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56. Home ownership isn't for everyone either

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 09:26 PM

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But thanks to YouTube, people know how to change light fixtures, patch pavement... The same thing can be said about Linux. Lots of websites that can walk you through anything about installing, tweaking, maintenance...

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Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump's inaugural fund [View all] SupportSanity Friday OP

thats actually peanuts compared to what they are worth samnsara Friday #1

But it's graft. Shameless and in our faces. Scrivener7 Friday #8

Do I have to stop using Microsoft products now? Shall I stop using Google, Gmail, and my Android phone? Oopsie Daisy Friday #2

Or will I have to tattoo it across my forehead so that everyone notices? ItsjustMe Friday #5

Ha! 😂🤪 Oopsie Daisy Friday #6

Well not Apple. Tim Cook also donated $1 million LeftInTX Friday #49

Nobody is stuck with Linux ItsjustMe Friday #53

You seem bothered by suggestions here that we should Scrivener7 Friday #7

⭐️ Oopsie Daisy Friday #11

Your scorn is noted. You have a lovely day. Scrivener7 Friday #14

Ditto. Oopsie Daisy Friday #26

Tough to not support corruption when corruption is ruling and in power. SupportSanity Friday #41

Keep giving money to companies working against you benefits who? Blue Full Moon Friday #18

Do you have Apple products? Their CEO donated $1 million also. LeftInTX Friday #50

You basically can't boycott monopolies erodriguez Friday #21

I manage RainCaster Friday #25

No MacBook? Polybius Friday #36

Never got into Macs- rather expensive for my taste RainCaster Friday #47

I will be switching to Linux, also. I have two machines SupportSanity Friday #42

Mint with Cinnamon desktop will be very easy RainCaster Friday #46

Great. I'll give that a try. SupportSanity Friday #48

Linux isn't for everyone. You generally gotta be good with computers. LeftInTX Friday #51

Home ownership isn't for everyone either RainCaster Friday #56

Too many people don't want to be bothered with anything computers. I do digital data for our local group. LeftInTX Friday #57

Exactly Farmer-Rick Friday #27

One person can't boycott a monopoly effectively. But a large group can be very effective. SupportSanity Friday #43

I don't suppose any of us "have" to do anything. Lord knows I pick and choose. Magoo48 Friday #24

So Apple or Android? Both donated to Trump. erodriguez Friday #54

I'd call it a down payment. no_hypocrisy Friday #3

Yep. It is just the beginning of the oligarchs giving Trump a cut of their profits. Irish_Dem Friday #10

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Donating $1 Million to Donald Trump's Inauguration Fund ItsjustMe Friday #4

Shame on you Tim Cook nwliberalkiwi Friday #37

"Shame on you" shouted at a person who has no shame. SupportSanity Friday #44

They don't even hide their corrupt bribe payments to Trump. Irish_Dem Friday #9

They are businesses, and they know they're facing a vindictive malignant narcissist William Seger Friday #12

linux Unladen Swallow Friday #13

😂 ItsjustMe Friday #17

I hear the Mint distro of Linux is good for beginners. SupportSanity Friday #45

Eh...Obama received $44 million in donations for his 2013 Inaguration Bengus81 Friday #15

No one should watch this or attend it. travelingthrulife Friday #30

It's disgusting BlueKota Friday #16

for better or worse it's standard practice cadoman Friday #59

How much do they donate to Children's Cancer Research? purr-rat beauty Friday #19

Google and Microsoft donated to President Biden's inauguration in 2021 PJMcK Friday #20

while they are at it make all their employees attend it as a national holiday mdbl Friday #22

Boy, this is some serious fear we're seeing in people and companies. ananda Friday #23

Sickening... Juneboarder Friday #28

They would be obnoxiousdrunk Friday #29

No. That would be political in nature and they don't do that. travelingthrulife Friday #32

A million dollars they can piss away on a party but they can't pay their taxes travelingthrulife Friday #31

Has any firm gone for donating an insultingly small amount, eg one dollar? muriel_volestrangler Friday #33

Why don't these assholes kacekwl Friday #34

Bribery doesn't cost The Wizard Friday #35

I implore someone to calculate joanbarnes Friday #38

if only markie Friday #39

How much have they donated to the victims of the L.A. fires? Owens Friday #40

Why wouldn't they? Trump has made it perfectly clear he is a transactional President. The walkingman Friday #52

Friends with deep pockets need to stick together. I wish I could dump both of them Beringia Friday #55

JESUS! Looks like I need another search engine.... Jack Valentino Friday #58