OP doesn’t say they bought it, only it’s coming to them.

+1 for the computer naturist club!

Here’s my server and desktop in their cupboard of cosyness, although I’ve since moved the lower onto the wall on the right.

I suspect it’s entirely grift motivated. There’s obviously going to be a takedown so owner is likely going to earn what they can and then bail the second X’s lawyers send a cease and desist. I can’t see any honest or altruistic motivation to do this.

Absolutely - anything can have more than one objective. But when money is an objective, the one constant is that it changes what it affects. Sometimes better in some ways, sometimes worse.

Sport is a good analogy here, I think. Amateur sport has little impact beyond those directly involved. Adding money increases exposure of those sports, better facilities, lots of scope for good - and yet big money sports are also very often mired in corruption and greed. (FIFA being a timely example) Those base human behaviours never go away.

“Make the best software we can” vs “Make the most money we can”

It’s not unprecedented. When Ukraine won a couple of years ago, the UK hosted on behalf of them because of the war there.

Been a big fan of EV for three decades, but I totally support this view.

Voting has always been political (both at panel and public levels) and to be fair to the organisers they’ve tried to address this in recent years. But keeping Israel in this year was bizarre and totally changed the tone. Russia was rightly excluded, but not Israel? And no declaration that it will be different next year?

There has always been controversy, but rarely at the level if keeping in a country nobody else wants. The Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Spain and Slovenia and not being unreasonable.

Also, anyone in the UK not using a VPN won’t be able to see them, since imgur chose to block the UK rather than adhere to age verification laws.

Whatever one thinks about that legislation, other countries (including the whole of the EU and Australia) are likely to do the same and it seems likely imgur will become a US-only resource…

As a Blackadder fan, I’m struggling with this because of Nursie.

Out you popped, out of your mummies tumpkin and everyone shouted : “It’s a boy, it’s a boy!”. And somebody said “but it hasn’t got a winkle!”. And then I said “A boy without a winkle? God be praised, it is a miracle. A boy without a winkle!” And then Sir Thomas More pointed out that a boy without a winkle is a girl. And everyone was really disappointed.

I stand corrected.

That’s not a mini…

If this affects European users then the GDPR does make it a crime.

Same.

Clickbait article seems to be (poorly) written about people who are unhappy rather than people in IT. Some overlap doesn’t equate to totality, and you’ll find the same in every profession.

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It is possible to run Proxmox without using ZFS.

Yes, absolutely. Good point.

Interesting question.

I think not, on the grand scale. Whilst yes, it would vastly outclass other tanks, you’re forgetting about the adaptability and inventiveness of humans. I believe they would find a way to disable it fairly quickly - after all, WW2 was a constant stream of one fighting unit encountering new technology - Allies had nothing like the German Railgun for example, but it had little influence in the outcome. Also, like the Tirpiz, something like this could become a liability. It would become such a target that it would tie up a huge amount of resources protecting it. Modern tanks are still vulnerable in many ways - even from as simple a thing as just digging a hole in the ground and covering it with branches caveman style.

You sound angry. Are you sure you’re angry about this and not about him dying?

Sucks, right?

Hello fellow codger. I, 55m, work amongst much younger people. Here’s my take: It’s not about age.

People “who only care about gossip” - well, there’s as many of those in the older age group. Age sometimes teaches people cunning, so they’re less overt, but they’re sure as hell gossiping about you and everyone else when they find a friendly ear. IME, the only difference age brings to work relationships is a different set of cultural references. They’ll talk about stuff you’ve never heard of - and you’ll be doing the same to their ear.

It sounds like you’re new to this workplace, and possibly working with people of differing ages and experiences. That’s fine, I’ve been there too. (Full career change in my late 40s). It’s scary, uncertain and confusing - but just dive in.

In any group, there’ll be a few people you get on with, some you don’t, and the majority somewhere in the grey middle. Some will go out of their way to help you some of the time. Some won’t. Some are annoying, some aren’t. If someone offers to help and does the opposite - that’s a useful thing to learn about them.

If you’re annoyed by them, then much of the resolution lies within you. Mentally close them out, or find ways to deal with those feelings. This can’t be the first time you’ve been in this situation?