I could see some kind of arrangement where the age would be something reasonable like 16-18, but then there is a test you can write (basic civics questions eg. who are the candidates, what does the legislative branch do, etc.) and if you pass that test, kind of like a learner’s permit for driving, you can vote even if you’re under that age, down to a hard cutoff of like 13.

Rule 5: must be a topic of discussion

This is not a subject of discussion. It’s just OP saying “help me do my job pls”

I’m a big fan of this game. It’s tactically deep and can be fairly punishing while also being whimsical and silly. And I love the fact that encounters can be resolved with or without violence. The characters are all dripping with personality and it has a fun sort of globetrotting vibe.

Now I’m imagining the deal between Tesla and Siemens:

Siemens guy: alright Mr Musk, just sign these papers and the mireo will be leased to your company

Elon (in 8 year old voice): woo! I made a Giga train! Choo Choo!

Siemens guy: umm, okay… As I said, the train is a Siemens Mireo. Hopefully this lease agreement will benefit both of our companies

Elon: nuh uh! It’s a Giga train and I invented it! Nobody ever had anything like this for getting around before!

Trial by combat

For like 5 people?

If I’m writing a blacklist for slurs, I’m not thinking of archaic words like “griffe”. I’m just making sure it doesn’t use anything that would be used in a modern context.

Fun fact: you get more accurate info by simply running man hier

Unless the game procedurally generates the words from a dictionary

How does the game work? Did you have to give this answer, or is it like boggle where you have to construct whatever words from a set of letters?

It’s entirely possible to use, enjoy, and benefit from Linux while also using proprietary software. Your attitude only hurts the reputation and adoption of Linux by perpetuating the notion that you’re either all-in or else you’re out. Your idea of “Linux the lifestyle” is a fantasy.

In other words, RTFM

Not necessarily. My understanding is that you can earn a green check as long as your game feels like a native console experience, even if it’s running on Proton

Make it a client side option

This reminds me of a method of trying to evaluate art in an objective way. Basically you ask yourself 3 questions:

• What is this trying to do?
• Does it succeed in what it’s trying to do?
• Is what it’s trying to do worth doing?

If the answers to 2 and 3 are “yes”, then it’s probably a good work of art. This helps remove the subjectivity of “do I enjoy it?” when evaluating a work.

I would say the answers for Desert Bus indicate that it is indeed a good work of art. It succeeds in being a monotonous parody of a video game which makes a political statement about what games would be if they lacked any fictional elements or conflict. And I think the statement P&T were trying to make with this game was definitely worth making. Plus, we know from the amount of people who play it as a streamed challenge game that there is some desire for a game like that to exist.

Was your position like an adjunct? I’ve heard those can be a real scam in the academia world.

No idea where you are or what the labour laws or union situation are. But where I work, a consultation like that is a doctor’s appointment and can therefore be taken as medical leave during working hours.

Normally there are audio captchas

https://linuxcommand.org/

Depends if you care more about performance or ease of use. Based on the fact that OP hadn’t considered VM as a solution, I assume they aren’t super familiar with hypervisors.