L. Wasserman @Lwasserman@qoto.org

@freemo They've imposed a curfew, and the mayor of St. Paul has gone on camera saying that the arrests from last night were all from out of state.

@freemo The word on the ground is that a lot of the arsonists are from out of town. Yesterday, the protesters at the 5th precinct were scattered by the cops. Later that night, folks no one recognized started burning things, including some much-loved , small, local businesses. People around here believe that legitimate protests have been hijacked by people with different agendas. In the daytime, for the past three days, locals have been cleaning up, boarding up windows, and donating food.

@maxigaz@linuxrocks.online @hund
I'd certainly like to move to less meat in my diet. I think that there's a lot of benefits. That said, I REALLY like steak.

My work sent a text with a number to call, should I be in danger and need to be relocated due to the protests. It is both nice, and disturbing.

@maxigaz@linuxrocks.online @hund I really like being able to control what goes on on my Debian box. As for having to tinker every time I want to add functionality, I figure that it's good for me...like eating vegetables.

@wolfie @freemo FYI
https://mobile.twitter.com/MistyGComics/status/1265975001443860480?s=20
Video of the protests in Minneapolis on Lake St., queued up to the part where the store windows were broken. Incidentally, not my twitter account.

@wolfie @freemo There's a video showing the guy smashing the Autozone windows, just after which, the smoke bombs start falling. Some folks on my feed are saying that the one who broke the windows, subsequently assaulted a woman, then ran into the police station. That part is not in the scope of the video.

Can I post the link to the video? It's on Twitter, and I'm not sure if that's an isdue here?

@wolfie @freemo The rest is just my belief.

@wolfie @freemo My first post on the protests is everything I actually know, second-hand. I figure that it's good to write down whatever information you have, so that it's recorded somewhere.

@wolfie @freemo People are angry, frustrated, scared. I don't blame them. With that much emotion going on, keeping control of the situation must have been like trying to bottle the ocean. I just hope that something good comes of it.

@freemo Is it truly a randomly selected block of cheese?

@wolfie @freemo I didn't go to the protests. I'm told that they began peacefully. I saw some FB posts saying that the National Guard was called and the police were using lethal force. Don't know if that's true or not. Heard from folk who live a block from the protests that there was chaos and gunshots till 5am. Also, an Autozone was burnt down, the grocery store is burnt but standing, and I believe the Target got looted.

@wolfie @freemo I live in the suburbs of Minneapolis. I can't speak to most of your list, but Floyd and Castillo are ours.

I believe this much: if you're shot by cops in the street, you have been denied your right to a fair trial. Unlike questions as to whether the goverment can claim powers not mentioned in the constitution, or various interpretations of their intent, the constitution and bill of rights are pretty clear on this.

At the midterm elections, we voted in a sheriff (Hutchinson) whose platform touted de-escalation. That said, George Floyd died in Minneapolis proper, so the case belongs to the Minneapolis police. The mayor is screaming, so that's something.

Does anyone else need to restart their coding projects from scratch several times, when trying to work out something new? My harddrive is littered with with the husks of failed attempts...
#coding

@TheFake_VIP more info? Maybe one of us can help point you in the right direction?

@lupyuen Do you think that this will encourage people to dock their phones more? Maybe turn them into hybrid mobile device/workstation units?

@Dblaze09 Got a project in mind? In my experience, when I need to teach myself a new concept or language, I find a project, then beat my head up against it until it works.

@MutoShack@functional.cafe @freemo I really like this. Most of the programming I know, I've taught myself. I take my study quite seriously, and while I can get the job done, I always worry about coding WELL. I'll take a look at these books.

@realcaseyrollins @design_RG @Sphinx @freemo How does it handle videos? I run a debian box with Firefox and Chromium, and videos often get hung up.