Moose

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[–] Moose@moose.best 5 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, I think that was when a FOSS maintainer had to step down and handed it off to someone else if I remember right? See this XKCD for relevance. It's pretty ridiculous how much we (and companies with billion dollar revenues) rely on the free work of others for such important systems. But yes, an important distinction to make is that certain Linux distributions may use code by others that is not open source and malicious without them realizing.

[–] Moose@moose.best 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, but we pretty much do know? The difference between Linux and Windows / MacOS is Linux is open source and can be checked and audited by anyone. If an exploit exists, it will be visible publicly and just needs to be spotted by those knowledgeable enough. Windows and MacOS are more than likely audited too but by private companies under NDA, so then it's left up to Microsoft or Apple to decide what exploits are fixed.

[–] Moose@moose.best 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Super pissed off FPTP is still a thing. My riding was quite interesting this year. Polls showed a safe conservative win with NDP slightly behind and liberals at barely anything. What actually happened was a huge number of liberal votes compared to what was expected and less conservative and NDP votes as a result. The conservatives won with only ~38% of the vote vs the over 50% they were showing in the polls. I can almost garuntee that if we had ranked choice, either NDP or liberals would have won. It's very frustrating as I'm certain a lot of the left leaning voters were focusing on a national level and not a local one.

[–] Moose@moose.best 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I know it's not the takeaway from your post, but if you're actually getting one please test the litter robot throughly before allowing your cat to use it unsupervised. I've seen videos of horrible designs that have killed pets before and when word gets out, they just re-brand them.

[–] Moose@moose.best 18 points 3 weeks ago

3D printing and CAD may be the hobby for you then!

[–] Moose@moose.best 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Not the original commentor, but the people I've discussed this with usually say one of 4 things. These aren't necessarily my views, just what I've heard from others:

  1. The government is too easy on crime and we grant people bail who are dangerous to release.
  2. Gun control is a waste of time and money and isn't tackling the real issue as nearly all gun crime isn't committed by legal gun owners.
  3. More housing needs to be made (note that both major parties seem to agree on this).
  4. More infrastructure needs to be built to capitalize on our oil and natural resources exports.
[–] Moose@moose.best 37 points 3 weeks ago

Breaking: Trump becomes first US president to lose a Canadian election.

[–] Moose@moose.best 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If anyone is curious as to why we don't run the world off solar, from what I understand the big issue is power grid frequency. Unlike a turbine, solar has no intertia. If you take away light the power drop is instant. With turbines, they keep spinning due to their weight. This is especially important since if a large load is suddenly energized, the turbine might slow down but still won't stop immediately. Maybe in the future giant electric powered flywheels or pumpgen systems can take up the slack. Nuclear would likely also help since those are essentially giant steam turbine generators. Good video with some more info here.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4ipM2qjfw&t=589

[–] Moose@moose.best 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Moose@moose.best 1 points 4 weeks ago

Same. I swear if I hear "lost liberal decade" jammed into the middle of a statement one more time...

[–] Moose@moose.best 6 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah Kiwix is great for this, I just put together what this company is essentially selling for free by myself a few months ago. In fact I would be surprised if this company wasn't using Kiwix as most of the resources they listed are on it already.

[–] Moose@moose.best 17 points 1 month ago

He was a criminal in El Salvador.

As far as being a criminal in El Salvador, it's alleged, not proven...

So was he a criminal or not in El Salvador? Because to me it sounds like you just lied and are now trying to move the goalposts. Due process is the issue here, if you can't understand that then don't be surprised when people you know are wisked away to a prision in a foreign country.

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