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"Modern package management systems like APT spend a lot of effort installing and removing files, and they don't do it completely" Well, there /is/ another way to do it. STATIC LINK…

"but this is a realistic constraint given the difficulty and cost of recording a professional singer" Just because a singer is professional doesn't mean they're any good. My wife c…

YES.

The great thing about the modern web is that ads are centralized (for various values of centralization) on ad networks. So it's damn easy to have an ad-free experience by dumping t…

Yes, it's duress. I'm sure you having 10 years of your life locked up in an encrypted vault would put a cramp in your style. >transferring cold hard cash to them So? If I go to the…

Knowingly buying stolen goods is illegal because they are still not yours even if you 'bought' them. Paying a ransom to get your own property back because it is yours is not even i…

>Empathy does not seem to be an involuntary ability like eyesight or smell. But my wife has accused me of selective hearing... /rimshot I'm here all week. Try the veal.

When you buy a BMW, you have an extra asshole installed. /snark But seriously, in my early 20s I did land surveying. I found that the richer the neighborhood, the nastier the neigh…

The only thing that's changed is that in-your-face racism is acceptable to many whites because "Trump says what's on his mind." For a lot of people, dog-whistle euphemisms like "ur…

If you hit the 'stop loading' button early enough, the stuff you're talking about doesn't have a chance to load. It's slow enough to do this because web pages load enough crap to r…

I've seen the same stupid crap said about the japanese, koreans, etc., over the past 40 years. The story remains the same: Corporate US management sits on its hands and watches the…

"Things like land title, equity rights or non-expropriation (government's taking/buying private assets) are centuries old doctrine in the west. Those looking to invest billions int…

OK, so let's say that a Chinese company moves its stuff to the US. As a former toolmaker, (you can guess why) I have to say "why would they do that?" They would have to invest in t…