Onomatopoeia

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

Define "winter".

I've survived the coldest in the lower 48. Chicago, DC, Baltimore, Philly, etc, winters genwralky don't get below zero and stay there for 2 months.

Then places like Colorado, Utah, 4 corners states, etc, are pretty mild really. They get cold, but don't stay cold, and lots of sun.

Montana, the Dakotas, those have bitter winters.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

-32 F or C?

Though that low they're getting pretty close.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

Well, virtualizatiin systems tend to run at root level, since they need to emulate things like processors (yea, that's not the only way, but business-class virtualizatiin is done at the OS level).

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 month ago

So Linux is insecure?

Every programming language in existence?

The venerable C language, which can be argued to be the basis of most general computing today?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The violation they target users for is sharing a video, and that's usually through a file sharing service like torrenting.

Think of it this way - whatever you watch online via a browser you're already downloading. Or via an app.

You know, it really tweaks me that torrenting is associates with piracy, when it could've become the defacto way to share files between users, if OS devs had just included the protocol in the OS (looking at you Android, but Windows and Apple too).

I've often questioned why it wasn't...

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 27 points 1 month ago

Time to file the divorce papers.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've found using a blow dryer works pretty well, and helps keep the wax liquid until the cloth can absorb it (often it's linseed mixed with beeswax, the linseed really makes a difference). The extra heat seems to help the fibers remain soft and the liquid flowing, while driving off the excess solvent

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

This is called tincloth, if OP's interested.

My experience with it - makes for a heavy material that is rain resistant, not proof.

If you've ever tried on a Western Duster coat, you know how heavy that stuff is.

I have a couple tincloth hats, works great for that, but I've had to retreat them annually, use a lot of wax when doing it, and they're still only rain resistant. Water will eventually work it's way in.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So promote violence?

Seems like that just provides justification for the powers-that-be to respond with violence... And they have the backing of institutional power.

That's an everyone-loses paradigm.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

Very cool shot.

And who puts a phone number on a windows with no dashes?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."

Regardless of how they claim they use it (" to help you"), that's ambiguous. And since they have a "nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license" to that data, they can use it however they see fit. Today, or ten years from now, even if you aren't using Firefox then*.

And people like you (apologists) are OK with that.

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