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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:36PM (#41029786)
Quite right! We can only regret that similar minimum-age limits weren't put in place for other offices.
Here in ye olde Europe (and I believe the same for the U.S.), it is unfortunately common to see extremely young, as in literal college students, parliamentarians -- most of them handsome, well-spoken and opinionated; and some also coincidentally the children of famous politicians or businesspeople :-)
Re:Fixing Macs door to door
on Saturday January 06, 2024 @12:06PM (#38893073)
Lol, I had the exact same thought. There's something.. Off about its writing style; reminds me of marketing copy or 'HR speak'.
Re:Fixing Macs door to door
on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:52AM (#38892947)
Those FTPs were not publically accessible -- the users, numbering in the dozens or hundreds at most, were software crackers, dvd rippers, couriers, etc. So normally a 'top site' FTP would see a steady incoming flow of brand new pirate material that the site owners could use in the money-making side of their operation.
Re:OpenBSD Workstation Hardening
on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @02:28PM (#38858608)
Good point!
I sometimes wish there was a straightforward (and not causing reduced functionality) way of configuring a normal Linux distro in 'single user' mode.
Re:Forget spaceships; I just want my music
on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:10PM (#38617711)
I threw that old thing (logitech squeezebox) in the recycling.
With how warm it was in standby I bet it cost more money in power bills than itself don'tcha know.
Re:Live ESA launch to Jupiter [video]
on Friday April 14, 2023 @11:26AM (#35570607)
This launch reminded me of the now long-cancelled JIMO mission..
JUICE is probably _fine_, but I can't help wishing that we had had the $ and the stones to go for the real deal :)