Of course a suicide would have advance knowledge of their own death. It’s not unusual for suicidal people to lie about their own mental health. Especially to their closest loved ones.

What you point out could only support a vague suspicion; a motive to look for compelling evidence. Hanging a whole murder conspiracy on evidence this thin is not the product of critical thought.

Are you implying that S.Carolina isn’t backward enough?

Switching to Linux is activism. Not only are you making an anti-capitalist, anti-consumption statement, but active participation creates growth and change that’s observable and satisfying in a way that most direct action cannot be.

LLMs are just the average of internet-accessible writings and videos plus whatever custom training data provided.

That causes two problems. One, the proliferation of AI content is reducing the average quality of internet-accessible data. It’s also actively smoothing out the creative works of humans; lowering the average again.

This must have been planned well before the strike on Russian airbases (which itself was in the works for over a year).

Stopping the genocide is a necessity. Getting “justice” for the genocide is a luxury.

Palestinians will not forget what happened. No matter the media cycle or influencers.

We don’t know. Forces in and near black holes break physics. There is tons of speculation, but speculation is all there is.

American hegemony is probably the worst example of enshitification in history. Our cultural exports used to be Hollywood movies and McDonalds. Now it’s our alienation, right wing ideology, and ultra-violence that crosses boarders and ignores local social policy.

No disrespect to Ron Pearlman, but, because of drones, war has changed.

Cops be like: I can’t be a racist, look my wife’s eye is black!

It’s funny that you state “Yes that’s how democracy works” only to go on to explain that democracy not only doesn’t work, but can’t.

So we get an election between Adolf Hitler and Sheriff James Davis?

It’s good to have a rational for your choices. And we know it can’t be because you think Microsoft makes good software that you enjoy using.

Linux is easier to install than Windows. With the new Win11 requirements, Linux is the only choice for PC hardware more than 5yo. And like you say, hardware drivers just work. This used to be Windows major advantage, but now the chance you run into a compatibility issue is about the same for either OS.

One day, a handheld running Linux will emulate Mario Kart Wold. A Nintendo product will never run a Steam game.

The problem is that the distinction between the pigs and soldiers is academic. But didn’t we always know that the skills learned in Iraq and Afghanistan would be applied at home?

A large contributor to Irish suffering were the British corn laws, a tariff that kept the price of barley, wheat, and oats artificially high. So when potato crops failed, the poor Irish couldn’t afford substitutes. Ironically, American maze was exempt from the corn laws, so much of that was imported to Ireland.

Tariffs: never any externalities or unintended consequences; you will certainly not regret imposing tariffs.

pick me from history