customdesigned @customdesigned@qoto.org

@Conan_Kudo @fedora Do these go in an Intel case, say ATX? Power supply leads, screws to fasten to case, front panel lights and switches, would have to be compatible.

@OldAndCranky RFK is pro-vaccine. The issue is that Big Pharma is *replacing* real vaccines with mRNA shots. These have saved 0 lives so far, and killed between 5 and 6 million worldwide. Already, the flu shot this year is no longer an actual vaccine - but a combo of mRNA for old COVID spike protein and a new untested mRNA for a flu spike protein.

My fear is that when my tetanus booster is due - it too will no longer be available.

In a real practical sense, RFK is trying to prevent the removal of vaccines from the market by Big Pharma.

@freemo In the G. K. Chesterton novel "The Napoleon of Notting Hill", the king of England in the future is chosen by random selection from a pool of all eligible citizens.

@zio I said, "no thanks, I'm an abolitionist." Then ensued a respectful conversation about the fate of 100s of 1000s of illegal immigrants. Either picked up directly by cartels near the border, or "auctioned" at Federal markets to completely unvetted "sponsors". In either case, doomed to prison factories and brothels (or human sacrifice at occult Deep State ceremonies - but only eyewitnesses, no hard evidence).

@fuknukl Racoons, on the other hand ...

@freemo I have limbo proximaly everything.

@jonathanspw @rockylinux Responding on the wrong thread did make it seem like a troll. But it should have been resolved by your explanation of what you were responding to - but then that seemed like hijacking the thread.

So banning you was over top, but I can see their side.

Why do businesses pay Big $$ for RedHat? Because they offer something Rocky/Alma/etal don't: certification for particular purposes. The certification process is expensive - and geared toward Big Business and Government purposes (e.g. certified to run Oracle - this is why Oracle offering their own certified distro was a business threat). Certification also means that clients can sue RedHat for perceived breach of contract - and lawyers (and keeping logs and documentation that they might need) are also expensive.

If you don't need certification, don't plan to sue anyone when software no workie - then "whitebox" versions like Rocky/CentOS/Alma might be the better choice.

I used to have to patch binaries for SysV unix. Patching sources and recompiling is far superior.

The most stellar commercial support for unix was from Motorola - sadly they closed that division. RedHat is pretty good for what you can get today.

@gpfjeff You need a friend to relay mail. I do that for customers that get on ban lists for similar reasons. (And silly reasons, like forwarding all their mail to gmail for "spam checking", flagging spam on gmail and wondering why gmail then bans their MX...)

I'm sure you already have friends that run an MX. But if not, you can relay through mine. I haven't met you personally, but read your comic.

@gpfjeff The Nostr system uses a single browser extension to hold your key pair (plus additional pairs for multiple identities) for all platforms. So once you install the extension, there is no effort. But yeah, "normies" find it mind blowing.

@gpfjeff By "site", you mean the comment system?

Have you looked at pubkey based comment systems? Spam drives account based interaction toward centralization - via the mechanism you are experiencing.

Here is a comment system based on the Nostr protocol (low barrier to entry for newbies):
https://github.com/carlitoplatanito/disgus

@freemo @stux Ironically, a similar provision was made for the Jews when Haman obtained a decree allowing their extermination. Esther 8

"By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions. The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar."

The decree to allow their extermination could not be revoked. But the additional decree gave official permission for the Jews to arm and defend themselves.

@pidgin You did post last night. I replied that ss-otr was an appropriate name - as it stands for Social Security On The Record in a US govt context.

@j0hnnyxm4s @pidgin @grimmy The plugin, ss-otr, was aptly named. This acronym refers to "Social Security On The Record" decisions by courts in a totally different context.

@khird Woo hoo!

@freemo Defunding *local* police, but increasing funding and staffing for Federal police. (IRS, FBI, etc)