digdilem

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

His interfering with European politics is despised over here - promoting far-right groups in Germany, France and the UK deliberately to destabilise our countries. The man is genuinely dangerous to all democracies, not just the US.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Kind of - a personal website that I post articles on for various things. I like to share what I've learned, but it never gets much interest and less now. It's something I've been doing in various forms for over two decades.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago

"Good" or "trust my life with"? The two can be mutually exclusive. If I was in the wrong, would a good person defend me?

I've met a few people with genuinely good morals in my life. They do exist and are almost incorruptible. Most people are flexible in that we can make justifications for almost anything.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right, but sometimes you need someone to hold the other end of the rope when you lower yourself over a cliff.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They are literally undermining human rights, including the rights of LGBTQ people.

There's a new country to add to this list from this year.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Surely you can't be serious."

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago

he people making these decisions have no idea what life is like for a poor person.

It's worse than that, they actively despise anyone who isn't at least a millionaire.

They've been very blatant about that, and it reflects every single action they've taken since getting office.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Debian stable is as hassle-free as you'll get.

It sounds like your issue is more with having to migrate to a new laptop. Firstly - buy laptops that are more linux compatible and you'll have fewer niggles like with sound, suspend and drivers.

Secondly - use "dpkg --get-selections" and "--set-selections" to transfer your list of installed software across to your new laptop. Combined with transferring your /home directory, user migration can be speeded up.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, because it never was.

Kids confused it with good because it was the equivalent of running around an abandoned building throwing dog shit and broken glass at each other while spraying paint on the walls, because no adults told them not to. But when you tire of that, it's just an empty husk full of dog shit and glass.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Special interest forums still hold.

For me, the Royal Enfield motorbike forums are exceptionally good, and that's largely down to the admin. There's also a Series 2 Land Rover forum that has a unique collection of people with a phenomenal combined knowledge about that car.

I've hosted a few in my time - since the early 90s and Fidonet when BBSs were the thing. But things change. Facebook killed of a whole bunch way before Reddit and Lemmy just because that's where people were already, and it was easier for them to feel involved. Facebook is impossible to search, though, so the post history of a forum that was so useful has gone entirely.

It's sad, but things change. What's constant is people's desire to socialise and discuss topics they are interested in. I'm kind of curious what that will be next.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you make a good point, but it's one that affects any anti-malicious protection. How do you know that the anti-virus warning you get on Windows is legitimate and not a false alert? Or that the Apparmor block wasn't a misfire? Selinux is no better nor worse in principle than those.

In all cases, you need to stop and figure out what's actually going on. That's one benefit of all these things - they make you pause and, hopefully, think, when something is outside the norm.

And yep, they can be bypassed and they need to be able to be bypassed. If someone is lazy or not knowledgeable enough to make the right decision, or even just in a hurry, then they are at risk. No automated system can protect entirely against that.

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