Lol, someone loves the taste of boots

I could see some kind of arrangement where the age would be something reasonable like 16-18, but then there is a test you can write (basic civics questions eg. who are the candidates, what does the legislative branch do, etc.) and if you pass that test, kind of like a learner’s permit for driving, you can vote even if you’re under that age, down to a hard cutoff of like 13.

Rule 5: must be a topic of discussion

This is not a subject of discussion. It’s just OP saying “help me do my job pls”

Dead link for me

As a forever DM, this is pretty real. I try to always hear my players when they tell me they had fun and take it to heart.

You’re always your own worst critic.

Halloween, in January?

Now I’m imagining the deal between Tesla and Siemens:

Siemens guy: alright Mr Musk, just sign these papers and the mireo will be leased to your company

Elon (in 8 year old voice): woo! I made a Giga train! Choo Choo!

Siemens guy: umm, okay… As I said, the train is a Siemens Mireo. Hopefully this lease agreement will benefit both of our companies

Elon: nuh uh! It’s a Giga train and I invented it! Nobody ever had anything like this for getting around before!

Trial by combat

For like 5 people?

If I’m writing a blacklist for slurs, I’m not thinking of archaic words like “griffe”. I’m just making sure it doesn’t use anything that would be used in a modern context.

Fun fact: you get more accurate info by simply running man hier

Unless the game procedurally generates the words from a dictionary

How does the game work? Did you have to give this answer, or is it like boggle where you have to construct whatever words from a set of letters?

It’s entirely possible to use, enjoy, and benefit from Linux while also using proprietary software. Your attitude only hurts the reputation and adoption of Linux by perpetuating the notion that you’re either all-in or else you’re out. Your idea of “Linux the lifestyle” is a fantasy.

In other words, RTFM

It’s more like it has to exist as a logical consequence of the technologies used, particularly the way that stock exchanges are implemented. Exchanges are built on the premise of fast and scalable technology, just like most other kinds of network service. There have been some attempts to build a new kind of exchange that does not have the inherent problems that allow for the possibility of HFT.

I highly recommend the book Flash Boys by Michael Lewis (author of The Big Short and Moneyball) if you want to learn more about this subject. It tells the story of the creation of Trader’s Exchange, which is an exchange that tries to defeat HFT by introducing delays. It’s a surprisingly fun read for a story about financial markets (I feel like that sentence could be used to describe all of Lewis’s work)

Silicon Valley (the HBO show) was joking about this a decade ago. “Making the world a better place through highly scalable caching and consensus algorithms”, “I don’t want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place better than we do”, etc.

An Abrahamic religion based around worshipping a hereditary monarch is problematic? Colour me amazed.

I never said it can’t understand it. I am agreeing with the notion that it has a bias against using it.

Those who fail history will be doomed to repeat it