Mama told me not to come.
She said, that ain’t the way to have fun.
We can’t, but we can do net metering, meaning we can offset costs but not get paid. So the best investment is to pay nothing through Dec. 31 and keep costs manageable at the start of the year (net metering ends with the calendar year).
You could probably get by with a gas generator and only run it 2-3 times/year in many areas. It’s not 100% green, but it could get you off grid for a fraction of the price.
Yeah, learn to tie them if you’re going to make it part of your personality.
I’m getting fired because I dislike Charlie Kirk’s views but also condemn the violence.
Yeah, I completely agree.
I drive old cars because they don’t spy on me and they’re inexpensive to own. I have an 07 hybrid and an 06 minivan. They’re only an expression of my personality to the extent that I don’t care about my car and need something to get from A-B. I don’t flaunt it, and I’ll probably replace it with an older EV because refilling gas is annoying for my dedicated commuter (the hybrid).
I’d rather ride my bike, but my work is too far away (2 hours on transit, ~1.5 hybrid w/ bike, maybe 1 with a riced ebik, each way), and my reasons for sticking with my employer and not moving are more important than my preference for cycling.
My mode of transportation is about utility, not expression of personality. I’d drive a truck if it made sense, I just haven’t found one that makes more sense than renting one the 2-3 times per year I need to haul something that doesn’t fit in my minivan.
When I need to upgrade my car, I’ll find something sensible and maybe remove the parts I don’t like. It’s not a big deal.
Right, the hardware is the problem. If we do some software solution, it’ll be through a web browser or app, both controlled and developed by some independent group (to prevemt bias from the current admin) monitored by the government and released as FOSS. It would do challenge-based tamper protection on launch and submission of the vote, and you could use a separate, government-produced verification website to check your vote.
Even with all that, I still think we should stick with paper ballots. However, if we absolutely need something digital, that’s less bad than the current voting machine system.
I doubt he’d bother w/ Lemmy. If he did, he’d just pay someone to do it, just like he does w/ video games.
If we do electronic voting, it needs to be FOSS and cryptographically signed. And even then I don’t think I want it.
I’m considering collecting them and only them. No human or mammal skeles, just invertibrates.
Shouldn’t he have come back to life by now?
Exactly! When asked what she would’ve done differently vs Biden, she said “nothing.” That doesn’t really motivate people to get out and vote for her.
We should just eliminate ballot boxes and handle everything with paper ballots. Mail them in, drop them off, or fill it out at the ballot box.
Also performance, maintenance, and regression.
My instance has one.
Oh absolutely. In fact, I created a package that currently has millions of weekly downloads that I don’t really maintain anymore (someone else volunteered). So I’m pretty familiar with these issues. People burn out or move on or whatever.
The reason I like larger projects is because it’s more likely someone will notice if there’s a problem. There’s no guarantee, sure, but more eyeballs is generally a good thing, and that’s how the xz vulnerability was caught so quickly. It’s better if a project has a healthy amount of contributors, but all things being equal, I prefer a popular project to a less popular one. How many people would notice an issue in diesel-async vs diesel? How many are like me and would use the async features if it’s in the main project, but would hesitate if it’s a separate crate?
None of this has anything to do with the quality of of the code or maintainers, it’s purely about the number of eyeballs.
CoMaps
I haven’t. I looked into it, and that’s quite the drama. I like the name of CoMaps better, so I’ll check it out. I see shared commits, but they seem to go to Organic Maps first and then I guess get cherry-picked onto CoMaps?
The main blocker is MFA. I can technically work around Google Authenticator (I use Aegis currently) because I can run it on my laptop, but I also need Okta verify (work VPN), Symantec VIP (bank), and the Steam app.
And some other very nice to haves:
I can find workaround for the rest.
That said, wouldn’t it just be easier to uninstall the apps that cause distractions?
Hey, if I move the goalposts enough, anything can be completed!
Yeah, Paradox games are great!