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  • I think the phrase is "any good prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich."

    That's probably still as true as it ever was. And leaves open the possibility that Pirro is just a bombastic idiot; not a good prosecutor.

  • I don't know. Maybe not. Last I worked with them they were still Hughes, but the ATT acquisition had been announced.

    Fun story... it once took a bit over an hour to get from their building on Imperial Hwy to the passenger terminal at LAX, and you can see LAX out the uber window on the other side of the street the entire ride. Lol.

  • I don't think that's a guide... it's a hands on class. Maybe even a good idea to pitch to your local community college, community center, or adult edu department.

    It'll shock you how low the average person's technical literacy is. And since you're talking about a guide for a lot of things that update independently, the guide will begin to be outdated before you even publish it. It's exceptionally hard to keep technical documentation in sync with software and hardware that you don't control, and when the users of your guide hit those spots where the doc doesn't match, they bail quickly.

    What key concepts to cover probably depends on what you're trying to teach. If it's just how to use a web browser, the mainstream distros all do that pretty well out of the box once they're installed (although installation can still a bit of a challenge from one laptop to the next). Maybe the greatest communal benefit would be to teach foundational concepts of online security.

  • but there’s still reasoning to have Windows

    For sure. There's a lot of software that's built for Windows only. I have some Garmin aviation software that only works on Windows or Mac. It's pretty shit software, but I have to use it, and since I can do windows in a VM, that's what I use. Similarly, there's another bit of software I use all the time that's only built for iPad. So I have an iPad for that app. There's not always a choice.

  • I would help if asked, but I'm not out there trying to convince people. This isn't the first Windows version to be EOLd, and Apple and Android have all but convinced people that a 2-3 year hardware replacement cycle is normal. I just don't think this is a significant consumer event at all.

    Or are you just observing and enjoy your peace of mind because you switched already to Linux before?

    Yeah, but I wouldn't say "switched" is the right word for me. I've been using a variety of OSes for personal and work for a long time. I worked in embedded software, and we had to support a variety of build toolchains for different host OSes and different target OSes. So the idea of using a different OS on my own computer is not a big deal. Over the years it's been Solaris, BSDos, Mac, Windows, and more flavors of Linux than I can recall.

    Not the question you asked, but it was gratifying when Raspberry Pi really started to take off because it was the first time that developing for a different hardware arch and OS target was going mainstream. I would enthusiastically help people with that sort of thing. But even fewer ask. lol

  • I have solar, but I'm also on TOU, and paid TOU "discounted EV rates" before I got the solar. We're about 0.54 peak and 0.30 off peak. There are a variety of different TOU and EV plans, so it might vary a little for each customer, but consumers get big-fucked by the electric utility no matter what. I've been a utility customer for a long time, and I don't think I've ever seen rates as low as 2.8c per KWh.

    Fun fact... my electric utility is a convicted felon; 84 counts of manslaughter.