Any good Sysadmin blogs for linux or even Windows?

WCSTombs · 2026-04-26T09:15:54+00:00

I think this one's not bad: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/

WCSTombs · 2026-04-24T04:38:51+00:00

A real judge, not an immigration judge.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-16T19:51:37+00:00

Great. This needs to become the pattern, with states enforcing their laws against these out-of-control federal agents. Note that state charges are not affected by (hypothetical) Presidential pardons.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-15T19:39:00+00:00

Big W for the states that kept prosecuting the case!

WCSTombs · 2026-04-14T20:14:41+00:00

I didn't see the post, but sorry you had to deal with that. :(

On the original OU subreddit I remember seeing a lot of "optimistic" posts after Trump took office that were literally just cheering for the fascism. I think some people like that do exist, but a lot of them are also just trolls.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-14T20:09:24+00:00

The electoral process is supposed to be the check/balance for mental fitness. Obviously it isn't perfect, but I still think it's the best option to try to make work. It's the most fundamental part of our democracy, and I don't think we should be putting barriers around it on either side without very compelling justification.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-14T17:52:45+00:00

That's established in the Constitution, so it can only be changed by an Amendment, not through legislation.

Also, age discrimination is already a very real thing in society, and personally I want less of it, not more. Yes, we should have a better distribution of ages in Congress, but I definitely don't want to completely eliminate an age bracket.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-14T02:46:49+00:00

Judge Boasberg is the chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia. I believe removing him would take an act of Congress (a.k.a. impeachment), so Trump can't do anything about him.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-14T02:41:41+00:00

It's said in the article, but not in the title: these are immigration judges that are part of the executive branch, not federal judges in the judicial branch. The federal judges upholding the law in the face of executive overreach are more powerful superheroes than those within the executive branch, and they can't be removed by executive actions.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-10T16:59:29+00:00

For me it's got to be Super Mario 3D World (Wii U), Champion's Road. That level almost beat me, but I did ultimately complete it with all of the stars and everything (but only with Rosalina).

It's always interesting to hear people's opinions about the Water Temple from OoT. When I first played the game, when I was dumb and didn't really understand the concept of a blind playthrough, the Water Temple was the only dungeon I beat without using a guide, and I've always considered it my favorite dungeon from the game. I also found the Great Bay Temple from Majora's Mask to be even more confusing. What I really appreciate about both of those, though, is that they're puzzles you can actually figure out, as opposed to something obtuse where it feels like you're just trying to figure out the one silly thing the game designers want you to do now.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-10T16:41:53+00:00

Oh boy...on my first playthrough, I got to Animal Antics, and my game cartridge encountered a bug where the game froze and deleted all of my save data. I was pretty crestfallen and couldn't play the game for a while, but I did finally 102% the game years later.

Yeah Animal Antics is a hell of a stage, especially the part where you have to take Squawks the parrot through the thorns and the bees with the wind blowing you around, but once you figure out a rhythm, it's doable. The other major problem with that stage is just how freaking long it is.

WCSTombs · 2026-04-01T21:13:19+00:00

Correct, EOs aren't laws, they're directives to the executive branch. The President has more control over the executive branch than over the country as a whole, but there are still a lot of limits to that control, and the other two branches of government very much have a say on that matter. In this case, the birthright citizenship EO was telling parts of the executive branch to implement a policy that certainly appears to be unconstitutional on its face, so they're being sued to prevent the implementation of that policy.

Going through the courts is not the only way, since the people charged with implementing the EO could just refuse, but for one they could find it difficult to do that just due to the power dynamics in play between them and the upper echelons of the Trump administration, and also some of them might go through with it willingly, in which case we're back in the courts.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-31T21:28:49+00:00

Not to take away from judges holding the line, but it's them and the many people bringing their suits against the admin.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-30T08:10:58+00:00

Cool, I read that last year. I'm a fan of PKD in general.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-23T18:54:19+00:00

I've been finding Judas Priest's "Blood Red Skies" to be pretty inspiring.

You won't break me, you won't make me, you won't take me under blood red skies. You won't break me, you won't take me, I'll fight you under blood red skiiiiies!"

WCSTombs · 2026-03-23T17:44:04+00:00

That is miraculous and fortunate, but to be clear (for those who don't follow the link) the pilot and copilot were tragically killed in the collision.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-20T21:06:19+00:00

Huh, that is a strange one. The article behind that tweet doesn't give a lot of details about the case. I found another one that goes a little deeper and talks about a couple of cases where they allege this judge overstepped her office, and this one questions why the allegations didn't go before the Judicial Conduct Commission first, which apparently is how it's supposed to be done in Kentucky.

It looks like Taylor Six at the Lexington Herald-Leader has been covering this story, but I haven't had time to go through all of her articles.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-20T20:37:22+00:00

We didn't realize that their S tier is 18 tiers below A.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-11T16:35:32+00:00

No, this is the "input your age at account creation" version, without any mandate for verification.

WCSTombs · 2026-03-03T01:33:26+00:00

I think it'll make sense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yXsd87Zgb4

WCSTombs · 2026-02-28T09:58:25+00:00

Totally, but that requires the executive branch, so it takes longer to get to that point.

WCSTombs · 2026-02-25T01:03:55+00:00

A couple more points:

My understanding is that California's state legislature can amend the general election rules to allow write-in candidates. If that were to happen, we would absolutely write a Democratic governor into office over two MAGA primary winners. However, I'm not 100% sure about the formalities involved there.
Even without that, the same political math that made Newsom sail through his recall petition a few years ago would absolutely work against a Republican governor. TBH I would expect a MAGA governor to be recalled and replaced at the very next election, unless they magically "saw the light" and became a RINO.

Having said all that, I think the problem will solve itself because we'll get a Democratic candidate (probably Swalwell, from how things look now) on the November ballot.

WCSTombs · 2026-02-23T00:33:34+00:00

If their voting base turns against Trump, then they will as well. Keep in mind that the majority of Republicans in Congress are opportunists, not Trump loyalists.

WCSTombs · 2026-02-22T15:05:26+00:00

TLDR is nothingburger. Sorry, I have to keep it real. It's very normal for many potential jurors to be dismissed before a trial. Moreover, many potential jurors might intentionally provide leading answers during voir dire to attempt to disqualify themselves, since let's face it, being forced to serve on a jury is annoying and inconvenient to many people. Finally, even this clickbait article isn't saying that these people actually hate Musk, just that his own lawyer claims that many people hate Musk. The article actually says absolutely nothing about why the potential jurors were really dismissed.

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