A concerning number of republicans have been running on a public platform of eliminating democracy.

Gentoo was my second linux Distro ever some time in 2003 or 2004.

Installed it by printing out the full install doc, which was like 30 or 40 pages, and starting up a stage one install. I got through the entire install by following the instructions because the documentation was that good.

I remember having a problem and hopping on an irc chat to ask for help and people there being baffled about the basic level questions I was asking while having a working Gentoo install.

I supported Biden before the debate, I support him now after the debate. But now it's more of a "Ah fuck, look at this mess I'm going to be voting for, ah fuck what the fuck America aaaaaaah." Than it was before.

I have $25 wired IEMS that sound better than my most expensive Bluetooth tws sets. I've taken to just listing to podcasts and YouTube videos with my Bluetooth sets at work.

I used to be a big fan of Samsung, but over the past couple years it has become a do not buy brand for me. They keep doing anticompetitive stuff with their phones so my next phone won't be one.

Start of 2024 my Samsung TV that wasn't that old up and died. And my less than a year old Samsung monitor is flickering.

My watch 6 classic is my favorite smart watch I've ever had, but in order to get it working well on a non Samsung phone you need to go through a bunch of bullshit hassle.

One of my favorite things about Nestlé is that five people can talk about how evil a company they are with examples and have it be five different things.

Nihilism was better when it was about dressing up fancy and trying to kill the Tsar.

Arsenic? Oh no officer no poison here! Just a bottle of Aqua Tofana.

Living the Chumbawamba life.

I was going to buy a PS5, then I figured I'd wait for the pro refresh model, then I figured I'd rather spend the money on nice headphones. Longer I go without the more the urge just... goes away.

Might get the PS6 whenever that rolls around.

I expect this law to be struck down for the same reason as the Japanese one. It's annoying.

If you don't do a lot of highway driving a Subaru Sambar van is awesome and they're dirt cheap to import. Next year the 1999 models will be available and they're very improved for safety features compared to the 1998 ones.

When the Kei Vans were first made they made being able to fold the seats down flat into a bed a big priority because of how high rent was in the 80s and 90s in Japan.

Edit: I should mention that the improved safety features is that a front crumple zone exists at all, it's still not safe, but it is a lot better than the older ones.

It's also likely that he was never intending to share them. One of the things he was looking to do is aquire a large dataset to analyze trends.

In other words, he was charged for entirely legit use.

The George Hammond.

If I still used Apple products I'd still be using Apple Music. Good sound with the ability to upload my own music library to mesh with it seamlessly to cover the gaps of what wasn't available? It was my ideal music streaming service.

Now I'm on Deezer but every streaming service has gaps in their catalog for what I listen to.

Slowly working on getting my own music library together to get rid of streaming services entirely. Plan on using Plex for now, but eventually I'll just move to a phone that has an SD card slot.

Mix of purchases and stuff downloaded and saved from Deezer.

Child marriage is already legal in quite a few states with parental permission. And there are a lot of terrible parents.

Yeah, they've got a ton of great documentaries there, plus some other series that are pretty great.

If I had to give up YouTube I'd move to Nebula. It's been growing and is steadily getting better.

They were most likely made by women, the proportions make sense when you think of a woman looking down at herself. It is just that when the first men to uncover the artifacts looked at them they said "wow, these were obviously made by men and are ancient porn!"

There are ones that have been found at various stages of pregnancy so were likely an educational tool.

I don't use the system anymore but at the time the parts I had weren't supported.