Great Blue Heron @ GreatBlueHeron @lemmy.ca

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The way I read it, the entrepreneur is Bezos - he has his own planes etc. and does not need USPS. You have to buy Chinese stuff from him now. (I have not researched the subject in depth - this is just my take on the headline)

I'm in Nova Scotia and only drink Just Us - it's roasted here and both Sobeys and Superstore carry it.

I've seen multiple videos of people walking around interviewing people that voted for him and asking why. Lots of them stated that Biden arming Israel against Gaza was a major concern for them. None of the interviewers dug into what they hoped would change but it was clear they expected Trump to improve the situation for the people of Gaza. Now I've got no idea why they thought that - I certainly never saw anything to make me think that - but lots of people seemed have got that message.

It's not just that he's much worse it's that some people somehow expected him to be better?!?

Well that's a bit disappointing.

I wouldn't say he admitted it either. I'd say he's bragging about it.

That does not sound dumb at all. In fact it reminds me that that was the solution to a similar issue I had in the early '90s trying to make an IBM7171 (RS233 terminal attachment unit) work in a different building. I'll give it a go!

The Cisco switch says all pairs are open - which is clearly wrong as it's working at 100Mbit/s. That's why I asked about a 'proper' termination to get a more meaningful result.

It's cable spec'd for direct burial and it is direct buried. Damage during the trench backfill is the most obvious answer - I'm just making sure I've covered all options before abandoning it.

This is me too. I'm still on Facebook for some family contacts and a couple of useful groups. Years ago I could spend hours a day there. Now I spend maybe 15-30 minutes each morning scrolling for friend/family updates and group content - and hitting "Hide all from ..." on every single bit of unsolicited content. I was reporting and blocking them, but I've decided it probably doesn't achieve anything and it was too many taps/clicks.

Instagram is similar - I used to spend hours there too but now I only go to check if there's progress on one car build I'm following and scroll for maybe 5-10 minutes and I'm out for the day.

Which is really really sad. When I was younger I used to think we just need these old people to age out of the system and my generation can do things better. We seem to be doing significantly worse.

This isn't a generational thing. For a start, he's technically Gen X, not a boomer. And secondly, I'm older than him and I'm just as happy about that as everyone else.

I was thinking that the only disappointing thing about this situation is that it won't cause his family(*) the hardship it would cause yours or mine.

• by family I mean anyone close to him that has been happy to live off his money.

I understand the downvotes you're getting, but this take isn't far off the level of cynicism I'm feeling now.

Exactly - I'm still very happy with my 4a. A used 5, 6 or 7a would be very cheap and very usable.

I'd be curious to know what the people downvoting this don't agree with?

It might be expensive, but still worth a short visit. I've got a shockingly bad memory, but I'll never forget the awe I felt waking up to a view of the Alps.

I can't understand how someone hasn't explained to them that it's impossible to enforce. I can only see two possible ways:

1. Require every social media platform operating in Australia to do rigorous ID checks on all users to ensure no-one is under the legal age, or
2. Somehow lock down the whole Australian internet so that users must login and then validate the identity, and therefore age, of all users. Then maintain a huge filter table to restrict under age users from social media.

Both of these are clearly never going to happen. Have I missed a simpler way to do it?

Almost a chuckle

I must be old - it's WordPerfect to me.