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@nixCraft they're not even being punished for that. It's part of an overall tech selloff. The sad truth is there is NO reality-based correction mechanisms in contemporary markets other than maaaaaybe energy prices, which we are currently testing. The entire Habermassian intersubjectivity house of cards that capitalism is based upon is just provably incorrect after computers. Centrally managed surveillance moves information faster and more accurately than markets now. Maybe always did.

@hacks4pancakes Kurtzman Trek apologists really need to pick a lane between "Trek has always been woke" and "Finally, the first Trek that is not solely for toxic white dudebros" it's VERY confusing

@GrapheneOS @aral Meta is the primary driver of this among private sector companies. Their entire business model is showing ads to people, knowing exactly who they are. This is 1000% a blatant attempt to pierce pseudonymity online.

@zetabeta @nixCraft We had Linux. It wasn't great, but I daily drove it and it was mostly fine before SSL came along and then there were no Linux browsers that supported it for like two plus years. I just didn't bother mentioning anything that still exists like macOS and BSD, etc

@nixCraft TBH, I feel like we had more desktop choice in the 90's. Amiga was still kicking, Sun was still kicking, Atari was still kicking, OS/2 existed, IBM DOS7 existed...

@briankrebs Brendan Carr is a dummy.

@VeroniqueB99 every episode you have the beat where they march physically into offices (with shoulder pads and a perm of course) to demand a job and get escorted off the property by security.

@mastodonmigration he's delusional if he thinks he can win. The DNC has already ordained Gavin as Biden and Hillary before. Maaaaaaybe if you squint and pretend South Carolina doesn't exist an AOC could win (she cannot and the DNC not making it clear they will not let her win is a play to save Chuck Schumer in 2028) but there is NO world in which a billionaire catches fire as the left insurgent candidate the DNC will kill with the primary map and cheating anyway.

@Free_Press How will they get to Kharg Island without securing The Straight of Hormuz?

@watchfulcitizen no, but I can unhelpfully complain about Fedora 43 being worse than 42 was!