A few years ago my city installed a bunch of bike maintenance stands, comple with tools (attached to cables) and within a month all the cables had been cut and the tools were all gone. The tire pumps were destroyed and the signs were obscured with spray paint.

They tried to repair them a couple of times but the shitbirds just trashed them again.

It’s frustrating that this crap keeps happening

I don’t get it either, but it was also a big problem on Reddit for years.

Exempted for now…

You’d be holding more than one person liable if you were holding people liable at all

Sounds good to me.

Having some corporate abstraction shield the people who make irresponsible or dangerous choices may be beneficial to those decision makers, but it is very much not good for society.

because individuals can’t be held accountable

That’s just laziness. There are individuals who can be held accountable.

Starting with the executives who signed off on these things being put on the road in the first place.

The manufacturers definitely have a large share of the blame, but people still have the agency to make better choices.

I feel extremely lucky to have been able to retire when I was laid off after 30 years at the telecom company I used to work for.

The guys who are still there have been on a roller coaster of crazy in the last couple of years.

Depends how these new laws are written.

Is it fair to say: The field is benign

It is benign if it is optional, remains 100% local and under the user’s control and doesn’t prevent other software from functioning as expected.

Those are also entirely optional and not having them filled in doesn’t cause other software to stop doing what the user wants.

So… if the law interferes with your goals, apparently it is now perfectly fine to just ignore it.

That seems to be the approach the US government is taking.

Epstein’s “day job” was being a socialite.

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because he was the guy who knew everybody in a position of power, his network shows who has the power.

Exactly. He was actively seeking out wealthy and influential people to add to his circle of influence.

Sail the seas matey.

It has always been a better “customer experience” than being an actual customer.

Without looking into this specific outage, I’d suggest things like deferred maintenance and “cost optimizing” technical staffing are often contributing factors. (At least in my experience)

If it is a cheat sheet as in commands

With most modern distros, I would say that most typical users shouldn’t have to go to the command line any more than they had to in windows (which is to say very seldom).

Yet there is that lingering reputation that you have to be some sort of command line guru to even think about using Linux- and that simply isn’t true. Hasn’t been true for decades.

back then, I thought it was some scary OS for people who’s tech savvy

That “too hard, too scary” reputation is a big part of what has held back linux adoption.

But when people actually give it a try, most realize that reputation isn’t really true.

That’s the beauty of Linux- there are so many distros to choose from.

Something for everyone.

And if enough people don’t like the existing options, you are always free to fork what exists and make something that fits your needs better.

Powerline adapters are almost always a “last resort” option.

It’s always possible, but not often practical, especially when you don’t have permission to drill holes in those concrete walls.

I suppose you could do surface runs, but those are ugly and more vulnerable to physical damage.

STOP POSTING PICTURES OF YOUR CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET.

Stop using Facebook/Instagram.