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Conscription gives people a reason to care about how and where their government is acting overseas, and care about undeclared wars and "police actions" especially if their immediate family members have been drafted and may be part of the action. Right now, do people care? Not so much in the US.

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Someone on bsky once asked something. I did a quick internet search and found 10 or more articles addressing the problem. I posted the search string and that there were a bunch of hits. The person asked which one was best. I said it was up to him to read them, not me. He blocked me.

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I asked one person that I had been helping for months 'why she didn't do the internet searches that I showed her EVERY time I helped her' and she replied that 'she didn't have to because she knew I/we would do it for her'. You see the same thing on bluesky. People criticize posting how to search.

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You might be surprised at how resistant people are to searching on the internet for information. I do a lot of vol tech support for Windows and Android (no one uses Linux) and the first thing I do is walk them through using the internet to find the answer to their (usually very simple) questions.

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A fine nib and quick drying ink and you would have a difficult time smearing. At least that has been my left-handed experience. I favour broad nibs so I just write slower.

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I just threw this together for those who aren't hooked on fountain pens and thinking of giving them a try, wondering what to do. Cheers!

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These are rough calculations - no tax & shipping. And minimizing the waste of empty disposables. Another really neat thing about refillable pens is the incredible variety of colors, sheening inks, etc, that are not available with disposables. I am sure you are aware of this.

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Repurpose a used syringe and needle, or buy an ink syringe for $2.50 to refill the cartridges - don't toss them! Buy a 30 ml bottle of ink for $4 - now have 15 2ml refills equal to 15 disposables (@ $45) Or buy an 88 ml bottle of ink for $19 and have 44 two ml refills ($66 worth of disposables)

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Interesting - it turns out there are many disposables available. A good idea if one wants to see if they would like using a fountain pen - but not for the long haul. Disposables - $3 for 2 ml of ink. Inexpensive cartridge pen - $4.25 @ 1.8 ml of ink Replacement cartridges - $2.90 for 1.8 ml ink

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Sounds like you answered your question with the second sentence.

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A disposable fountain pen? I can't say I have encountered such a pen - though no doubt someone has made one, somehow, somewhere. I suppose one might consider the super cheap pens more or less disposable, though one I got for under $10 still has a (refillable) throw away cartridge.

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I have 3 machines set up as dual boot. Win 11 & Manjaro (2) and 1 w/ Silverblue. I have almost always dual booted my machines. Never had a Win update trash grub as I recall. Your mileage may vary.

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Sp2Guzzi @sp2guzzi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

May I be so crass as to ask what "title" has this requirement?

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backup your harddrive. Make sure you read and understand the installation procedures, and if you have a single drive that you have the space available and are comfortable resizing Windows.

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Sp2Guzzi @sp2guzzi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dual booting Windows 11 and Linux? It actually depends on the distro. Some people will claim that it doesn't work. My experience is that it works and to date Windows has never whacked the dual-boot. Mint similar distros work well as dual-boot. The setup can be confusing, so you absolutely need to

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Sp2Guzzi @sp2guzzi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And if at all possible undertake a "decapitation of the enemy's leadership" as soon as the American negotiators are off site?

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Sp2Guzzi @sp2guzzi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are ways to change the DE. I have never done so without a clean install, but the Internet says it can be done. I am thinking of rebasing Silverblue to KDE, but my system is a dual boot w/ Win 11, so my enthusiasm is 'tempered'!

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I had no difficulties after that in doing a normal login. No idea why, but I had no problems from that point forward.

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starting the following week". I sent a message explaining that I wouldn't be able to get into the system with the new routine. I got a message that a tech was coming in a few minutes. She showed up and I explained what the issue was. She tried to log in, and it worked like is was supposed to.

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I used a govt issue computer for a couple of years at work. The normal login procedure didn't work, but I had figured out a work around. I used the work around for probably over a year, the regular logon procedures didn't work. Tech support sent out an email saying "Thou shalt do xyz to logon

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Why do I have the gut feeling that the message is going to be: "We'll vote for republicons again, but if you guys to straighten up we won't, we won't, uhhhhhhh...."

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That is my issue as well. I know I was tinkering with Linux back around 2000, if not before. but that is a tad too vague for my taste. I do know my first distro that I tried to use was Red Hat. But something didn't work right (sound?), so I moved on to something else, and that worked. But which one?

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You got it wrong! You are now HIS!

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I have a Twisbi Exo that works just fine. One of my favorite pens.

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And of course, mandatory military service is a common feature of many of the countries of Europe.

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I became a believer in the draft as the American population came to not give a crap about what the USG and the US military was doing in various parts of the world.

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I would argue that mandatory national service IN THE MILITARY would get the average citizen interested in what the USG was doing in various parts of the world, because their immediate family might be drafted and sent there. I was against the draft in the 1960s - I volunteered for the USMC.

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I would also throw in a dose of "lack of curiosity".

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