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  • As this is a repost from 7 months ago, I am quoting a comment from @JustZ@lemmy.world:

    Like many things sov cit this originates with something based in reality.

    A long time ago in different places and different times, the coroner was separate from the police and sheriffs and was charged with investigating other officials if for some reason the usual officials could not, either because of a vacancy or conflict of interest. Coroners customarily have arrest powers. So if the local sheriff was completely corrupt, you might be able to go to the coroner to get a remedy.

    The same could of course be true for a judge who is not doing their job. The problem with that is that judges typically have absolute immunity for their official acts and discretionary acts. The remedy for a corrupt judge is to go to the senior judge or to the governor. The other problem with it is that there’s also a civil remedy for a judge who is not doing their job called a writ of mandamus; it’s basically an application to an a equal or superior court for an order to require an official to perform their duty.










  • sudo means switching to another user account with different permission settings before performing a command. Usually, people use it to switch to the admin account (root) but any account is possible. On Ubuntu (and distros configured like it) sudo can be used from the primary user account without entering a password.

    So, xkcd’s sudo make me a sandwich example would thus only work if there was a higher power/authority that could more or less control Cueball’s friend. Also, Cueball would have to be able to become/impersonate that higher power/authority. Checkmate, atheists?





  • Volker Beck […] calls for Israel to permanently annex Gaza

    Where does he do that? (I know this is 4 days old.)

    Also all weapon deliveries needed approval by the Foreign ministry and the Economic ministry, both run by Green ministers, with the other Minister Habeck being now the “chancellor candidate” of the Green party.

    And there have been no weapons deliveries for the best part of 2024 (iirc, the last German weapons deliveries were in February), with the Greens stepping on the brakes there.





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