I rooted my C1 years ago. I spent weeks afterwards worried that I just destroyed the warranty of a $1,500 TV.

But today, I’ve never felt so justified.

Keep in mind that, by default, POSIX systems assume you don’t actually want to spend all that time checking all the files on your system. You need to also use the flag --no-preserve-root.

Please don’t use swear words like “Fr*nch” on this Christian post.

Look, all I’m saying is we have no proof that the dinosaurs didn’t drive cars.

Yeah, but what have immigrants done for us?!

Performed menial, back-breaking labor at rates well below the legal minimums? Contribute to our economy and society while being treated as absolute garbage? Seek out a better life while being spit on by those around them? Have a lower property and violent crime rate than the general public while being multiple times more likely to be a victim of a crime?

Wait, why am I supposed to hate them again?

“Yeah, I give money to the Nazi party. Do you know how long it’s been since they actually killed Jews? Get over it!”

The invasion of Ukraine is such a historical evil that any explanation of it (outlawing of Russian in school and government documents, being worried about NATO expansion, etc.) is excusing the Putin Regime that does evil only because they like evil and have no other motivation than maximizing evil. So any Russian that isn’t currently attempting to overthrow the government is an evil orc that deserves death.

At what point did I say anything resembling that? The war is an evil war and I cheer any Russian fighting against it but I don’t believe it’s “such a historical evil” nor do I believe that Russians deserve death just because they aren’t fighting against it. Shit, if I believed that, I’d have to believe the same about a lot of people in the US, too, wouldn’t I?

But all of the wars of aggression and invasions the US made in the 21st century means that the US is slightly flawed

Did you not read what I wrote above or…?

wanting to overthrow the government is too far.

Yes, it is, but probably not for the reasons you think. Revolutions rarely are successful, even if you win. They’re usually coalitions of common enemies who rarely agree on what they want. They’re often led by opportunistic figureheads who want to take advantage of the position. There will be tens of millions who die. I can’t imagine any political belief can be worth that many lives.

The Declaration of Independence has been considered one of the most influential doctrines of all time for a good reason. There’s a single sentence in it which I find rather relevant: “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

Would you not agree that there have been moments in the US history where, if progress continued, we’d be at a position that was acceptable to you? If so, you have to also believe that we can still get back to that place.

On top of all that… How much of the US do you think agree with your views? How are you going to experience long-term success with little buy-in?

We need to hold our nose and vote for Democrats because they might make the invasions slightly more limited and be more polite while funding the Israeli genocide.

Nah, that really does suck, I agree with you. But don’t you think that replacing our FPTP method of electing politicians, reducing the power of the Executive branch, and adding much stronger guardrails, oversight, and penalties against corruption might be a more effective method to achieving your goals? Most people are in favor of these policies. Why do you claim you’re willing to take up arms when you can’t even knock on your neighbor’s door?

Explaining that there are motivations beyond Putin being evil and that all of the US’s wars of aggression makes it the worst state in the current world, rather than a flawed and imperfect democracy that should still be the model for the world is what makes one a tankie.

I understand why Putin wants Ukraine. They have large mineral deposits which can help accelerate economic growth while their rich farmland can provide quite a bit of food for the people of Russia. I also know that these reasons aren’t much different than those that America has fought for in wars during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Again, you can agree that both things are fucked.

Or maybe it’s okay to call out bullshit on your own side?

America has committed a LOT of atrocities. Trail of Tears. Pine Ridge. Slavery for god’s sake. Fuck, we invaded the wrong country after 9/11 and let Saudi get away with sponsoring it. Then we have the Monroe Doctrine and South America plus all the Middle Eastern governments that we overthrew. The nuking of Japan was the decision to save millions of soldiers at the expense of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Fewer lives, yes, but it’s rather difficult to justify the murder of the innocent. We’re propping up Israel and allowing them to commit atrocities against the Palestinians. At this point, the US and Israel are the only real parties in the way of a two-state solution. Hamas could easily be taken care of without the killing of Palestinians who just want to be safe and secure.

Die-hard tankies refuse to call out anything on their own side (or the enemy of their enemies) and that’s the problem OP is bringing up. If that doesn’t describe you, then great, I’m not talking about you. There’s no good-faith way to support modern day Russia and the invasion of Ukraine.

Nah, they didn’t miss the point at all, they’re just intentionally acting in bad faith.

It’s the House; all of them are up for re-election this year.

This is why the idea of “Medicare for those who want it” seems appealing to me. Until you reach a certain threshold (say, 70%), make both the tax and benefits optional.

It’s not optimal by any stretch but it’s easier to sell it as an optional tax and benefit.

Sven said, “Ted, send ten tents.”

Ted said, “Sven, send ten cents.”

When Sven sent Ted ten cents,

then Ted sent Sven ten tents.

You can. You call the school. That’s what people did before schools started allowing phones everywhere.

If there is an emergency, you’ll need to call them anyway. No school is just gonna let your kid leave because the kid says it’s okay.

Sincerely, a fellow dad

Oh yeah, that’s fake. Turtles have webbed digits.

Roombas have also had “beacons” before they had any competition. You could set two of them up to block it from leaving.

I also have a hard time imagining that if a Roomba store chose to use its bots in the store, they would go with the cheapest model instead of showing off one of their top models.

And half the time it came from the factory like that.

It usually has better results. The features alone, however, put it above DDG.

Rankings aren’t static. You can block a site, pin it to the top of results, or just derank/promote it.

Want to redirect a domain? You can do that.

Want to see specific results? Like PDFs only, or maybe just small web, educational, news stories, forums, or whatever? Use a lens!

Love AI summaries? You can use them! Hate AI summaries? Don’t worry, they’re off by default and require you to press the small “Summarize” button.

You probably understand bangs, right? Using !w will search Wikipedia. You probably also know that some sites, such as Reddit, have shit results so using !r would be worthless. Kagi supports bangs but also has what they call “snaps” - if you type @w, it will be replaced with site:wikipedia.com.

Oh, yeah, one more thing. No ads. There are no risks of misaligned interests between you, Kagi, and their advertisers.

First off, he’s an excellent couple’s counselor and, sure, all his friends went to him, but their divorces are not his fault!

On one hand, as an American, I would have loved to see us win.

On the other, nothing made me happier than seeing our asses get handed to us after Trump played interference.