2018 archive
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (April 5, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As I have frequently noted, politeness is child’s play.
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The distraught family told local news outlets they believe the 5-year-old was likely looking for candy in a dresser drawer and stumbled upon the gun, perhaps mistaking it for a toy. The firearm was kept holstered in one of the top drawers and belonged to Jermon’s father, Jericho Perry, who had a concealed carry permit, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
If the seven-year-old had been packing, he could have returned fire and certainly no one would have gotten hurt because more guns in NRA paradise.
Trumpling Amazon 0
At El Reg, Kieran McCarthy deconstructs Donald Trump’s tirades against Amazon. A snippet:
Not that Amazon pays a large sum as a percentage of profits. According to an extensive market analysis of the company last year, Amazon pays an overall 13 per cent in federal, state and local taxes. This is much lower than the average large company – which pays around 27 per cent – so you can imagine why Trump is furious.
If, that is, you ignore his persistent calls for a 15 per cent corporate tax rate.
Full disclosure: I am not a fan of Amazon and its attempt to assimilate American retail. I avoid using it as much as possible, but I do use it from time to time, primarily for books.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
They were “just playing” with the weapons when one of them went off, Roberts said.
“The person that shot him says it was an accident,” he added, though he didn’t clarify who is believed to be the shooter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, a news report misplets “negligently.”
“My Way or the Highway” 0
Trudy Rubin analyzes Donald Trump’s case of “autocrat envy.”
Immunity Impunity
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Warning: Language.
“The Right To Be Stupid” 0
Watch the Republican spin wildly as he attempts to blame the victim.
Via Raw Story, which provides detail and a summary.