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bywalterbyrd
1, 2026 @11:57AM
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Attached to: The Bill Gates-Epstein Bombshell - and What Most People Get Wrong
The FBI has the hard drives, with all the videos and images. Why not identify and prosecute the perpetrators and forget about this "Epstein Files" silliness?
I am no Bill Gates fan, but I see no reason to trust anything in the "Epstein Files"
1. Just because something is claimed, in some document, is not evidence of anything. I could create an email claiming anybody committed any crime.
2. I have zero trust in the intelligence community. Who pushed the Russia-Collusion hoax for two years? Who setup Roger Stone, and General Flynn, although neither did anything wrong? Who setup the J6 protesters? Who raided Mar-a-Logo? 17 intelligence agencies swore that Russian Collusion was real. 51 former intelligence operative swore that the Hunter Biden laptop was "Russian Disinformation."
The intel community has had control of those files for the last six years. Remember what Chuck Schumer said: "The intelligence agency has six ways to Sunday of getting back at you." Clearly, when Trump threatened to drain the swamp, the intel community does not care for that.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @12:53PM
(#65959404)
Attached to: Do Markets Make Us Moral?
What I have read of the article here, seems to juxtapose the two.
Trains made some people less close to their families, not markets.
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bywalterbyrd
29, 2026 @01:42PM
(#65957146)
Attached to: Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10
I look at the windows users with a sort of bewilderment.
I guess it's all about the apps.
Meh, nothing that I need.
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bywalterbyrd
29, 2026 @09:14AM
(#65956454)
Attached to: Urban Expansion in the Age of Liberalism
1. Use something like the "Back to the Land" model, except without the racism.
Buy some acreage as a corporation, maybe an LLC.
People buy shares in the corporation, which gives them the right to live on the acreage.
People build their own homes for a fraction of the cost.
Elon Musk is selling awesome prefab homes for about $12K. You can also get some great tiny homes on Amazon starting around $10K. Buy the time it's said and done, expect to spend around $40K - about 1/10th the price of a lot of suburban homes.
2. Live in some sort of RV, or converted school bus, or something
Do this, and you don't need a building permit.
Some converted school buses are awesome, just beautiful.
You can live on BLM land for free
There are places you can buy an acre of land for about $1000. Usually desert land. You can buy more productive land for about $10K an acre.
Get some solar panels set up. Maybe sign up for Starlink.
Get away from unsafe, filthy, noisy, overpriced, cities.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @12:46PM
(#65950432)
Attached to: New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet 'Open Slate' Announced by Brax Technologies
I can get a decent Android tablet for about $100.
A tablet that goes for $600 - $800 is hard to justify.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @11:29AM
(#65950158)
Attached to: KDE's 'Plasma Login Manager' Stops Supporting FreeBSD - Because Systemd
It is a slow process, but it's working.
SystemD dependency will slowly infect everything in Linux.
At that point, FreeBSD Linux compatibility layer will no longer work.
If Linux software does not run on the BSDs, then the BSDs are dead.
Linux, as we have known it, will also be dead. IBM will control all Linux.
IBM has been working on this for decades.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @11:21AM
(#65950124)
Attached to: KDE's 'Plasma Login Manager' Stops Supporting FreeBSD - Because Systemd
Sadly, I expect much more of this.
It might take a few more years, but they will slowly make everything dependent on systemd.
Then, linux will be effectively owned by IBM.
IBM has operated like this since the 1950s.
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walterbyrd writes: Open_Slate is a powerful and private 2-in-1 tablet.
It’s designed as a multipurpose platform that can serve different roles depending on how it’s configured and used:
- A consumer tablet for everyday use
- A productivity device for work and development
- A Linux-capable workstation on ARM
- A privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets
Rather than forcing users into a single ecosystem, open_slate is built around choice and control — from hardware design to operating system support.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @11:24AM
(#65948000)
Attached to: Hollywood Tries To Take Pirate Sites Down Globally Through India Court
Napster got shut down. Kim dotcom was shutdown and sued for everything he had.
But youtube has loads of copyright material. Youtube has ads, but they are easy to bypass. And, as I understand it, the content creators get little to nothing from the ad revenue.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @11:18AM
(#65947994)
Attached to: Hollywood Tries To Take Pirate Sites Down Globally Through India Court
Nice trolling.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @11:06AM
(#65947982)
Attached to: Former Canonical Developer Advocate Warns Snap Store Isn't Safe After Slow Responses to Malware Reports
Package management seems better. At least for my needs.
Not so much snap this, flatpack that, docker something else.
Nothing is perfect, but FreeBSD makes a better desktop than many people might expect.
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bywalterbyrd
21, 2026 @12:13PM
(#65939906)
Attached to: Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy To 365 Days
You can get a decent phone for about $150. You can get a decent plan for about $25 a month.
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bywalterbyrd
21, 2026 @12:09PM
(#65939890)
Attached to: Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy To 365 Days
That has been my experience. Verizon stores refuse to help. Verizon customer service refuses to help.
My parents used Verizon. When my father died, they would not let my mother cancel his plan.
Verizon is overprices and horrible in every way.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @12:56PM
(#65935016)
Attached to: Young US College Graduates Suddenly Aren't Finding Jobs Faster Than Non-College Graduates
I don't see where the article you cited claims that US has lost 11,000 factory jobs a month.
The article claims that growth is in the manufacturer sector has not been great, but that's about it.
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bywalterbyrd
2026 @12:49PM
(#65934994)
Attached to: Young US College Graduates Suddenly Aren't Finding Jobs Faster Than Non-College Graduates
Why study for years, accumulate huge debts, only to be replaced by an offshore working, or a visa worker?
It's a growing problem, and should be mentioned.
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