I wonder if the British of the early 19th century predicted that this is how it would turn out when they decided not to press their advantage after the war of 1812 in favor of detente w the young United States

dunno; the aged induced bone spurs and arthritis sometimes makes me want to welcome annihilation. lol

– assuming they’re paying attention at all

it would be shorter if you list the atrocities they DIDN’T commit

same here except i didn’t know that there was a 4th; what’s it called?

i get that you’re joking; but i literally got a coupon for equifax’s credit monitoring service when the OPM was hacked back in 2015.

doesn’t the picard maneuver involve light speed trickery and a ferengi ship? lol

Veronica Explains did a fascinating video on multimedia generation a little while ago.

it’s not exactly what you’re seeking, but my own experiences with going outside the norm with multimedia in linux gets you into niche territory REALLY fast and the best way to find you’re seeking to ask people; so i would ask Veronica if they know anyone who might be able to help.

It isn’t a short read

I’m convinced that this is why Americans don’t know

i want to imagine that it came from a world too innocent to believe that drones would become so ubiquitous in warfare. lol

don’t know; that’s why i asked

Does dronies define liberals only or is it anyone center-right?

again, feelings are not facts

i literally just pointed out many instances of the same thing happening outside of china; my point is that it happens everywhere and your feeling that it only happens is china is not reality.

it’s not just the usa; similar actions have happened in the uk and france regarding the genocide and they’ve also punished people for advocating for lgbtq rights in the past.

that feeling that you have regarding repression from countries like china is only a feeling; not reality.

I just have this feeling like you get persecuted for speaking against the government in countries like China

Tell that to the students that were expelled from their universities and had their degrees revoked or the public employees that were for fired for speaking out against the American government’s support for the Gazan genocide.

Not to mention the civil servants that were fired/fined for advocating for LGBTQ rights in the decades past.

plys there’s profits to be had in crushing dissent.

… I personally like the idea of ppl exploring new ideas regardless if they’re helping our immediate problems.

i always wondered if people like william gilbert or otto guericke ever had to endure derision from people due to their experimentation w electricity well before its impact could be known.

some part of me wants to hear overconfident and dogmatic responses like: “electricity?!!! who tf would ever need such a useless thing?!”

Made better when you literally have no change from yesterday’s standup. Lol

seconding this; unless you’re paying for it: they use your data to make money and have (and do) make use of your data as leverage to get you to pay more.

setting up your own home server that’s accessible to the internet is much cheaper, but it does come with risks that you must make yourself aware of to mitigate.