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BrideOfLinux

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Writer about all things open source, as well as music and politics. Host of The Sixties in 60 on TheBarrelofRock.com.

Publisher, editor, & writer at FOSS Force, Alternative Approaches, and If This Be Treason.

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Besides for being the co-creator of WordPerfect, this guy was otherwise pretty cool: Bruce Bastian, WordPerfect Co-Creator Who Became an LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 76 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/business/bruce-bastian-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E0.I4Qg.5P66rZiapGyU&smid=url-share

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Q: Knowing what you now know – if you had had the power to arrest Hitler and imprison him for 20 years, just before his rise to power – would you have done so?

A: Hell, yes! Never be tolerant of the intolerant.

It was true in the 1930s – and it's every bit as true today.

BrideOfLinux ,
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@DrJackBrown When, exactly, would you have arrested him, and for what charge. Asking for a friend who supports the rule of law.

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Billionaire Harlan Crow has spent over $13 million on federal politics since the 2010 Citizens United ruling.

That’s on top of the years he spent secretly dolling out free vacations to Clarence Thomas.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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@rbreich Doesn't Clarence Thomas qualify as a judicial PAC?

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It looks as if everyone is covering this Linux story: Linux Shoots Past The 2% Threshold For The Steam Survey, AMD CPU Use Breaks 75% - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Steam-2024-Above-2

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When I started using Linux, it was much more difficult for beginners to use than Windows. For well over a decade now, the opposite has been the case: There Has Never Been A Better Time To Switch To Linux https://fosspost.org/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-switch-to-linux

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You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee gets a bonus of $176,500. Hello?

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@rbreich It occurs to me that it might be possible for a civilization to be in decline for decades while its inhabitants think it's soaring to new heights.

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The average data center uses 1 million to 5 million gallons of water a day, and considering that 30% of the world's data centers are located in America, that means Americans are losing access to a significant amount of safe drinking water": Why Liquid Cooling Systems Threaten Data Center Security https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/power-and-cooling/why-liquid-cooling-systems-threaten-data-center-security

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Oregon’s “right to repair” bill, which now only needs the governor’s signature before it becomes law, has teeth not found in similar legislation from other states: Oregon Passes 'Right to Repair' Law With Extra Cojones - FOSS Force https://fossforce.com/2024/03/oregon-passes-right-to-repair-law-with-extra-cojones/

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Via Kurt Eichenwald:

Nothing more fun than tracking down 's latest grift. For his sneakers, he's getting a fee paid to CIC Ventures, which he owns, by 45Footwear LLC, which is purportedly the shoe manufacturer. That is based in Sheridan Wyoming, in this rundown house in a grimy shopping mall.

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@GottaLaff Four Seasons Landscaping.

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