bhamlin

joined 3 years ago
[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

So, I use it on my workstation because I have to also use windows and virtualbox's cross system integration is far more mature. I really only use it as necessary and it isn't running all the time.

I would prefer to use qemu, but I'm not doing anything serious with it. I'm just sometimes running a windows instance that I need to be able to easily share files with, and copy/paste across. Once virt-viewer gets there, I'll switch.

Though, to be honest, it actually uses kvm as its backend so it really isn't any less performant than qemu for this.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago

Foot-guns are my PROTECTED SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I think someone scammed you, these usually have apes in the picture.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Actually, all that is for the tracking cookies. The actual weather data is never stored. This is how they support such advanced levels of inaccuracy.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Contranyms are fun.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I look forward to still not playing it whenever it eventually is released.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

A small town near me got in deep shit for being small town assholes recently. That and embezzlement. This town is on a major highway to Myrtle Beach. They also prided themselves on the "safety" and "smallness" of their town, while also preying on vacationers.

Their municipal police police would aggressively enforce the speed limits. Every time I had to go through there you'd see someone running speed at nearly every speed zone change. As little as one to two mph over would get you an interaction with them. They also would issue tickets for far more than was normal. Up to 10 over was easily a $400 ticket, when most places would only do $150. They were also kind and polite about it. They'd offer to take payment right then and eliminate the speeding points. Which was the issue.

If you paid there they wouldn't report the ticket. Or the cash. The town kept the money; the town was making about a million a year. You were fined under a safety ordinance and not traffic law. They were also supposed to share portions with the county and state, but didn't. They argued that it was not a traffic violation. This town of barely 700 people had fifteen police just running speed traps.

They eventually were found out, and the municipal police department was heavily curtailed. The county manages speed through there and is nowhere as aggressive about it.

An article about this situation.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

And I'll do it again.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

True neutral.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yup! Even got the broad side up, too.

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