pass - password manager https://www.passwordstore.org/

rsync - provides fast incremental file transfer https://rsync.samba.org/

xmpp - the universal messaging standard https://xmpp.org/

matrix - an open network for secure, decentralised communication https://matrix.org/

retroshare - private and secure commmunication and sharing platform. RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels. https://retroshare.cc/

No rsync? No pass? I’d definitely have the xmpp and matrix protocols on that list with a few clients listed for desktop and mobile.

Dogs > children/people.

It’s definitely more frustrating. I’ve had a similar experience trying to help people with their Windows PCs. Thankfully I’ve managed to convince a few to switch to Linux Mint.

No systemd on my void or gentoo builds either.

Where is a macbook air $300? Off the back of a truck?

I was going to say that this sounds like a very UK specific issue.

You have been sleepwalking through life…

For a lot of women marriage (and divorce) is all about money.

Comparing a health condition to ethnicity is peak whiteness.

Nevermind the fact that melanin is a very practical and healthy trait.

Void is far from torture. It is just as easy to set up as Arch, if not more so.

Arch is too easy to set up nowadays for it to be a “thing”.

Maybe 15 years ago when the process was slightly more complicated but even then it’s always been paint by numbers.

Even Gentoo isn’t that difficult, just time consuming.

I don’t usually want to eat too much on flights. Especially with the toilet situation being what it is.

Human beings.

More responsibility without a pay increase sounds like a scam to me.

A lot more than just American xtians. There are countries where people cannot get safe, legal abortions because of the stranglehold that xtians have on the political class. Likewise access to contraceptives and even basic reproductive education within the school system. The Roman Catholic Church has been far more destructive than American xtians.

Thank you. I have no doubt that it’s true, I have my own tales of corporate shenanigans. I wanted to post it elsewhere and needed the source.

Source?

That’s because they make it mandatory at certain schools in the UK, not because it’s genuinely beloved by the populace. Nobody would ever call Rugby “the people’s game”.

It’s the third most popular sport, after cricket. Which most people that I’ve met in the UK have no interest in.