darkcalling

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[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Not aware of any though I'm sure there is one, just probably not that huge in scope at the moment. /c/datahoarder might know something of this or be of use. Maybe the reddit version since it tends to have more people.

Unfortunately social media apps like tik tok go out of their way to make it difficult to download and locally store anything you see on them. It's against their interests to let you take content off their platform. There are obviously modified APKs and non-mobile apps as well as websites that allow it but it's generally an annoying process. I'm sure some amount of it is being saved but in the way people browse these things and discover this content via algorithm it's kind of something you then have to go back to on another device to save and download and that's time-consuming and annoying so most people won't do that, or will tire of it after doing so for a bit.

The best hope is that there's some non-profit scraping this, that a couple of people have a day job grabbing and archiving this stuff in an attributable way so that it can be used in future though it's a big job and I'm honestly doubtful this is actually happening given it would seem to have no point. South Africa has presented their case of genocide, that's proceeding but the courts of public opinion are already set for now. You either see it for what it is (a genocide), you believe the zionist propaganda narrative, or you're just checked out. Re-presenting a tranche of videos of this stuff in 5 years would seem to be of little practical value. Either South Africa succeeds with their case in which case additional evidence is moot or they fail in which case it's not going to be reconsidered with a bunch of years old content the provenance of which cannot be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt given its original sources are now gone. It'd be useful for propaganda purposes but to who and where would you spread this when you're only archiving it because it's going to be removed and the platforms its been posted on locked down against the spread of that stuff in future.

Just the same I am sure some amount of it, a fraction is being archived in this way by some group but they may be academics or uninterested in sharing it further for now.

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I love how people who must be new to America were claiming that oh jury nullification would happen, oh surely their defense attorney would be incompetent to not get at least one person fucked over by health insurance companies on the jury, etc, etc. Exhibit A. The judge is the arbiter of what is and isn't fair including in jury selection and this judge already knows what they want I'm sure. All they have to do in their mind is preside over proving he was the shooter and it wasn't someone else. Then throw the book at him, send him to the worst prison, have the DA and mayor hold a grinning press conference where friendly press asks a softball about the "small minority of extremists celebrating the shooter" to which they reply they're next and that the proles had better learn their place because the truncheon is out and they will not tolerate so much as online joke-threats against the precious C-suite class.

Just more of business as usual two-tier justice system (bourgeoisie and their important servants and everyone else especially proles). Post SA threats against women? Against minor girls online? Sorry cops can't do anything internet isn't real, stop worrying about it even though they sent you pictures of your house and have been doing this for weeks in graphic detail. Post like one joke meme about a C-suite person who lives 3000 miles from you with a guillotine that they never even see? Warrant for no-knock raid signed immediately, terrorism charges prepared, dog shot dead, press announcement of no tolerance made about the raid by visibly angry and stern DA or cop.

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

EFI boot should always be first yes. Here's MS's article on layout: MS reserved may not exist and doesn't really matter. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions

Start of the partition is the left boundary as shown in graphical tools yes. It is the beginning of the partition. End boundary (right side) is irrelevant for booting and most operations and can be changed as desired.

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

TL;DR: yes it's possible without freaking Windows out. Just don't move the start location/boundary of the main Windows partition or the EFI partition at the start of the disk (end locations are fine to change thus shrinking or growing is fine but moving the whole partition in any direction towards the start or end of disk is dangerous). Be wary that moving the recovery partition typically located after the Windows install partition (often just 100MB but could be twice that and I've heard of it up to 1GB in size though usually it's 400-500MB in size) can break Windows boot recovery but it can be fixed with some commands and breaking boot recovery only becomes a problem when something with Windows seriously breaks though this can happen with something as simple as a failed update on occasion.

Putting Linux after all the Windows partitions should be fine.

Longer answer:

Are you sure F has no use? Usually the Windows OS partition is followed by a recovery partition which includes Windows recovery files as well as on occasion manufacturer specific files and drivers for something like a laptop. This partition normally should be hidden from within windows though can be viewed using disk management tools and diskpart. Admittedly this recovery partition is usually only a few hundred MB. If this partition is removed or simply has its boundaries/start position changed then it can break Windows recovery and result in a demand for an install disk to fix serious errors that prevent boot. For a laptop if you travel with it this could be a minor hassle at some point in future.

Generally you'd want to put Linux after the recovery partition I mention. And if you're moving the recovery partition you /may/ need to run some commands to get Windows to find it again though then again maybe not. It won't imminently break things and truthfully if you want to you can generally move the contents of the recovery partition to a folder within the C:/ drive called recovery and use some commands to set that as a location.

I would run reagentc /disable from an administrator elevated command line before moving the location of the recovery partition (this /should/ exist but may not in all cases especially if the machine is older so if there's no such partition don't worry). You can later run reagentc /enable after you've finished moving it which should restore it to working order.

Windows also has a nasty habit of deleting or overwriting Linux boot-loaders and messing up their start sequence. For this reason it's strongly recommended where possible (I understand it may not be) to install them on two separate disks. Otherwise be prepared for Windows breaking Linux out of the blue one day, making it unbootable, and requiring you to fix the boot process.

As to your time resetting at start that tends to mean your CMOS battery has died. You can buy a replacement if you want though I'd check out what kind you need. Some laptops you can just buy a standard CR2032 cell and slot it in, others it's a pain to access (look up youtube videos for your laptop model with the key words "CMOS battery replacement" to see how hard or easy it is and what it looks like). For some models the battery comes welded to some leads in a plastic wrapper, you can sometimes pry the leads off and just electrical tape them onto a new standard battery (do not attempt to weld or solder, the battery will explode, they use a special process to do it at the factory) but it's usually only a few dollars more to just buy a Chinese model that includes the leads present for a quick and easy swap. Overall I'd expect $2-7 for the cost either way, closer to $2 if it's just the cell.

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Oh really? Their borders have shifted throughout history and things happening around them may reshape them again? Wow. Um where was this kind of understanding line when Russia's borders changed around the Ukraine because of certain color revolution things happening?

Not like one of these is a colonizer state foisted upon the region by European colonial powers as payment for their own crimes against European minorities and before that hadn't existed in any form for a continuous period of centuries while the other is a case of the USSR doing some things they thought were good but caused problems and the whole thing really only existed for less than one century and the problematic results' borders have only existed for just over 30 years and are now only changing because it can't agree to not be hostile to a large power next to it that has for 500 years suffered invasions from the west and just wanted some neutrality and peace.

But sure, the zionist one is justified and okay while the Russian moves are pure unbridled aggression by illogical hoodlums who we must dehumanize.