Dongle? That implies connection to a host computer.

True that…

Then lemme try to give the answer you were asking for.

Let’s start with Linux. The kernel itself has hundreds, if not thousands, of contributors. Next there’s the pieces of software that run on it, each with its own set of contributors.

There’s no way you can do anything meaningful by going thru this huge list just to see what their political backgrounds are. I’m sure there are controversial people contributing to the very pieces you are running right now.

Even if you did find some problematic backgrounds, what are you gonna do anyway? Stop using it? Do you think it would affect them? It’s not like you’re paying them. On the contrary, you’re probably just gonna make your life harder.

I know you do.

Well, you’re here, aren’t you?

What about NFS over the internet?

I have what you may call supersmell, and it drives me insane sometimes as usually people around me couldn’t smell them until they take a closer sniff, while I’d just smell it first thing. And no, sadly, I wasn’t talking about nice smell.

I feel like having stroke reading that title

Koutarou Amon from Tokyo Ghoul

It was one of the most devastatingly foolish death I’ve ever seen.

Darude - Sandstorm

How bad is your cough?

I would ask a medical professional instead.

At some point, you’ll have to decide what you’re doing all this for, and if it’s worth all the trouble.

Going by that logic, it would be safer to not go to these meetups, or any meetup at all. After all, every contact you have is a form of exposure.

If we’re to take this to the extreme, you could live in the woods, with no human contact at all.

However, is this really what you want? You do have a lifestyle to sustain. Odds are, you’ve lived in the society your whole life. You’d need a decent paying job, as even having this very post would cost you something more than just your time.

The next question: what’s at stake for you here? Would having your face caught at the security camera jeopardize you? Are you a world class criminal, or a retired one with your employer seeking your head to put on a pole? Are you running away from an abusive spouse? Are you running for office against certain tyrant? If you answer yes to any of these questions, then yes, you’d have to inspect every interaction you have and weight the risk against the potential gain.

Otherwise, odds are you’re doing this out of curiosity and, to some extent, pleasure. To which I would ask: would limitting your social interaction ‘please’ you?

Type F.

SCHUKO PLUG SUPREMACY FOREVER!

I swear I thought you just made that name up

I can’t shoot the next guy when I feel like it, so not really.

Why is the ventilation system called ‘system D’? That will cause a lot of confusion, especially if you’re running Linux.

How did you go from hanging out with criminals to being a priest?

Of course it is correct! Let me break it down for you.

Grammar is literally just some made up notion

Subject: Grammar

Verb: Be -> Is

Adverb: Literally, Just

Pronoun: Some

Adjective: Made-up

Object: Notion

The lack of full stop is indeed an error. But the structure of your sentence is still valid.

You literally wouldn’t be able to write this without it…

I mean, what would be the altenative? Throw a bunch of relevant words in random order and hope that someone would understand?

Notion is literally just some made up grammar

I bet this one would convey anything but what you’d mean originally.

This is just practically and technically wrong. You’re lightyears off.

Of course there are incorrect grammars. They wouldn’t be called grammar. While the tolerance for these errs is greater than the textbook, if you stray too far then the meaning you’re trying to convey would be lost.

No, grammar isn’t some kind of made up notion. Without grammars, it’s just a bunch of words with no meaning.

He’s gonna save as all!