rustydomino @ rustydomino @lemmy.world

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Look to public transit development in Taiwan as an example of how to do it right in a democratic nation. There are still loads of problems but the Taiwanese government can’t just take your land outright. Taipei especially has seen phenomenal growth in its metro development in the last 20 years.

It helps that in China you can’t own land. All the land is owned by the government. You only have “use rights” and for a limited time (something like 80 years - I forget the exact number). So when it comes time to build infrastructure the government just tells you to gtfo.

Well, what are you then?

I have found that: it’s easier if you stick to one (major) distro such as Debian or its derivatives, and try to stick to that distro’s package system (in this case, apt). Yes there is a learning curve. But once you learn it, you find that Linux gets easier to use. But more importantly, it gets more POWERFUL to use. I agree with your assessment that Linux is not beginner friendly but it is USER friendly in that it empowers the user. But yes you do have to put in a little work first.

He is the goddamn president. He doesn’t get weekends.

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?

The problem is there are very few alternatives that will work for grandma and her friends, especially open source alternatives. This is why WhatsApp and LINE are stupidly popular.

Don’t they understand because they were PARDONED it means that they were GUILTY?

Ok but we’re not exactly asking the electorate to understand quantum physics. Is asking people to look at what TACO did last time too much to ask for?

There’s an entire YouTube channel dedicated to this. https://youtu.be/KLxoyeRvqDw

Idk about cheaper but you may have access to different models. Also a Taiwanese laptop will have a Taiwanese keyboard (basically US qwerty but with bo po mo fo characters also printed on the keys).

Not sure what he’s going on about. The Noldor were perfectly happy!

Definitely not UNIX 😬

Pussy Galore was in Goldfinger.

Dang. I’d pay good money to see Elmo bitch slap Garak. Follow it with Elmo’s trademark giggle.

Faramir scored Eowyn.

As I was reading this I basically did a silent WTF at each panel. Good shit!

They’re not federal agents. At best they’ve been deputized. Even that’s probably overstating their legal status.

This also happened to me to back in the 90s at a Melissa Ethridge concert.

I wrote that it’s a song that I thought should be the anthem of this community 🤷 is that not description enough?