One thing I never liked about Element is the devs’ refusal to put effort into supporting multiple accounts. Now I’m starting to wonder if that was a deliberate choice and not a fundamental technical limitation. Discouraging multiple accounts and effectively forcing people to use one identity for everything is exactly the sort of requirement I’d expect from VCs looking to sell out to advertisers.

Probably. Pretty much everyone does, at least the civilian receiving-signals-only version.

This seems to have flown under the radar, but I think it’s pretty significant. Iran’s government has switched to using China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system. Firm details are in short supply, but my own (possibly wildly incorrect) reading from the various articles is that Iran’s government now has access to the more precise military version of BeiDou, and is possibly directing its agencies to disable the use of the American-run GPS in government-issued devices. I doubt that GPS is being actively jammed.

The squeaky tank sound has become pretty popular on tiktok, filling the same comedy purpose as the traditional cricket sound.

Wrap it around a check, with an AIPAC return address on the mailing envelope.

I want warp engine nacelles and a saucer section. And I want it to hum and glow like a warp core.

I just got a refurbished T14s thinkpad and it’s the most pleasant laptop experience I’ve ever had. Worked with every Linux distro I’ve tried out of the box. Good build quality, great matte IPS screen, charges by USB-C. It even has a little built-in sliding webcam cover. Not great for gaming but fantastic for travel.

(also, something else about the tungsten producers - Canada’s actually 4th, so I guess we might see the Fallout 1 intro but about ores instead of oil )

Funny thing is that the new Liberal minority government, with the help of the Conservative party, recently passed a prominent piece of legislation that seems laser-focused on making it easy for mining companies to ignore a lot of safety and environmental regulations. I wonder if the idea is to make Canada the go-to source for minerals important for the US defence industry and use that as a trade-negotiation bargaining chip now that the US is having problems sourcing them from China, Russia, and countries allied with China and/or Russia.

Sounds like he wants to give you the workload of your ex-boss but with no additional real authority or pay increase.

Very sad news. His performance in the DS9 episode Duet was great. I highly recommend watching Duet if you haven’t. Go in blind. It’s a safe bet that anyone on this site would very much understand and appreciate this episode. Don’t worry about knowing anything about Star Trek if you’ve never watched it. This episode can be enjoyed standalone. All you really need to know about Deep Space Nine to understand Duet is that the Federation (the Space United Nations with an exploration/military branch called Starfleet, the “good guys”) is helping a world called Bajor recover from a brutal colonial occupation by a major galactic power called the Cardassian Union (basically Space Nazis).

The Bajorans and the Federation collaboratively run a trade-port space station, the titular “Deep Space Nine”. It used to be a Cardassian ore processing station using Bajoran slave labour before the end of the occupation. The Bajoran Provisional Government didn’t have the resources to repair and repurpose the station to be a trade port, and they had concerns about the Cardassians being a continuing threat, so they made an agreement with the Federation. Starfleet would run the station and it could be used as a base of operations without interference from the Bajorans. But Bajorans would work alongside Starfleet in operating the station, Starfleet would provide military protection for Bajor, Bajoran law would apply to non-Starfleet matters on-station and in Bajoran space, and a Bajoran military officer would be second-in-command. The second-in-command of DS9 is a former guerrilla fighter who started at age 12. She’s seen some shit that she can’t and won’t forget, such as liberating the Bajoran equivalent of Auschwitz. The various post-independence factions of the Bajorans have differing views on the Federation. Some see them as noble saviours who will solve Bajor’s problems, some see them as just another colonial power looking to exploit Bajor. But the majority are at various positions in-between and see the Federation as annoying but temporarily necessary while they get back on their feet.

My prediction is that Trump will threaten FIFA with a last-minute demand that either all games are held in the USA, or none of them can be.

They effectively do, or at least they’re most of the way there. Iran does have rockets capable of putting satellites into fairly high orbits. If you have the technology to put a satellite into a high orbit, you can drop a warhead anywhere on Earth.

They’ll deny approval. Simple as that.

Casablanca. Not exactly “communist” but I think any movie where the moral of the story is “fascists should be shot on sight” is in the right spirit. Plus it’s just a fantastic movie with something for everyone.

I fully second this. I’ve been using Linux as my main desktop OS since about 1998. I cut my teeth on Slackware 3.4. I’ve seen distros and important system software come and go. Wayland certainly needs work, and isn’t a 1:1 replacement for the X protocol, but it’s designed for the modern world. The X protocol (any implementation) is a relic of a bygone age. It was designed for running programs remotely over a trusted connection in an academic setting. It was a poor choice for a desktop OS where web browsers can facilitate malware coming in. X was only adopted for Linux back in the day because there wasn’t much else mature when desktop Linux at home started being a thing. We need to let the dumb thing finally die.

In some alternate universe - Trump is some z-lister gossipmonger host with a show on an some obscure cable channel that nobody watches.

He is a natural-born showman.

No, that one was thru text actually.

Wow, he was greedy and dumb.

FO, fucker. FO.

He also informed me he will pay me an additional weeks pay if I will stay on.

I’m guessing the promise was purely oral.

The namesake fictional character in Babylon 5, Michael Garibaldi, was named that because he leads the B5 equivalent of Star Trek’s “red shirts”.