Good idea to have a parallel event. How cool would it be if more people attended that than The Don’s and he could get all pissy about those numbers again.

Not a fan of the NYT myself, but I appreciate getting better insight into this unperson’s other workings.

Of course the picture only becomes whole when you put it all together: influential men, pedophilia, money, exerting power…

🤯 That gave me pause. What made you ask (would non-FOSS even be an option for anything ActivityPub)?

I, too, am often pissed at clickbaity, exaggerated, deliberately ambiguous headlines.

The subtitle makes it clear though: this is about ActivityPub, which has grown into the #1 federation protocol I guess.

I get it, esp. in a professional environment.

But “Schrödinger’s data” rubs me the wrong way. The point OOP’s making is not a question of whether the data is there or not, it’s a question of whether you can restore a botched system with a few commands and in a realistic amount of time.

Case in point: I (private person, private system) never needed to fully restore, knock on wood. But the data is there - I have (manually) restored single files or directories on a few occasions.

Yeah we’re going to see much more of this moving forward. Yesterday i installed Linux for a friend and they asked about fixing problems. I told them to always look at the date & compatibility when they search for solutions. They then volunteered: “and I guess I can always ask ChatGPT, it’s pretty good with these things”. I grunted non-committally.

Thank you Mr Schwank!

So they cut out classes that teach

• the Constitution
• our legal system
• Firearms training
• the use of force
• lawful arrests
• proper detention
• the limits of officers’ authority

Let that sink in.

Yeah a lot of what many think of typical internet stuff is just a new turbocharged edition of what has existed for much longer IRL.

Sorry for unsolicited advice, but:

It’s usually about consequences. At that age, they react to actions much more than to words.

And more generally, they need to learn that words have meaning, too. There’s way too many parents who just lazily shout “KEVIIIN, STOP THAT!” without any sort of follow-up. Not saying you do that though.

I’m not generally disagreeing with your assessment of the current situation, just a little historical BTW.

in the Internet age, we have other, non-advertising ways to spread information (i.e. specs and reviews),

Interesting, I never thought of it that way.

However, most of that is still part of advertising; producers proactively strive to get reviewed.

Yes. Available on YT in decent quality.

“I think with February, it really starts with heightened time awareness around that reduced execution bandwidth.”

🤣

Services too

This field?

Bless your heart.

But I’ve long wondered how the at least somewhat more sane people following him manage it. Something like confirmation bias would only work up to a point that Trump has long since gone beyond.

Yeah this exactly.

Something else that might play into it: so many conspiracy nuts refer to movies as if they were history, or prophecy, or scientific research. As if they were valid in a way they clearly aren’t, because they’re fiction. Maybe they really do live in a world where these things are interchangeable.

I just replied to the other guy, it’s not confirmation bias I’m talking about although that certainly plays into it.

Have you ever wondered how (not why) MAGAts believe ever more obvious and blatant lies, and why the admin doesn’t even bother to make better lies? MAGAts are pushing aside what a child can perceive because they’re so hungry to see that narrative continue and stay in it.

I’m not looking for a word.

Confirmation bias is about people choosing information that suits their world view. That’s not what I mean. I expanded my OP to hopefully make it clearer.

I mean, the Trump admin lying to us is one thing, but they’re doing it so, so badly and yet people can’t let go of it.

I guess confirmation bias could be a reason why they are driven to such extreme suspension of disbelief, but I’m talking about the How here, the development maybe.

I think even a small jailtime would be pretty serious. Provided he can’t buy himself out. A fine would be a slap on the wrist*. A scolding is just that - something certain people have learned very early to ignore.

* depends on the amount of course

Yeah exactly. It’s a scolding. Something certain types have learned to ignore in their teens.