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There are third party tools to read from Ext partitions, but unfortunately, writing to the filesystem seems to be a footgun roulette situation.

I wonder if it would be better to start with a new codebase at this point.

~20 years of code, fixes, workarounds, and with a lot of outdated methodologies[0]. I'd love for there to be a competitor to something like Eve or Elite Dangerous in the free software space, and VS is the closest thing I know of. but I don't know that it's worth trying to figure out the cobwebs.

[0] I'm not a SWE, so I may be completely wrong. This is from my limited perspective only.

Considering it very likely is from 1999, (it is at least as old as around 2002-03 when I found out about it) it is unfair to say that it looks horrible compared to today's graphics.

That blurred line is what turns me off from using Discourse-based forums. It's a neat idea, but it's too, as you say, “stream” styled.

The way I envision it is chat apps are yelling a question in a café, Discourse is walking into said café and setting down a sign then walking out, while classic forums are pinning a note in a library corkboard.

The other possibility, though remote, is we find ourselves at the mercy of some form of advanced extraterrestrial life. What ever should come after is anyone's guess, but it would mean we would be of lesser intelligence in the universe by comparison.

Each individual experiences life in a different way. Who is to say that leaving modern technology at the door isn't genuine.

While this may not be the exact video, would this[0] be a worthy substitute? I'm not in a position to view it in its entirety at this moment, but I would be interested later when there is time.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhwTZi3Ld3Y

For what it is worth, it is refreshing to see a raw comment like this one on here. So many times have I seen inflammatory stories, or distressing news posted, only to be met with a collective emphasis on neutral reasoning ("assume good faith").

Everything has its time and place, and this certainly fits the sentiment for many.

Cicadas can, in large groups, be damaging to one's hearing[0].

[0] https://wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/local/cicadas-emerging...

Another aside: I believe part of the argument for moving to "flat design" (Material) was lower file sizes since it's all CSS or SVG, as opposed to possibly dozens of raster images at different resolutions for the multitude of screens. Yet here we are, with our flat design, but apps now gobble up precious storage space because of bloated shipped libraries.

Doesn't take an online interaction, either[0]. Say nothing, ever.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/how-dongle-jokes...

The biohazard symbol comes to mind as it is meant to be "memorable but meaningless"[0] as a symbol. I imagine it will be in use a century from now, if not longer, since it was created specifically to convey a hazardous condition.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160837/http://www.hms.ha...

I changed the submission title as the article's is much less informative.

This is it. I was expecting something qyestionable, or even mildly awful. Instead, they are quaint, and full of life. They are outdated only because of current UI trends, not because they are objectively outdated.

I miss the soul and work that went into sites of the 1990s where it was dense information with a point, not thousands of pixels filled with nothing.

Throwing this out here - Airsonic is the current FOSS iteration of the software https://airsonic.github.io/

Subsonic went closed, and the rebrand to LibreSonic had some unrest with the maintainer, so Airsonic is leading the way in the line of *Sonics.

I fifth the tutorial request as well!

Something like Gemini is what comes to mind https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

" [...] which explores the space inbetween gopher and the web, striving to address (perceived) limitations of one while avoiding the (undeniable) pitfalls of the other."

> but I ask myself what's wrong with calling a criminal a criminal?

Certain leftists–typically the loud ones–throw away the notion of international borders and private land ownership. With this in mind, the idea to them that any one person is anywhere illegally is offensive.

As with the chemical-free movement, there is needed context; It's not built specifically to grab eyeballs or profit off others. There are algorithms for decisions, but it's to choose what next to play from a given set rather than to motivate and pressure.

Rural Netizen here. I can confirm that caps are very, very real. Even with more recent plans, the cap is still only 250GB. The same applies to AT&T's "Fixed Wireless" service, iirc. I'm not sure though which category that falls under since it's neither cellular, mobile, or satellite.

Side benefit: It helps a ton with testing changes instead of clearing everything and starting over!

Truly this is a worldly gem. Thank you for submitting this. :)

It's easy to forget that, even though transmissions still travel at near lightspeed, it still takes more than an instant to reach its destination, even digitally. I should keep this in mind, I think.

To give a more helpful response:

Some of those "turn off your adblock" barriers are just CSS and can be removed. When the browser gets physically redirected, (like Forbes did (or does?)) I've found using plain old wget will get the page in question (in most cases).

Never has the compartmentalization of personality (online and off) been more relevant. I only wish it wasn't under such ridiculous circumstances.

It's a different feeling to require a different set of emotions, opinions, and accounts, just to feel ease within a group (civilians) who may or may not have their own agenda to ruin your life for personal gain, as opposed to a corrupt government bent on silencing dissidence.

This particular statement is sobering in an unexpected way. How the times change wrt software and personal sovereignty.

It reminds me of Space Email but with a twist. This is cool!

"It's not my fault I can break into your house and steal everything"

I know this is three years old, but my question remains the same (for lack of data) – Is this localized to non-Pro or Enterprise editions of Windiws 10?

I haven't seen this behavior anywhere on my machine. Then again, I don't use any of the default applications, and I've spent many an hour going through every tiny setting wrt privacy/analytics settings.

The only place I've seen this crop up is a relative's computer which is the Home edition.

They're doing it again on the first Fridays: July 3rd and June 5th.

It's a series of images, so if you're sporting uMatrix or similar, just allow images from brightspotcdn.