US, mid thirties, and I not only drive a manual transmission, I go out of my way to insist upon it. For example, I own a truck and an SUV made in the '90s because it’s difficult to find newer ones without an automatic.

instead of bending over for unreasonable shitheads in your party.

Why do you think he’d be inclined to do anything other than bend over for himself?

The European Union is a confederation, just like the United States under the Articles of Confederation was.

People in North America identified with their colony/state first, and the United States second back in the 1700s. Give it time…

I get that they’re different countries, but different states here might as well be.

^ This guy Articles of Confederation.

(Seriously, the European Union basically has the same kind of structure now as the United States did between 1776 and 1789.)

I’ve been surprised that hasn’t happened already since even before Jan 6.

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is listed in order from best option to worst. Bandit has improved the outcome by reusing instead of allowing you to recycle.

“Ghettos” aren’t just apartments; they’re specifically segregated (and not by the minority’s choice) and often substandard/impoverished/oppressed.

Trying to equate ghettos with mere high density is nothing but racist NIMBY bullshit.

Trump is a truer conservative than any Republican before him.

The error with Hitler wasn’t sending him to prison, it was letting him out again after only a few months.

Because the Republicans currently have the support of something like 20% more of the population than the NAZIs did when they seized power.

Remember, unlike folks who believe in democracy, tyrants don’t need a majority to win.

This is an extremely dangerous time for liberty in the US, and complacent attitudes like yours are only increasing the danger.

What percentage of these attacks deep into Russia are being launched from Ukraine and what percentage are being launched from Russia? Of the latter (assuming non-zero), what percentage are being launched by Ukranian forces operating in Russia and what percentage are being launched by dissident Russians themselves?

It’s used in a lot of smoking/roasting applications to keep the moisture in. Just don’t let it touch the element and you should be fine.

What is this, “el-em-ent?” I don’t understand. Are you talking about the hot coals?

(On a related note, Hank Hill was wrong.)

Huge budget surplus

That’s an indication of mismanagement because it just means they’re refusing to fund all the stuff they’re supposed to be doing.

Trust me, you don’t want to be trying to maintain legacy Jython code at this point, let alone use it for anything new. All the “normal” Python infrastructure like Pip etc. has moved on and broken compatibility, so you’d have to find and maintain locally the last working compatible version of every single package you use. I suppose you could use Java libraries, but the impedance mismatch trying to use LBYL explicitly typed stuff in EAFP python is terrible. It’s just a horrible mess.

is Jython still a thing?

No. (Source: I had to try to keep its zombie corpse shuffling along at my last job.)

Ride a bike.

“Very dark. Likely be eaten by grue.”

Only the latter definition is valid!

You can still view the source code. That’s what open source is.

No, it’s not. It only counts if it provides the four freedoms listed here:

• The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
• The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
• The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

And before you say “but that’s the definition of ‘Free Software’, not ‘Open Source’,” even the latter, misguided as it is, at least still requires freedom 0!