This is the dumbest propaganda attempt from the Trump administration yet:
JD Vance acknowledges unemployment is up, but then claims it is only because — hold on to something for this one — Americans did not want a job in the Biden economy so they sat in a sofa waiting for Trump, and now that he is in office, everyone registers as looking for work.
Question: I'm making a fresh backup on a new drive. Around 14TB. Should I do this in phases to let the drive cool down periodically or let it run with no cool down?
I have a production drive and two backups. I am retiring the the production drive, moving one of the backups to production and then replacing it with a new drive.
Watching Linux get more and more in bed with "AI" is kind of a mixed bag. I realize that at some point it's going to come no matter what else happens. The rot will eventually spread everywhere because even in Linux circles there is the fear of being "left behind". But I hate to see it. Linux has been the one place where there was at least till more recently a feeling that "AI" wouldn't go. Where we would have a safe haven from it. But with organizations like Mozilla diving head first into "AI", and the Linux Foundation it's self now creating an "AI" foundation with all the heavy hitters involved it's nearly assured that the days of Linux not being infested with "AI" are now numbered. The only question left is what distros will be hit the hardest by this, and when.
It has been pointed out that this "Linux Foundation" organization is actually a "business association" of the big corps doing stuff in the linux sector, so it's just more PR ran by the same crowd as elsewhere.
@Tvorsk I'm sure that's probably part of it. But there's no way they're going to get that close to the heart of Linux and not push their influence. Couple that with some versions of Linux already flirting with adding "AI", and it won't be long before I feel this goes into bad places.
@etienne_obriot I've actually been flirting with the idea for some time. I need to set up a machine and put it on there so I can see how well it would work for my situation.
I still use my Mac for photo editing ( you know how it is…) but for all my others needs ( mainly tinkering with electronics and programming), the transition was seamless, on my 13 years old laptop ( and WiFi was working without problems)
@etienne_obriot *nods* I use Macs for a lot of things as well. I'd even go as far as to say I'm mostly a Mac user at this point. But I've always loved Linux and use it for gaming mostly. (This is part of my concern with BSD.) And I've been curious about BSD for some time, but I just never seem to have a computer to install it on that I'm not using for something else. One of these days I need to just get or make one for that and try it out.
I think some people use the Linux compatibility layer on FreeBSD to play Steam Linux games, so at least it should be possible but as always- your mileage may vary.
@etienne_obriot Yeah, I've heard the same. But it's not as straight forward as on Linux, and there are more issues with games. And then there's the games I own that aren't on Steam. It's a lot to look over. I'll get there some day though.
@tilton so far, though we are still at the mercy of the developers. While things can be easy to remove they can also be made very complicated to do so. And I have a feeling from things I’ve already heard from distorts like Fedora that “AI” will eventually become integrated into the software. How deeply we don’t know.
@Muse Yep, •points to his bio• more of a fan of the fandom, about all the reading I do these days is over on FIMFiction which I also support, because the fans do so much good stuff over there, and then there's the artwork.
I am a BIG believe in supporting everyone reconnecting with their creativity. It is SO important for a functioning society. How else do we have the capacity to imagine solutions to problems?
If Wishes Were Changelings, the fourth IIRC book in a Harry Potter/MLP crossover, the interesting part here is that this is focusing on the changelings that have made it over there, in the other books they're mostly just background characters, intentionally middling students at Hogwarts
The Education of Sunset Shimmer, one of many Twilight and Sunset time as students overlapping. I'd thought it was pretty good, but the latest chapter really impressed me, Spike's egg was just a rock, but Twilight still hatched it.
Diamond in the Ruff is an interesting one that I'm not sure about yet, another HIE story, however this one the human became a Diamond Dog, a stray, and he manages to not only get admitted to Celestia's school, but becomes her student alongside Twilight.
I think my following list is like 200 stories long, so there's a lot more I could list.
Lets see, the second story I'm following, and I think the last. Only Mark That Matters didn't work for me, I did start reading it, but tired of it. I've a fair number that I have yet to start as well.
#Ukraine's Defense Forces hit the #Astrakhan gas processing plant during overnight operations, targeting what Kyiv described as a "key enterprise in Russia's oil and gas industry." Ukrainian officials said the strike was intended to reduce #ussia's capacity to produce #explosives.
The General Staff said explosions were recorded at the plant, followed by a large fire. The extent of the damage has not been determined, and Russian officials have not commented on the incident.
Ukrainian forces hit the Astrakhan gas processing plant on Dec. 15, targeting what Kyiv described as a "key enterprise in Russia's oil and gas industry," the General Staff reported.
Iggy Pop! Boards of Canada! David Bowie! Eno! We are all moving in. (And I bet that bear listened to Cillian Murphy’s Limited Edition series on the Beeb too…) ❤️
Ukraine claims first Sea Baby underwater drone strike on Russian submarine
#Ukraine’s Security Service said its #underwater #drones hit a #Russian #submarine in the port of Novorossiysk on Dec. 15, the first such attack it has reported, knocking the vessel out of service.
The agency said it used #SeaBaby #naval drones to target a Varshavyanka-class — a subset of the #Kilo class — submarine that carried four launchers for #Kalibr #CruiseMissiles, which Russia has used to strike #Ukrainian cities and infrastructure since the outset of the full-scale war.
Honestly I'm not against charge by mile, so long as it doesn't require installing a tracking device, here in Missouri we already have a mileage inspection for vehicles brought in from out of state, along with the mileage being verified every time the car is inspected. Frankly I think they should just eliminate gas taxes, and charge everyone based on mileage with the rate based on the weight of the vehicle.
EVs are heavier than traditional cars, so they cause more wear on the road, but road maintenance is usually funded via gas tax. Here's what one state is doing.
I hate when looking for romance books it's just numerous titles of hetero couples. Stop constantly pushing your straight agenda and give me queer, trans, sapphic, pan or gay romances. Give us real diverse stories not hetero fantasies.
Was sitting in traffic when a car came flying up through the grass behind and to the right, flipping and throwing a part into the road. At first the first person there didn't think the driver was still in the car, so I threw on my safety vest, and got the biggest part out of the road before it causes another accident.
After realizing the driver was still in there, under the supervision of an ER nurse who'd stopped, we started working on getting her out so CPR could be done, but it was only the two of us and I can't lift much. We did get her from wedged between the front seats to the back seat face down before the cops got there, and i supported her so she didn't fall between the front and back seats, while they got her out so CPR could be performed. She did have a pulse when they got her in the ambulance, so she might survive.
I wound up taking a shower when I got home, because I'd been kneeling in vomit and even after taking off my clothes I could still smell it.
So that was how my day ended. Not sure how I feel right now, aside from sore as my upper back was already hurting, and my shoulders are now, but I already was going to chiro tomorrow, so no big deal. Besides, as I told the nurse, a little back pain is a small price to pay for saving a life.
Still, I'm kinda processing the whole thing as you can imagine.
That's way more dramatic than when I recently rescued an adolescent gallah that fell out of its nest. Sadly, it's wing was so damaged the wildlife rescue hospital had to put it down. I felt horrible.
If I had left the bird where it was, it would have died near the tree it knew with mama nearby, albeit after some suffering. My transporting it caused the bird plenty of trauma, but in the end it shortened its suffering. I kept thinking maybe I hadn't done it much of a service. But then I thought, if my efforts could save it, it would have enjoyed a longer life. Perhaps it was worth a hopeful effort.
Thank you for being the sort of person who stops and helps.
The President's Chief of Staff just admitted that his pursuit of Leticia James and James Comey was not grounded in justice, but in revenge.
This is an indefensible violation of due process of law. And if I'm Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I'm filing a civil lawsuit for restitution for malicious prosecution.
Finally, shame on all the universities with their billions in endowments who refused to stand up to Trump, & instead capitulated to his vengeful vindictive demands. Unacceptable.
We also have Pete Hegseth trying to threaten Senator Kelly. If the Democrats take control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, they could in principle impeach the lot of them: Trump, Hegseth, etc., thereby setting a national record for the most impeachments in a single year. If congress won't want to go that far, Hegseth et al. may spend who knows how long being grilled in various hearings instead.
I pretty much hate everything AI, but there's a part of me that would want a company to embrace this, and have a commercial made where all the 'actors' have six fingers, dead glassy eyes that obviously don't focus anywhere. 'People' in the background flitting in and out frame by frame. Signs that have English letters but don't spell words.
It cannot be an offense to repeat what the law itself clearly states: Soldiers are not required to follow illegal commands. This is political persecution, and it must end now.
That John Thune (Senate Majority Leader) isn't calling this out as crap, for the reason you stated, shows just how captured this party is by the feckless weenie in the White House, and his poor-opsec flunky at the Pentagon.
Trump & Co. want to taint you, Sen. Kelly, because you're a credible candidate to replace him in 2028. They want to salt your fields so nothing grows in them, like popularity or success.
It's not about having a winning strategy to court martial you. Winning judgments in court is not a thing Trump focuses on when he's attacking - as opposed to defending in a lawsuit.
Is there a good way to archive a squarespace site before letting the subscription lapse, so it's easy to redeploy later? Or is the best option to just save a web archive
today I discovered that a whole stack of my personal files, including multiple books I had written and performances recorded, were no longer on my hard drive, because Windows had deleted them "to free up space" and only kept the copies on their onedrive server. That's not a backup. That's deleting my work without asking me. I'm switching to Linux.
this is not a joke. I was willing to put up with UI changes and hidden settings and annoying computer-knows-best behaviours, but I'm not staying on a platform that deletes my books from my hard drive.
(I got logged in, after several circuits of the validation loop, and got access to my files back. Nothing permanently lost. I am fine. I am getting off this platform.)
@DarkAthena I found Windows to difficult to maintain and having so many crazy settings just to get it to work. I wasn't smart enough to use Windows, so Linux and the *BSD Unixen has been my only desktops since 1997.
@lmgenealogy That sounds like the right way to do it: in steps, rather than uprooting everything all at once (unless something forces your hand, of course).
If you need to free up space you should at least be asked what to move to storage. Suppose someone barged into your house and took some of your furniture away "to free up space"! (And I applaud your switching to Linux. I've been on Linux for 30 years now and never regretted it.)
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