And after Nixon, it became criminal to use the IRS in this way.

I got that a while back talking about old video games. "Eww you played DOS games? What a boomer"

No, no that makes me mad. I was learning to navigate the DOS shell to set up Duke Nukem (skills I still use at my job today) while my boomer parents yelled at me to stop wasting my life on the computer and come in the living room to watch another six hours of Bonanza reruns.

That's the difference. Bah, burns me up

We might actually not know why magnets work.

The formula used to prove the functionality of magnets can also be used to prove the existence of a theoretical state called a monopolar magnet - positive or negative on both sides. So either monopolar magnets can exist, even if in some esoteric circumstance, or we don't know why magnets work.

And that was indicated when they migrated to Voat. Nobody else used Voat, it was just them. Also when reddit changed their policies to prevent one sub from appearing on the front page more than once.

The whole point is to be obnoxious in spaces where it isn't welcome. When they realized they couldn't do that on a platform that only consisted of them, there was no incentive to engage. The whole point is to shit up a platform enjoyed by others, and that's exactly what they'll do here.

Heck I remember when you had to read "bleep bloops". POST codes came in beeps, and that's how you knew why the computer wouldn't start.

Sometimes I miss em, wish it gave those in addition to the modern indicators. Then I could just tell without even looking.

Historically this group has been responsible for an absolute shitload of spam and outright attacks.

I was doxxed by them. They had links to a discord group that included my full name, address, email, and phone number. There was a whole list, it's one of the first reasons they were quarantined. There was a comment that read "anyone with spare bullets can send them here".

This is a lot more than "I simply don't agree with that community". They are trash who will trash up any platform they can reach.

I am literally a Linux system admin, I bang on a command line interface for a living.

But I don't use Linux at home, it's just so much work. Every single thing is complicated. Last time I really tried in earnest to switch to a full Linux setup I was somewhere in the middle of a quick and easy 24-step process to get my webcam working, compiling the drivers from a modified source - and it was just a moment that broke me. Like, I've been working on this for an hour and I know I can do it but this is stuff I don't even think about with windows.

So I broke down and bought Windows 10. It's what I was trying to avoid, being a tight ass and didn't want to buy an new OS.

I just don't have the patience to troubleshoot every tiny thing like a big endeavor. I can, I just don't want to. Everything I install, every peripheral I connect, it's always a big deal getting it to work. Heck with that, not worth the trouble.

For real, me and a friend went to a costume party as Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton back in college. It was hilarious, we even acted the parts. I'll admit I was a little nervous walking into a frat house dressed like that, but the cheers we got made it all worthwhile.

This is normal human behavior that the people he's with want to criminalize.

That's how I try to keep things in perspective, by saying - was I any different?

Yes I think it's all stupid and annoying, literally everything about tiktok which the kids are soooo involved with, minecraft, fortnite, however they're dressing these days. Stupid and annoying, all of it.

But hey there was a time when my digi-pet was the most important thing I owned, my beanie babies were "an investment", could easily play Halo for 12 hours straight, I wore giant jnco jeans with chains on them, and listened to Limp Bizkit.

So, was I any different? Nah, it's the same.

You know, it's kind of like Bigfoot.

In the 60s I'd say you could almost slightly believe that just maybe there's a big gorilla somewhere that's so remote that nobody ever discovered it.

These days just about every frickin dirt road in the woods has a trail camera on it, lots of houses have surveillance cameras, drones, satellite images, all that stuff. And not these old Polaroids either, not film developed in a darkroom with a shoddy enlarger, HD digital is pretty much standard for all devices.

There's just no damn way this thing could be walking around without something catching it on 1080p video.

Well I imagine it's gotta be the same for the sky. Military's got a lot of eyes on the sky for a lot of reasons.

For me the biggest problem is lack of content, a platform like this (and reddit) lives and breathes on their user submitted content. I mean, reddit wouldn't be much either if there wasn't much to see on there.

My hope is more users equates to more content, and this platform grows into something akin to reddit. Best case scenario - it turns out better, or at least like reddit used to be.

At the height of it, yes. It filled up the front page every single day and made the site absolutely reek.

It's what made me stop browsing /r/all, drop off most default subs, and stick to only my subscribed subs. Brigading and spamming is the whole point.

Anything else would do nothing but make chaos, it's a really bad look if your own party doesn't back you anymore. Same with the VP, a president dropping their VP would also be a really bad look.

Cry all you want about "old white guy" but for this election he's the shoo-in. Yeah he's too old, I think so too, yeah I want a real progressive. But damn it all, he's done pretty great stuff and damn the democrats for not shouting about it more.

For a party to primary their own president, that would signal nothing but weakness.

I'm still using Windows 10 on my personal computer. Oh I'll probably have to upgrade someday, some game or other program will come out with exclusivity of some kind and I'll eventually install Windows 11. But for the most part, I don't want to fuck with it, everything works and I really just don't want the hassle.

Running Linux Mint on an old laptop, mostly because it's too old to decently run Windows 10. Don't use it for much, mostly troubleshooting things.

At work the laptops are Windows 10 and I don't think there's a push to update. Of course all the servers are Redhat Enterprise Linux, and that's where the majority of my work takes place.

Heck you get that on stackoverflow and github pages.

I post on a forum where you need to be a certified professional admin to post there, it's a thing for work. And people are dumb there too, it never ends.

"Why you running the Linux version? Just use windows" Oh why didn't I think of that? Because we're an enterprise application! I don't get to pick the platform I just fix the damn thing.

I'll admit I'm in that category.

When really pressed I'll just say something like "I don't go to any church" or "I don't believe in those things". Only in trusted company will I say the words "I am an atheist".

It's easier that way, and people don't need to know anyway. To me, atheism means complete separation from religion, and caring about it enough to tell everybody is akin to practicing a religion. I think one should consider what they gain from using the word atheist, and what harm it might cause, and make a decision based on that. If you really don't care about religion, then there's little need to talk about it.

I play games online with a guy from Norway and he was telling me somebody from his town had an imported Dodge Ram.

And I said let me guess - he revs the engine at stop lights, spins out of every single parking lot, and roars through town like a maniac. "How did you know?" They all drive that way! I guess even in Norway they do. I think maybe they get a manual with the vehicle.

Absolutely - a whistleblower goes to the authorities, not a political party.

This is something I've noticed in recent years too - take something ordinary and normal, whip up a big frenzy over it, and then bask in the chaos.

Not just this but a lot of things. Usually it's some court procedure, some clerical process, something actually quite boring. I remember during the election they were getting mad over ballots being picked up by some guy in a van - well, that's the guy who picks em up

It's like getting mad at the mailman for delivering the mail. But you can dramatize anything - every single day a man who you probably don't even know drives around your neighborhood and stops at every single house. He has things which are your property and sometimes he even takes things out of your mailbox and puts them in a bag where you can't see them anymore, probably never again. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Well not after Sync goes down.

I'm not using their shitty official app. I've tried it before and it honestly makes me question how reddit is even popular when so many users are accessing it through that mess. Like, this is the only experience for many, and it's pretty rough.