I am atheist, which is an absence of religion. I do however have a deep appreciation for the arts and sciences, and I have a vision for what the world could and should be like. We don’t have to have homeless people. We don’t have to have hungry people or poverty. The existence of this suffering is a choice that the capitalists make in the pursuit of power.

I’m not sure it’s humanity that’s the problem so much as capitalism

Lubuntu

My first foray into unix-likes was oprnbsd with fluxbox. I eventually moved to openbox. Lubuntu with lxqt gives a nice simple openbox experience with a menu and stuff. I customize it to have openbox present the mouse menu instead of the whole pcmanfm desktop thing.

I’ve been using Linux for a couple decades now – I use Windows at work and came to like bing desktop; it’s unexpectedly nice.

There’s always Ctrl+R

Arcadium 1 is about as linear as it gets. Its kind of like that game Aero Fighter from the 90s, mixed with Space Invaders. Just shoot the aliens and dodge their shots. On the way, there are gems and power ups that can make your future forays more rewarding.

This is a mobile game – it’s available on iOS and Android.

It could be a music server with mpd – then you could configure it to stream over http to other devices. Or you could configure it as a client for a music server you keep somewhere else.

I suspect the real reason they are doing this is to condition the students to accept oppressive and unjust surveillance in future workplaces.

Yes, anyone who disagrees with you politically must be a Russian troll. I can’t imagine why genocide would push someone do do something as extreme as vote green.

What year is? Every year we are pushed further right. If genocide isn’t a red line for you, then what is?

Lots of jazz and rock music meets these criteria

Just ext4 on my Linux things; I got scared away from btrfs because of some file loss horror stories

chrome, the android os and platform and all the apps therein. I mainly use firefox, but some things only work in chrome.

Too much responsibility, too many expectations. Even when I’m not working I feel it. I need a long vacation.

I get the impression he is barely keeping his head above water – he seems to hardly understand what is happening around him. Not quite Mitch level, but similar.

The DNC actively funds the most far-right, Trumpy candidates of the Republican party. It’s on opensecrets.org

Biden’s horrible handling of the genocide will be his undoing. If I had to bet, I’d bet on Trump, because this country is too god damned brainwashed to vote, as I will, for De La Cruz.

Nice. Take that, adware installers! Web exploits and phishing are still (minor) risks though, since they’re mostly platform agnostic.

That’s fair – it’s not great for your lungs if it’s smoked/vaped.

I was thinking of the other entheogens, but I admit those are harder to get a hold of because of our backwards and frankly, racist drug laws.

My back pain is returning. It woke me up at 5am, so I’m having an early day today. On the plus side, that meant a nice sunrise breakfast with the wifey. Overall I feel like I have a lot to be thankful for, but the state of the world and especially the thought of election day 2024 makes me feel uneasy. I try not to think about it.