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I'm impressed by how much Cunningham's Law is in the comments. I can't tell if they don't get the joke, or if the joke is too deep and I'm the one missing it.

Seems they are officially based out of Cyprus, with a large parent (equity) company operating in multiple countries.

I'm betting at least some of those operations are in the US, although I couldn't easily find a list to confirm. They could also have employees, such as developers, or operate data centers in the US. HQ isn't especially meaningful in this context.

Heart attacks drop (21%) in the fall change almost the same amount they spike (24%) in the spring change. Which says more about our sleep habits than anything.

Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4189320/

That gets complicated if they're in the US. Technically, they only need to follow laws in places where they have a presence. But there are US courts that have ruled that operating a web service available in their jurisdiction counts. Then there's all the stuff about interstate commerce and enforcement, lawsuits and criminal charges, etc. for a simple example, look up Media Matters and Twitter.

Conversely, if they are entirely outside of US jurisdiction, Florida can file (and win) lawsuits to their heart's content. It only matters if they can collect or enforce an injunction, or at least enforce a block.

There are no circumstances where you live in Florida, and it would be easier to leave than to setup a VPN connection. Unless you had to build your own VPN server, and even then probably not.

A better plan long-term, sure. But not easier.

Younger me did not care about VPNs (which weren't really a thing at the time), but I did care about finding porn. Most had some form of Adult Check or similar.

It did not stop me from finding porn elsewhere.

The law doesn't technically ban porn. It just sets arduous requirements on distribution of porn. They can still produce it all they want, but Florida is now a difficult market to sell it in.

I expect to see a rise in European or other foreign porn sites. These will be able to safely ignore any "requirements" from Florida.

Giving these items to employees could be considered part of their compensation package, like gift cards. Those have to be appropriately recorded and taxed.

FWIW, a lot of these places now send damaged/surplus/whatever items to a salvage company, who then pays the original retailer "fire sale" prices. These items are usually auctioned off locally for a fraction of MSRP.

Same for many returned items, BTW. There's a local auction site that runs like eBay, but it's overwhelmingly Amazon returns.

Mixing brands is fine, assuming one of two things is true:

1. They are following the same defined standard (e.g. 802.11ax, not "mesh Wi-Fi")
2. The proprietary feature you are looking for is contained within devices for that brand. IOW, that feature doesn't need to interoperate with other brands.

Most mesh systems are proprietary, so everything within that must match (for the back haul connection). But you can also just setup another WAP, following the 802.11 and 802.3 standards. Similarly, your point to point devices can connect to other devices using 802.11 or .3, but not to the mesh back haul.

A 1993 Time Magazine article quotes computer scientist John Gilmore, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as saying "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."[7]

That applied a whole lot more when most connections were using a phone line, and a decent size city could have hundreds of ISPs. But part of the design of a redundant mesh network is that there are tons of different paths to any destination. Cutting any of those links would simply force traffic to other routes.

The early Internet was decentralized in other ways, too. Rather than flock to corporate platforms like Facebook, people spent a lot of time on federated and independent platforms. This included Usenet, IRC, and BBSes. In the event that the feds, lawyers, etc could take one down, a dozen more could spring up overnight. There was such a small barrier to entry, and many were run by hobbyists.

It's somewhat true today. There are countless Lemmy instances that are completely independent. Pirate Bay famously references the Hydra, and it applies to their peers as well. But these are limited in scope.

Xitter has shown us just how quickly and thoroughly a platform can collapse through hostile admins, and how slowly people will reject it.

Buggy how? What specifically is an issue? Have you ever gotten to a stable and working point? If so, what changed?

I personally only use Linux in servers. It may take a while to configure initially, but then I don't touch it in any meaningful way for years.

I work an office job in the US. You need to find a better job. No one here is required or even expected to skip lunch. Scheduling is often difficult, so many of my colleagues put it on their calendars as reserved time/another meeting. You can't schedule a meeting with John at noon. It doesn't matter if it's because he's in another meeting or at lunch; he's already booked.

Yes, there are many terrible employers. If you work for one, you need to leave.

Shares with all of your contacts by default. Also includes a sales pitch to each of them to sign up as well

That might even just be the "call of the void." Throw in some very minor extras, like alcohol or a bad day at work, and it's easy to see someone heeding that call.

Somewhat off topic, it's my understanding that they didn't (usually) go missing. The term was "deported", so it happened in broad daylight. Of course, what happened after wasn't so widely known.

You can't broadly say that for a brand, especially one as diverse as HP. Some are very easy, mostly the enterprise models. Many are borderline impossible. Without knowing the model, it's impossible to say. It could require removing the motherboard, or special tools to open the case.

The answer is actually pretty simple. They all used to, at some point. But then they started having bad experiences, and there were clear trends. Now, because of classical conditioning, they avoid those experiences. Is the filter perfect? No, of course not. But it's good enough.

TL;DR: Bad men start by talking the same way you do.

Unless women have taken a very sharp turn towards hookups, or polygamy, that's only a partial explanation. The desirable men are still taken, just as before.

I presume your younger colleagues are all men, and of the segment that does poorly with women. Try asking women about their perspectives on the matter. I promise you'll get a different answer.

Part of the challenge in starting with Linux is documentation and support. When things go well, it works beautifully. But what happens when you hit a snag? Where do you turn for help? Search engines will only get you so far. You will need to find other users that had the same issue, and how they resolved it.

You'll probably end up in forums, both official and unofficial. Check the common ones for your preferred distros, and see which ones feel inviting and helpful. The less common distros probably don't have the support you'll need. Certain distros have condescending forums, and may only be helpful with much more technical concerns.

You have a better chance of literally being Brad Pitt than you do if winning the lottery.