BilboBargains

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.

I get the sense that the author hasn't tried many or any of these substances and is trotting out the standard line. I didn't see alcohol, cigarettes and Oxycontin mentioned.

If we're going to have an adult conversation about addictive substances we should first talk about sugar and junk food. We should also discuss the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, lack of healthcare and community, ignorance of mental health, motor vehicles, pollution, the criminal justice system, Judeo-Christian culture and being a person of colour. Those will form the major risk factors for human health.

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.

Do they go on to mention any negative effects?

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Technology in Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

I would imagine it's very difficult to make a universal architecture but if I have learnt anything about computers it's that the manufacturers of software and hardware deliberately created opaque and monolithic systems, e.g. phones. They cynically insert barriers to their reuse and redeployment. There's no profit motive for corporations to make infintitely scalable computers. Short sighted greed is a much more plausible explanation.

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

The EU is one of the few institutions that are fighting the American corporations on our most basic freedoms. It's the only one with real teeth.

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Technology in Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

It's kind of lame that they need to junk the entire apparatus after only a decade. I get that processor technology moves on apace but we already know it does that so why doesn't a universal architecture exist where nodes can be added at will?

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says

The EU has found the cure for cancer

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to linuxmemes in The fix is scheduled for the next release

Is it true that Linux users recant their heretical beliefs on their deathbed, switch back to windoze and Bill Gates rapes them?

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Memes in What if...

Reinforced concrete was the gift that kept giving to Soviet-era architects. Le Corbusier also approves this post.

BilboBargains , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM

As engineers, we should never insert proprietary interfaces into our designs. We shouldn't obfuscate the design.

The motivation for these toxic practices comes from the business side because it's profitable. These people won't share the profits with you because they are psychopaths. Ultimately we are making more waste when electronics cannot be upgraded, maintained and repaired. It's bad for people and it's bad for the environment.

BilboBargains , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Privacy in Getting People Onto a Good Messaging App

Genius idea. Is there an app that reverses a vasectomy and twenty years of aging? But seriously, this idea has got legs, I love it. Congrats with your baby. Have you made a Facebook account for them yet?

BilboBargains , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Why don't banks like root on Android?

It's the banking equivalent of turning your device off for aircraft take off and landing.

If you keep doing stupid shit for long enough you can turn it into a religion. Huge profits will follow. It's also why the unexamined life is no life at all.

BilboBargains , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Why don't banks like root on Android?

You legend

BilboBargains , 3 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.

Use a VPN. ISP are being disingenuous when they claim a data connection is unlimited at the point of purchase and then slug us with restrictions when we try and use it. If they can detect a tether, the VPN should obscure it.

BilboBargains , 3 months ago to Technology in Nokia tells Reddit it might be infringing on Nokia's patents.

Classic?

BilboBargains , 3 months ago to Technology in This was the first result on Google

This post made me beat my head with a 2 by 4