassination attempt felt like they were grasping at straws and used cartoons as inspiration. Lol

you’re nicer than i am; i just send them a link to my github/gitlab repo’s and then COMPLETELY check out.

The most effective one I know I call “eating the breadcrumbs”

First I follow the breadcrumbs since Neurotypicals and some neurodivergents like talking about themselves and I listen for indicators of things they like and respond w questions that align w them.

Then I eat the breadcrumbs by maintaining a practiced look upon my face that seems like I’m enjoying a snack and pursue each chance I get to make a joke so that I can actually enjoy the conversation. (Alcohol helps A LOT with this part).

It’s a lot like social masking, but it’s targeted at an individual and w a bit more depth instead of a just a public facade.

It’s also more draining than ordinary masking; so I mostly use it in social situations than I know will replenish my energy.

does it give you warning/notifications if you forget to update it?

i’m in awe everytime people do this.

i learned how to do this before code sharing sites like github existed and it forced me to turn everything i’ve learned into muscle memory and i think that this next generation of greybeards are going to be so much better than my generation’s greybeards because of it.

and it’ll become just as legal here if anyone ever tried to challenge it in the courts; this seems like a tiny technicality to me.

if by “self-coup” you referring to trump’s election; they did the same thing with their own fascists and their parliament helped in the same way that our congress helped and their repression is also focused on lgbt arena’s like ours is; but goes well beyond minor policy changes and it’s here where they’ve gone further down the fascism timeline than we have.

the united states is part of a civilization that’s changing more rapidly than the rest of it and even then, only its privileged classes; italy’s another part of western civilization that has also changed in the same manner and to a further degree than americans have (so far).

how so?

you’re aware that italy is ahead of us in the fascism timeline, right?

they’re ahead of us; they’ve had a fascist leaders for a couple of years and have already legally disenfranchised many.

adam ruins everything dedicated an episode to this and it feels like it was prompty ignored by most.

does everyone watch this guy?

sometimes, it feels like this field is tiny and highly susceptible to fads; part of me is glad that i’ve left it.