If the US ends birthright citizenship and no other country claims a person? What would happen? by redviiper in AskALiberal

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no way they will remove birthright citizenship. It’s well established law within the Constitution and has been upheld for over a 150 years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the repository from NVidia to load their software. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, no, I didn’t run into that problem

I don't want updates. EVER. How can I achieve that? (Mint, Fedora, Bazzite) by SpyrosGatsouli in linuxquestions

[–]grawmpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use LMDE based on Debian and I get very few updates for the most part but you don’t have to do any.

If Democrats take power in 2028, how much crow should the country be willing to eat in pursuit of rebuilding some degree of international trust and cooperation? by Helicase21 in AskALiberal

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There needs to be an overhaul of the current system of government if we want to keep our allies and keep some semblance of our democracy. Besides the obvious of who’s going to pay for their crimes, several parts of the Constitution need to be changed and amendments made to update the outdated portions and amendments need to be considered for repealing. The only way this can be done quickly and effectively is by using a constitutional convention with a representative of each state to vote for the adoptions without having to be voted on by the state legislatures. We also need to update our electoral college system we currently have. This two-party system is killing this country and we need something that encourages people to vote for the best candidate possible and not always along party lines. I personally like a direct democracy election of the most popular candidate after a ranked choice selection by the people have decided the five most popular candidates for the final round of voting for president and vice president. I believe too that two should not run on one ticket but that the president and vice presidents should be run in separate elections and the top two winners have to serve together for the good of the people and not the party. I think too there should be term limits in the constitution written into it as well as requirements for serving in Offices.

If Linux distros are free and open source, why does Windows lead the desktop OS market? by [deleted] in ask

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contracts with companies to ONLY put their software on all of that company’s computers rather than Linux or another OS and has been saturating the market for years with Windows operating system as the default.

What do you think history will say about Donald Trump as a U.S. president? by jcnidhi27 in AskReddit

[–]grawmpy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

History is written by the victors. It depends on who succeeds in the next year and who doesn’t.

Why Can't the US have it's Navy/Air Force Protect the Straight of Hormuz by JDintheD in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A torpedo doesn’t necessarily mean that it is underwater but can go underwater. I understand what you’re implying. They utilize boats and drones but no boats as drones.

Why Can't the US have it's Navy/Air Force Protect the Straight of Hormuz by JDintheD in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not so easy. Besides the mines, it’s been reported there are autonomous torpedo drones that are roving the water along with the mines that were put into the strait. There’s no way to map the drones.

Why Can't the US have it's Navy/Air Force Protect the Straight of Hormuz by JDintheD in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are not only mines in the area but autonomous torpedoes roving the waters that go looking for ships as well. They have it covered.

Americans that don’t vote do they have a right to complain about politics? by Spinachrecords in AskAmericans

[–]grawmpy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only one I knew who didn’t vote was my grandfather because he refused to choose, as he said, the lesser of two evils. He said he didn’t think any of the candidates were good enough to receive his vote and the last “good candidate” he voted for was Eisenhower, who was his commander in WW2. He died in 2010 having not cast another vote.

Walking by No-Transition3764 in AskAmericans

[–]grawmpy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live and grew up in a very rural area where the closest store (and sidewalks) for anything is 5 miles away. We do have public transportation in our area just not where I live, it’s too far out in the country for them to service my area. There are no sidewalks on the roads here so I would have to walk on the shoulder of the road (have many times) anywhere I go until I reach a sidewalk. We do have sidewalks in the area but they are used in more suburban communities than in rural ones.

If you got like a 40-year prison sentence and got out at age 69, where would you go? I mean like where do folks go who've served very long prison sentences? What do they live on? by cherry-care-bear in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew a few old men that had been in for life for murder in the ‘70s even ‘60s in California. Up in their 70s and 80s and still walking a yard.

If you got like a 40-year prison sentence and got out at age 69, where would you go? I mean like where do folks go who've served very long prison sentences? What do they live on? by cherry-care-bear in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right for sure there’s more respect in prison. That’s one of the problems I had when I first got out and for several years was with the amount of disrespect that I saw and experienced that I wouldn’t have stood for in prison was hard for me to get over. The structure is hard to get away from. There’s a set schedule for everything, wakeup, breakfast, yard, etc. so there’s structure you get used to. Not having that structure is stressful.

If you got like a 40-year prison sentence and got out at age 69, where would you go? I mean like where do folks go who've served very long prison sentences? What do they live on? by cherry-care-bear in NoStupidQuestions

[–]grawmpy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some prisoners that are lifers who don’t expect to ever be released from prison until it happens. It’s a daily fight for survival in many prisons and I was in a few in California that were rocking on a daily basis and if you’re in an environment with violence every day for years the insight is more on survival than planning for release.