May the lord open.

For a new user - Ubuntu LTS. In a few years move to Debian.

I think I recall the same. Otherwise development would be a nightmare. But then again, that isn’t remotely equivalent to sideloading (as colloquially understood) and would still kill F-Droid. Not saying you’re saying it’s equivalent.

Why the downvotes? This provides a good view of how Israelis see their own intelligence ops and their priorities.

for all those that only read the memes.

For someone who possibly considers themselves better informed than others, you’re seem to be missing the fact that Google’s plan had no option for sideloading unverified apps until a sizeable outcry from us (a lot of professional developers and users). Unverified app installation was only allowed (via new hoops) after this action. For now. The fact that Google’s plan did not have an option for installing unverified apps shows us what they really want. Therefore it won’t be surprising if they make it increasingly difficult or impossible in the future.

A bunch of non-technical family members have been on Ubuntu for a decade. I’m only involved in LTS release upgrades and hardware failures.

Oh that’s easy, unless they’re rich. Costs are gonna keep going up and at some point they’ll start asking questions about cliff climbing. 😄

Congress can remove him anytime they want.

Agreed. Being unable to get important info to people could be a bigger problem which is why I’d probably keep using them.

The Peter principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for the new role, they will be incompetent at the new level, and will not be promoted again.

Does not check out. People keep failing upwards, often to the very top. 🥹

Using well made screwdriver bits, replacing them when worn. Never had a ph head stripped since I started doing that. I’ve more Robertsons stripped in that time. In fact I’ve grown to dislike Robertson.

Soma

Democratic Rep. Khanna says Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers blockaded him in West Bank for over an hour

Democratic Rep. Khanna says Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers blockaded him in West Bank for over an hour

Why is it the worst part? If the EU admin does not represent its constituents, it should be threatened. Otherwise it ends up being undemocratic rep of various business interests.

Windows 7 ran well on machines that ran Vista barely usable. Vista deserved the hate it got.

The World Bank would like a word.

Folks who’ve used Linkwarden and archivebox, which do you prefer? Is one a superset of the other?

The World Bank would like a word:

Niger (as of end-2024)

Sources:

• World Bank/IMF Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis for Niger (March 2026), Table 5: Decomposition of Public Debt and Debt Service by Creditor, 2024–27
• https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099041626143513038/pdf/BOSIB-46b1deab-a902-4b61-aad8-659f403af5de.pdf

Liberia (as of end-2024)

Sources:

• World Bank/IMF Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis for Liberia (2025), Text Table 3: Decomposition of Public Debt and Debt Service by Creditor
• https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099102925150056306/pdf/BOSIB-3b895607-ac1f-427a-bdd4-f61438d2070a.pdf

Mali (as of end-2021)

Sources:

• World Bank/IMF Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis for Mali (2021), Text Table 3: Decomposition of Public Debt and Debt Service by Creditor
• https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099072823130537514/pdf/BOSIB0ef4c4c4202d08d4a0016055e2f51c.pdf

Afghanistan (as of end-2019)

Sources:

• World Bank/IMF Joint Debt Sustainability Analysis for Afghanistan (November 2020), Pages 3–4
• https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/412161606925441043/pdf/Afghanistan-Joint-World-Bank-IMF-Debt-Sustainability-Analysis.pdf

This sounds like the AMD driver bug I’m hitting.