Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
Inside the Endless Nightmare of Indefinite Detention Under “Civil Commitment” - After serving their criminal sentence, these men discover their punishment may never be over. https://inthesetimes.com/article/civil-commitment-rushville-treatment-detention-facility-prison-indefinite-detention
"when it comes to risky behaviors, such as drug use, teenage sex and socializing during a pandemic, the \“just say no\” approach has been proven not to work."
Social Abstinence Is Not a Sustainable Pandemic Response https://inthesetimes.com/article/harm-reduction-covid-19-pandemic-public-health-abstinence-drug-education
It’s Not Just Trump: The Neoliberal Roots of the Postal Service https://inthesetimes.com/article/its-not-just-trump-the-neoliberal-roots-of-the-postal-service-crisis
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From "Paycheck Protection Program" https://inthesetimes.com/article/paycheck-protection-program-covid-relief-fees-banks
A Pricey Private School Says “Quaker Values” Justify Aggressive Campaign to Destroy Its Union https://inthesetimes.com/article/a-pricey-private-school-says-quaker-value
Incremental change has possibly already killed the world. In the end barbarianism will always triumph. Empires must crumble. Cities must burn.
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Early example from Sweden of #coops being used for anti-trust purposes.
From "A Global History of Consumer Co-operation Since 1850".
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I have some great news about Boston Public Schools and free software. You may know that my Co-op has been hosting some Boston Public School courses over the summer using free software.
Assessments of student progress shows that the teachers that stuck with BBB had better assessment scores for their students!! Especially the Math teachers. Scores were SIGNIFICANTLY higher by about 10-15 percentage points and it is believed that is because BBB allowed for student engagement more than Zoom did.
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HBO Go has been replaced with HBO Max, which you cannot watch on 70% of TV devices. Somehow, this is even worse than the original situation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/streaming-laying-bare-how-big-isps-big-tech-and-big-media-work-together-against
I wonder if we ever see the number of deaths due to COVID-19 handling, not due to COVID-19. Wouldn't it be funny if they were higher than the expected number due to COVID-19 without preventative measures?
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Don't try to outsmart your compiler. Chances are it's better at math than you are.
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No student should be forced to make the choice to either hand over their biometric data and be surveilled continuously, or to fail their class.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/proctoring-apps-subject-students-unnecessary-surveillance
1995: Compared to OS/2's WPS, all other UIs are crap.
It's amazing that this still holds true today.
OpenVPN setup has completed. Wish I would have logged the start time. I guess, if anyone asks, my answer will be, "about 2 days", as well.
Windows users deserve what they get. That's why I never use my work computer (fucking brain-dead Windows-using company) for personal use.
One of the major issues with Windows use in companies is that the PCs have to be so locked down that the knowledge work employees are often driven to try to find ways around the security to get their jobs done. This eventually becomes another threat vector (named, "Windows", of course).
By 5 PM today, OpenVPN setup on my Pioneer Freedom is will have been running at least 48 hours. From the Freedom is forums, someone stated his took, "about 2 days".
At what point does one pull the plug? Maybe three days will be too long...
It's hard seeing your life in print, "working every day for a corporation that cared as little for [you], as [you] cared about it." Thanks a lot, Kate Wilhelm!
It's one of those, "I know we suck; here's a kludge!" #ftfy
#windowssucks Got on my work computer (fucking Windows 10) this morning, and I noticed that the fonts in some of the applications (not all) were messed up (really pixelated and faint looking). This kicked off a couple of hours in web searching. (Did you know that fucking Microsoft made it so you fucking have to change the fucking registry to change the fucking system font?)
Finally somehow arrived at "Adjust Clear type text", which is of course WTF? This goes through a virtual eye exam.
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Comrade Malik’s Black August Message https://itsgoingdown.org/comrade-maliks-black-august-message/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
