If your accound is permabanned, can you even buy any Reddit Gold?

it’s a question of whether you can restore a botched system with a few commands and in a realistic amount of time.

A few years ago my employer was the victim of randsomware. We're speaking here about a massive network and all sorts of databases and services build on top of those, spanning decades and many different technologies. Basicly several thousand employees and a decade long focus on working digital and automation. Data restoration was not an issue. I haven't heard of anyone losing data.

However, restarting all the services was not as easy. Many of these depended on each other and there were some circular dependencies that have grown organicily over the years. Took about two months to restore core functionality (mostly SAP and email) and many more months to restore all sorts of support services that were required for normal day-to-day work. Two years after the incident the last applications were back online.

No, it's a research proposal. Once I get funding, I'm going to need enough staff to handle the crowds that volunteer as test subjects.

I wanted to make a reference to the Midas touch, but the Cheetos touch has a strong icky feeling to it.

but an open-hardware device running a FOSS AR system? Until these display my health, ammo and the direction to my next objective, I'll pass.

Given the national climate, people were not only glad to have a Democrat come to their door,

To be fair, based on who's going door-to-door these days, that isn't that much of an achiement. Still, each time I read one of these victories, it does make me smile.

Step 1: make an ordered list of drugs, ranking from worst to least. Step 2: get patient addicted to the drug below his current addiction. Step 3: repeat until you're down to cigarettes Step 4: tack on a nicotine patch and mail the bill Step 5: profit!

To be honest, I expect things to get a lot worse after the midterms. I think people still feel like it's something they can do to change things, but after that I won't be surprise to see a lot more of this from both sides.

Exactly, investigate everything even if it takes, say, 3 years.

Easy, just tape a lot of mops around your firebomb. That way, the mops absorb the sprinkler water and keep it from extinguishing the fire. Ofcourse you'd need asbestos mops as normal ones burn up by the firebomb. Another option is to pack a layer of those tiny cocktail umbrellas around the bomb.

Anyway I'm sure both are available from your local Acme store.

Don't worry, after the immigrants they'll have plenty of room to "help" the poor and the homeless.

Next they'll exclude anyone whose current hair color doesn't match their official one.