We’ll damn, lubuntu was my goto for older hardware.

Here we are; a controversial take on something almost accurate. The context is there for the feminist - women only organisations as safe spaces for women to talk about the issues the patriarchy inflicts upon them.

However, the implication goes beyond the context - “man bad, no want woman safe space” is heavily implied; it’s there but just deniable enough to ragebait, allowing a feminist talking point reply. An excellent trolling strategy, though possibly a self defeating one.

The trouble is, this tactic tends to alienate rather than convert. As a historical example; Megalia’s use of this tactic created pushback from the very group it sought to defeat. Is this a measure of success, or is it an indication of self defeating anger? Tricky call.

Sounds a bit ageist - rather than upping the age by 1 year, why not up it by 5? That way the people imposing the law get to live under it.

Admittedly, you’ll see diehards growing their own, and a black market quickly forming which are the main issues. Then again, the fact a black market exists for fentanyl doesn’t mean banning it was a bad idea!

Online course generally implies online assessment.

The level of academic misconduct in those is insane; I caught 35% of my cohort cheating (using a method (one we never taught) they could not replicate in an in-person test) one year, and those were the ones I could prove. Online assessments just test what a search engine/AI knows really.

(For those about to tout “lockdown browsers”; it’s called “a second laptop” or just “my phone”)

Eh, at this point I had “cyberpunk dystopia” on my bingo card.

We’re about 60% there in the UK.

I’m afraid I need to know where to purchase these in the UK. It’s a matter of vital cational security, erm I mean national security obviously.

The flavour profile has been described as "being punched in the mouth by a bowl of potpourri " by a colleague of mine.

I’m ok with this - lubuntu has my back.

I mean, how exactly do you create a “sustainable” rocket? Genuinely curious, as the sheer amount of energy it takes to escape the earth’s gravity well would render this an almost impossible feat.

In 1969, the cold war filled the hearts of the world with dread. Today, we live in times that echo this sentiment.

The launch of 1969 was made with the hope of a better future, and though we cocked it up a drainpipe the first time, maybe we’ll take the right path and echo the sentiment “for all mankind”.

Honestly? I’m on the 3rd cycle with my AAAs (used for an MP3 and small electronics) and the 2nd for my AAs.

I’ve not noticed them lasting less, and I’ve already made back what disposables would cost.

Bonus: I charge them at work because why not.

1. Migrate code and back it up
2. Set up local AI
3. Have local AI “patch” your github code by converting the entire program into brainfuck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck?wprov=sfla1)
4. Merge patched version to GitHub
5. Profit

It’s a fun game for short sessions - you can also drop out mid-mystery and easily pick up again a week later!

The report linked is damn good

https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-free-pathways-to-a-fair-technological-future.pdf

So essentially laying the groundwork to microtransactions for video game guides?

Honestly, shout out to the folks who maintain packages, Linux error logs are very searchable and readable.

I usually just scan the terminal logs looking for error flags and then search for them to see if they’re something that can, and should be, fixed.

Let me guess the solution before reading the article - some form of weakening to digital privacy.

Yep: “A social media ban for under-16s might prevent young boys seeing endless content that treats women with contempt and hate. Boys at this age are very susceptible to the cool and funny framing of what is, in reality, relentless misogyny. A ban might not fix the problem, but it would help. If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves.”

Essentially, this article is an argument to introduce online ID, and I disagree with that on a fundamental level.

The soil misogyny has dug it’s roots into is the iniquity we created while seeking equity. It was done for the best of reasons, but now we see the price. That’s not a problem we can solve easily, and certainly not via creating state spying infrastructure.

I got mine 2 (or shit, is it 3 now) years ago - 10/10 best laptop purchase in a long while.

GPD have done well for themselves in the small screen laptop space!

The damage goes beyond the economic, it shattered the UK’s soft power. Without that soft power the UK was left at a disadvantage at every negotiating table.

Further, one could argue that the fracturing of UK/EU relations paved the way to today’s war in Europe, as almost all attention was pulled onto Brexit and none was given towards declawing Russia.

If there were any real justice in the UK, Farage and the brexiteers would all be up in front of a judge on a charge of treason. That they lied before is forgivable (they may well have believed their lies), but that many continue to do so now given the breadth and depth of evidence is beyond remotion.

It’s even darker than that - a lot of the leave votes were elderly folks who voted how their newspapers told them to (daily fail was a big “LEAVE” proponent).

Those people are, mostly, dead or trapped in the later stages of dementia now.