I’ve thought for quite some time that software companies in general, and game developers in particular, are a natural for worker-owned co-ops to break from the stereotypical realm of co-op grocery stores and coffee shops. Start up costs can be kept low, and marginal cost of distribution is negligible.

This seems like a great move.

Do you have any insight into getting Linux to play nice with the different components of fusion drives? I have an old iMac and Mac mini both with Fusion Drive and after installing fedora or Ubuntu the SSD is seen and mounts fine but while the HDD is seen it doesn’t mount at startup despite setting it to mount at startup. I’d like to use these machines for some archiving and media hosting but that’s difficult if I can’t reliably access the much higher capacity drives.

You mention not having any human contact other than your family, that sounds really stressful especially if they’re on you for not having a job. Are there any opportunities where you are to do volunteer work, like at animal shelters, hospitals, or similar options? That would expose you to other people, could help with depression (helping others often does,) and might even give you some leads on jobs.

Gender chain-melted state? Gender superglass? Gender string-net liquid?

The question was “what word or phrase annoys you,” not “do you understand this phrase.”

I know what the phrasing means, it still bugs the shit out of me.

“Not me” doing something.

Just say you’re doing something, and accept that it may be a bit hypocritical or shameful that you’re doing it.

How is this calculated? Presumably you could directly measure all but the T-Rex and pliosaur, but how are those bits forces calculated?

The graphic design on this made me think it was a D&D spell or item description at first.

I guess it would be a +2 to intelligence if academic papers were more readily accessible.

Short answer: yes

Longer answer: I would argue we’ve already had a few civil wars since the “War Between the States” in the 1860s. Reconstruction was arguably another civil war. The labor rights war of the early twentieth century included federal troops attacking organizing coal miners and federal agents along with private security forces attacking striking workers elsewhere. The violence of the civil rights movement (remember: the president had to call in the national guard to enforce integration) would also qualify as a civil war by some standards.

Listen to the first limited series of the podcast It Could Happen Here for an idea of how a more involved civil war could start. The idea is that there would not be clear battle lines drawn up because our divide now is more urban vs rural, and people in rural areas have opportunities to attack infrastructure that would have significant impacts on urban areas.

A friend of mine took Introduction to Real Analysis in university and told me their first project was “prove the real number system.”

Yeah, the FBI only exists to protect the wealthy corporate interests and maintain the status quo. Occasionally catching serial killers or corrupt politicians is just window dressing for the taxpayers. Even corrupt politicians are only a target when they piss off the powers that be.

Actual terrorism in the US: almost entirely from Christian white nationalists.

FBI: better infiltrate more leftist groups!

The meme references training, not physical ability. Strange should arguably be overlaid on Bones.

I remember learning that after my dad told me stories about badgers near the Minnesota farm where he grew up killing dogs significantly larger than dachshunds and thinking “how the fuck does that work??”

I’ve loathed people based on less information before, but not with this intensity.

“That’s how I got the nickname ‘the Doc Ellis of geology’”

IIRC, the Intercept started during the first Obama term.

Say it with me now, you all know the words:

Every Accusation Is A Confession

Ken Paxton deserves to stumble into a pit of hungry raccoons.

Ever since the Biden administration redefined “ceasefire” to mean “hostage exchange pause” it’s become a meaningless term. The US needs to completely cut off arms support to Israel. That is the only ethical and moral action at this point. Anything less is abetting genocide.