BenLeMan @ BenLeMan @lemmy.world

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Sorry if I was wrong about the prevalence of such protections. My perception may be biased because the notebooks used by our company are all equipped with a switch or shutter of some sort. (HP brand, IIRC) Regarding your second point, however: surely a shutter physically obscuring the camera lens is just as effective as disconnecting the camera when it comes to protecting the user's privacy?

They often come equipped with a privacy slider to cover the lens. Or you can just put a sticker on them.

I wouldn't mind my tax money paying for their one-way tickets. Especially if they leave their passport at the gate.

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But if the help had come from North Korea or China, Vlad would have been fine with it.

Or, or, hear me out: just close that cesspool right down to make the world a better place.

Doesn't Storm Shadow require Western operators to program targets? I want Ukraine to win this war of national survival (unlike the US administration) but Western operators programming missiles to hit targets in Russia does sound escalatory to me. I'd rather see Ukraine receive a decent number of F16s (i.e. much more than currently pledged) with corresponding munitions. There's a lot of really useful stuff in the Western arsenal that would otherwise remain unused forever, including older-gen glide bombs & standoff weapons. It's not going to be the Wunderwaffen winning this war, anyway. But an ample supply of decent weapons could work wonders. Just look at the success of Russia's cheap glide bomb upgrades. (Sorry for the wall of text, by the way, but I can't get Connect for Android to retain line breaks)

AhAaa, the French. Champagne. From Paul Masson. 😂

Bye Francis!

That's cool. Means Ukraine doesn't have to burden itself with housing and feeding them when they surrender.

Didn't you know,? Protecting citizens is "communism" and therefore "un-American".

Thank you for your response. Luckily, I cannot say I'm particularly short-tempered. Certainly not moreso than unmedicated. That said, when I do get upset the Strattera might make things a little worse for me, with side effects ranging from dry mouth to dizziness.

Most SSRIs will. And don't expect it to come back, either...

Would you care to elaborate on the downsides of Strattera? I've been considering switching to Vyvanse for a while now but couldn't find a compelling reason to tell my insurance why they should support the switch (I think lisdexamphetamine is more expensive than atomoxetin).

Lucas Pope is a genius.

I (occasionally) like the frantic style of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's Zero Punctuation game reviews. Together with the wacky animations, they're quite something.

My favorite soundtrack ever, of course, is that of The Secret of Monkey Island (MT-32) by Michael Land. A lot of nostalgia there.

I also very much like the soundtrack to Dune by Stephane Picq. There's an edition that combines the Adlib, Adlib Gold, and MT-32 versions which is "chef's kiss". Alternatively, I can recommend the Space Opera edition.

Strike Commander by Nenad Vugrinec on MT-32 is also great.

For chiptunes, I really liked Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 by Alex Mauer.

Or, for a real classic, Earthbound by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

Yes, I have a bit of a thing for retro sounds. 😁

Take my upvote for the unexpected Magritte quote.

Just your regular neighborhood creeps.

How is such dreck even allowed to be published? Freedom of speech is cool and all but surely this crosses the line?