We have that already, it’s called Linux Mint.

Don’t overthink it.

Not sure why you are trying to jump from the frying pan directly into the fire…

Yeah, active PoE is the only kind worth buying. Passive PoE is an accident waiting to happen.

Ebay, Cragslist. Doesn’t fully fit in with the sub, but, it’s what I do when I get too many.

The core reason the joint German-Soviet Union invasion of Poland is relevant is it shows the Soviets working with the Nazis. You portray them as being the first and primary countries willing to fight the Nazis, yet they were literally partnering with the Nazis for years while others had declared war on them. It wasn’t until Germany invaded the Soviet Union that the Soviets switched teams.

If that is a point we can’t agree on, then there isn’t much more going to happen here.

Edit: going to just post the timeline again:

1. 23 Aug 1939 - Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-agression pact

2. 1 Sept 1939 - Germany invades Poland

3. 3 Sept 1939 - France and UK declare war on Germany (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

4. 17 Sept 1939 - Soviet Union invades Poland (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

5. 10 May 1940 - Germany invades France (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

6. 22 Jun 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union and the non-agression pact between the Soviets and Germans is terminated

Should European countries have just sat on their ass and let Hitler do whatever he wanted?

They kinda did and that’s entirely my point: capitalist nations won’t do much to fight fascism. World War 2 wasn’t won by capitalist western-style democracies, it was communists, 80% of Nazi soldiers were defeated in the Eastern front!

Timeline:

1. 23 Aug 1939 - Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-agression pact

2. 1 Sept 1939 - Germany invades Poland

3. 3 Sept 1939 - France and UK declare war on Germany (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

4. 17 Sept 1939 - Soviet Union invades Poland (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

5. 10 May 1940 - Germany invades France (Soviets still have a non-aggression pact with Germany)

6. 22 Jun 1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union and the non-agression pact between the Soviets and Germans is terminated

No, you don’t get to say countries like England “won’t do much to fight fascism”, despite being at war with Germany for years, while praising the Soviets, despite having a non-agressin pact with Germany for those same years

provided the Red Army would be able to cross Polish and Romanian territory; both countries refused

It’s not surprising Poland didn’t want Soviet troops in their country, the Soviets literally invaded them shortly later.

Soviets were BY FAR the most antifascist country in Europe

Again, England and France declared war on Germany in 1939, and for those two years England was at war with Germany, the Soviets had a non-agression pact. No, you don’t get to be “by far” the most of something when others beat you out by two years.

The Soviets didn’t invade what we think of when we say Poland.

the rest of lands were actually liberated from Polish occupation and returned to the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Lithuanian socialist republics

Correct, they were annexed into the Soviet Union. Much liberation by the Soviets there! These countries weren’t free until FIVE DECADES LATER when the Soviet Union fell.

The Soviets didn’t invade Poland together with the Nazis, they invaded a bit more than two weeks after the Nazi invasion

Germany and the Soviet Union literally agreed to partition Poland between the two of them as part of their non-aggression pact signed before either invaded Poland. Don’t downplay what the Soviets did here.

the Soviets were fully aware of the dangers of Nazism and fought against it earlier than anyone

France and the UK declared war on Germany in 1939, the Soviet Union had a non-agression pact with Germany for TWO MORE YEARS. Come now, claiming the Soviets were fighting against Nazism before England just makes you look bad. These are easy to look up dates.

I know you are bringing up the Spanish Civil War here, but that was vastly overshadowed by their non-agression pact and mutual invasion of Poland with Germany.

The overarching point here is you seem to be doing quite a bit of apologizing for the bad shit the Soviet Union did. It’s quite honest to say the Soviets fought against the Germans in WWII, but it’s not honest to say they were doing it before anyone else or to downplay them working with the Germans by mutually invading Poland. Both are true, and and honest look at history includes both the good things and the bad things the Soviet Union did in WWII.

Yeah, read it and gave it that updoot, but have been busy today. Will respond. :)

I can’t remember one single time in which European nations have armed themselves and used their armies for a good cause

World War 2

Should European countries have just sat on their ass and let Hitler do whatever he wanted? They actually tried that, the Peace For Our Time declaration in 1938 made by England after Hitler took over large parts of Czechoslovakia. Then Hitler did what always happens when a dictator is appeased, they go for more…and invaded Poland with the Soviet Union’s help.

Quite a few European countries armed themselves and used their armies for a good cause in that war. Unless you don’t consider stopping Hitler and the Holocaust a good cause.

Bringing it back to modern day, this is Putin’s second invasion of Ukraine. Appeasing dictators does not work, again this is Putin’s second invasion of Ukraine. Dictators only understand force; force must be met with force; force is being met with force.

Unfortunately, Russia started and continues their war of conquest in Europe and the USA isn’t helping nearly as much as they used to. Europe is the only one who can pick up the slack. And they are.

Using violent communication at the workplace would be grounds for calling the police and on-the-spot dismissal. Non-violent communication is the only acceptable communication mode at the workplace.

That was a little tongue in cheek, but damn is that an awful name for something. Communicates nothing of note and is extremely confusing. Yet its goal is to aid communication…

Some things have gone up much faster than others. And Taco Bell, McDonald’s have both gone up in price much faster than home cooking has. Which is exactly where more and more of my food is coming from now.

Vast majority of fast food now: ‘fast’, ‘cheap’, ‘good’, pick zero.

Don’t go back. They don’t deserve the prices they are charging.

The fuck is happening?

I’m cooking more at home! That’s what’s happening.

Yeah, that is my standard way of doing things. Old desktop becomes the server, and it’s specs blow everything I want it to do out of the water, so things like file storage (and the CPU required to encrypt-on-disk), etc have no chance of ever presenting an issue. Though, I do have a pair of Pis with POE hats on them (as well as a POE switch), because I really like POE.

Then I set it up for auto-updates and proceed to ignore it. Love very simple home networking setups that still accomplish every goal.

The dedicated NAS appliances really annoy me. Every time I have had to use one I just think ‘I can just do this in Linux on any random desktop lying around, why am I learning another proprietary thing?’

Some ISPs will also let you switch to your own modem if you call them and set it up with them. Have done that for years with my ISP as they otherwise charge a rental fee for their modem that pays for a completely brand new modem after only 6 months.

I wonder if walking outdoors makes people feel more awake

It 100% does. Fresh air, direct sunlight does wonders.

I found if the pot makes solid contact with the electric elements the electric can actually heat up water faster than gas. But if the bottom of your pan isn’t flat or the element is warped, they are really, really, really slow.

My experience has been with gas (fast), electric resistive with exposed and warped elements (slow), electric resistive with a glass top (fastest).

• Bring lots of audio entertainment pre-loaded on your phone (don’t rely on internet) or burnt to a CD. Podcast, audiobook, w/e. Boredom is the mind killer.
• Bring snacks that don’t leave your hands dirty.
• Bring a sandwich, it’s much cheaper than buying one.
• Bring a refrigerated and a frozen water bottle. The latter will still be cold for the second half of the trip.
• When you stop to pee/get gas, make sure you walk around for a few minutes. Your legs get tired just sitting.
• Both Google and Apple maps supports pre-downloading maps. This is very helpful if you need to set a route and you don’t have service where you happen to be.

My suggestion: Raspberry Pi (or any other computer) connected via an HDMI port. Use any photo program of your choosing. Many, many available for linux.

Fucking around with TV OSes is a PITA and is best to just be avoided.

For the money angle, something like a Digital Ocean droplet would be appropriate here. They are $4/mo and you don’t even need to run the thing all the time, just when you need an app version approved.