yes it is “gambling”. do card cheaters make money on “gambling”? “yes”

no true gambling huh?

1. the saps losing money to the insiders are genuinely gambling
2. polymarket is a gambling institution.
3. without polymarket, you can’t have this insider/sap exploitation dynamic

fucking polymarket chuds running foreign policy is a problem

The point is old money is not showy compared to new money. New money is Lamborghinis, modernist mcmansions and private jets. Old money is low key, they don’t want to get clocked as being rich. Maybe they drive an old mercedes or wear ordinary clothes, but their friends know they have a controlling interest in a huge corporation, their own private island, etc. So sure, ordinary people can replicate much of the ‘aesthetic’, because its about rich people not wanting to seem rich.

Other options exist, but not so polished. It’s a tough project that apparently needs more support than small FOSS projects can provide, I’ve seen a lot of promising alternatives come and go.

Hardware/firmware wise, would really like to see open standards like we have for PC bootloaders. EU requiring nonproprietary bootloaders on phones would be a real step forward.

would be great if they did phones next.

they make a thing that lets libreoffice work online, like google docs

my window(s) can be found at my residence: 1060 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613

lucky for me I have a pile of SBCs from uncompleted projects. and no, do not climb in my window looking for them

Because the US strategy was probably cut and pasted from chatgpt

The uncensored Charlie Kirk memes were pretty choice

where mah nixos

Just a lil nitpick: article is by iFixit who is a Lenovo business partner. So perhaps less objective than one might hope.

Article is AI spew, but verified that linux discount is on lenovo.com:

That’s for a ThinkPad L16 Gen 2 AMD (16″).

He who does not work, neither shall he eat

Haven’t found a pdf reader I really like yet (haven’t looked too hard), but most of them work fine in landscape mode. Currently using one called Orion Viewer I got from FDroid. It does remember my place when I reopen a PDF, key feature.

DSA == the EU Digital Services Act, not Democratic Socialists of America or etc.

I enjoy my T480 I got off craigs for 120$. Cheap but awesome.

and/or get another drive and install onto that. swap back if you hate it

make a bootable linux image on a USB. boot off it to gain confidence