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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Heck, I'd argue Way to Eden is worse. At least Spock's Brain is entertaining in its silliness. Way to Eden is just painful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

None of which changes the fact that, if it turns out the allegations are true, India has absolutely no right to unilaterally murder Canadian citizens on Canadian soil. Period.

I don't care who the victim is or what they did. That is a line that cannot be crossed.

All of this talk of the Sikh community and Khalistani separatism is a distraction. None of it actually matters. It does not and cannot justify India's actions. At most it provides interesting background colour. But that's all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hah! Well now I hope it's a Dutch heel (aka a square heel) as it sure looks pretty square. 😉. It's my personal favourite as you don't have to muck around with counting short rows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you're worried about bots just use a non-standard port and move on. I did that on my own VPS just to cut down on log chatter and I get absolutely zero ssh attack attempts after the change.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, I used another example of a leader who did both good things and horrible things as an illustration of how you don't get to use the good stuff to erase the horrible stuff, thereby exposing the flaw in your apologetic reasoning.

Modi is a demagogue that's stoked the worst aspects of Hindu nationalism and encouraged racism and violence in the name of power. Any socioeconomic gains under his rule don't erase those facts.

That you attempt to use the tactic of equating criticism of Modi and the BJP with criticism of India, the country, as a method of stoking nationalistic anger toward those opposed to their rule only further illustrates how Modi and his supporters have, charitably, fascist tendencies.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Under Hitler Germany went from economic stagnation and depression to building the forerunner of modern rockets in the V2 while many Germans experienced a huge gain in living standards in an incredibly short period... well, aside from those targeted for genocide, anyway.

You might want to reconsider your thought process.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I see you, too, are a conneseur of the Dutch heel! Very nice work!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

One of many reasons I prefer keeping my own media collection: full control over the playback experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No need for cloud storage, just use a peer to peer data replication product like Syncthing. Fully encrypted, data is only stored on the end devices, entirely controlled by the user.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is probably a good thing. Offsets programs are rife with abuse and frequently amount to nothing more than greenwashing. The reality is Shell never had any intention to do anything meaningful. At least their decision to cancel the program is honest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's actually why can rewatch TOS endlessly but TNG only occasionally. TOS is that light popcorn fare that's entertaining but you don't take very seriously. TNG is serious sci-fi that challenges the audience often with very difficult subject matter. The latter is objectively the better show but if I'm looking for something to throw on for casual fun, for me it's TOS all the way.

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