I just installed #Ubuntu 24 on a ~13yr old MacBook Air (A1369) ... and it works fine. I had no install issues. I created a bootable USB stick ... click click, and installed. No drama and things seem to work fine generally (wifi, touchpad, etc.)
Battery life isn't great and it seems to use a lot of battery in "standby" mode -- not sure what's up with that.
I'll just shut it down when not in use.
I had intended to donate/recycle it as Mac OSX on the laptop was terribly SLOW.
A nation of apologies
A lyrical perspective on the fraught political and constitutional issue of Aboriginal rights in this country. #Australia
CSIRO is inviting Queensland-based small to medium-sized enterprises and academic researchers to collaborate through the new Regional University Industry Collaboration program to translate scientific potential into economic benefits for regional communities. #CSIRO
China overhauls the USA in technology research
China has overtaken the United States as the overwhelming leader in technological research over the last two decades, according to ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker. #Technology
Wow, even Crimethinc couldn't see in 2016 that Clinton had no chance of winning;
"Clinton looks unstoppable now, but that will change once Trump is out of the picture. Who knows what other scandals have yet to break? The next wave of right-wing momentum is bound to look rational and well mannered by comparison with Donald Trump; while he has brought opprobrium on himself, his strong personality has offered cover for others who share his agenda."
Tech bros and media barons
Is the world better off with “tech bros” like Elon Musk who demand unlimited freedom to brazenly assert their influence, or old-style media moguls who spin fine-sounding rhetoric about freedom of the press but exert influence under the cover of journalism? #Media
What the experts say on…social media restrictions
The Australian government has committed itself to imposing an age limit on social media before the next election, but is this a desirable or workable solution? #SocialMedia
The holy creed of Carbonus Rex
65 million years ago, a natural act wiped out the dinosaurs, but today it’s the dinosaurs of the fossil fuel industry who imperil life on Earth. #climatechange
The high price of loyalty
Customers were once rewarded for loyalty to a firm’s products and services, but more unscrupulous operators now offer discounts to new consumers at the expense of long-standing ones. #Business
Great ‘techspectations’
Though Australians like to embrace new technologies, concerns over security, privacy, and the loss of human interaction remain. #Austech
48 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976, NASA rolled out its first space shuttle, named Enterprise, from its manufacturing plant in Palmdale, CA.
The shuttle was planned to be named the Constitution, but thanks to a massive write-in campaign by Star Trek fans, President Ford relented and advised NASA to change the name to Enterprise.
Star Trek creator Roddenberry and many of the show’s cast members attended the Shuttle rollout ceremony.
nasa.gov/history/45-years-ago-…
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45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its Public Debut - NASA
On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA rolled out its first space shuttle, named Enterprise, from its manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California. The story of EnterpriseKelli Mars (NASA)
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Sports diplomacy
Australian sports diplomacy can be a potent weapon in the Pacific to improve ties with democratic nations and resits China’s coercive grasp for political power and social influence. #Pacific
Most of my timeline is arguing about supply chain attacks vs. cyber-induced explosions, but I think the most important thing to note here is that this attack is incredibly reckless.
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An 8-year old girl and an 11-year old boy among the 12 killed.
This isn't WW2 you absolute ghoul.
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Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack, a local Republican, appeared in Tucson City Court on Tuesday for a criminal speeding ticket for allegedly driving her Tesla down Speedway at more than 70 mph.
#Tucson #Arizona
1. Y'all just now adding anti-cheat?
2. Good to see that y'all don't care about all of your game's users.
Grand Theft Auto V gets BattlEye anti-cheat, breaks online play on Steam Deck / Linux
gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/gran…
#GrandTheftAutoV #Rockstar #TakeTwo #BattlEye #AntiCheat #Linux #SteamDeck #Valve #Steam #Gaming
Strypey
in reply to Strypey • • •OTOH sub in Biden (or Harris) for Clinton and this is bang on;
"In the context of a Clinton victory, the most significant danger is that the entire political spectrum will be divided up between a statist neoliberal left and an opportunistically antigovernment nationalist right. Each of these adversaries needs the other; each will seek to absorb those who fall outside this dichotomy or else push them into the opposing camp."
theanarchistlibrary.org/librar…
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Unknown parent • • •Strypey
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@drwho
> I'm sorry - what?
Your post certainly sums up Orange Stalin. But it describes Clinton just as well.
> If your whole platform is displaying the worst of human nature
Hilary's tenure as Secretary of State.
> telling people it's okay for them to act the same way
That's what things like "basket of deplorables" say.
> that's how you get rabid cultists of personality
A cult so divorced from reality they thought she'd beat Orange Stalin. The opposite was obvious from the outside.
Strypey
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Bill Clinton's behaviour was just as cavalier and misogynist as Drumpf's. Just ask Ms Lewinsky;
youtube.com/watch?v=H_8y0WLm78…
The fact Bill pretty much got away with it told a lot of powerful men that they could too. As did his success with convincing a cult of personality he was a left-wing candidate. His actual policy was as hard right as Reagan's, yet he rode the Useful Idiots on the liberal left to not one, but two electoral victories.
To my eternal shame, I would have been one of them.
Strypey
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But I wasn't just talking about Hilary. Your post describes both the Clintons, equally well.
Bill's tenure as President dismantled as many checks and balances on corporate power as Reagan's. His campaign was supported by the corporatist right, the ones who were following the plan laid out in the Powell Memo. Because his Republican opponent John McCain was a champion of campaign finance reform;
levernews.com/master-plan-ep-6…
Strypey
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I vaguely remember dismissing McCain as an old white guy and Republican nominee, and therefore the devil incarnate. I definitely stuck up for Clinton during the impeachment hearings, which in hindsight is utterly shameful.
In my defence, I was a politically naive teenager then. But what shocks and deeply embarrasses me is that the penny only dropped a few days ago. When that Master Plan podcast taught me the truth about McCain, and his crusade to get corporate money out of politics.