Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

On 2025-05-09, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

On 09/05/2025 19:05, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-05-09, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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On Fri, 9 May 2025 00:28:33 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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Wouldn't it be fucking wonderful if politicians did the same?

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They do whatever we vote for them to do.

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On election day, perhaps.  After that, they do whatever they
damn well please.

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Indeed.
Morden politics consists of:
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- working out what the public wants
- telling them you are going to do it
- getting elected
- lining your pockets
- lining the pockets of those who paid off the people necessary to get
you elected.
- lying to the public about why you couldn't do - or are doing - what
they wanted, when you patently are not.
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Dictatorships simple omit the first three steps.

 Transition between the two is done via what I call the Final Vote.
That's where people democratically elect someone who then dismantles
the democratic framework.