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Because that hunger for power and that greed is what got them there in the first place. Think of it like this: if, let’s say, 1 out of 100 people are power hungry and greedy, and 1 out of 100 people have the ability to do what it takes to get rich (which also gives you power), that means 1 out of 10 000 people will have used their ability to fulfill their power for hunger and their greed. At least temporarily, because power hunger and greed can never be permanently satiated, there’s always a will for more. But that greed and power hunger is what got them into that position of being rich in the first place.

Curated, “normie friendly” default experience

This. Maybe it’s a general problem with more niche platforms, but it is hard to recommend the fediverse when there are so many communities that are filled with extremist views, propaganda, and reality deniers. Like, I’ve gotten used to it, and I purposefully don’t filter out those communities because I want to see things outside of my bubble. But it can get maddening sometimes, especially when those views aren’t supported by proper arguments, but instead by empty zingers, brigading and insults.

Jfc, the apps scammers usually use are on the fucking play store. Good fucking dammit this is stupid.

UWP ≠ Electron. UWP is a new environment inside of Windows with new APIs, but AFAIK is still native or at least much closer to it than electron.

I think the answers to OP’s question kind of prove the point. I highly doubt OP means questioning facts like the efficacy of vaccines. I think he means actual disagreements on without having a different factual basis. And Lemmy is fairly leftist (and I’m not saying being on the left is wrong, I skew to the left myself - but even mentioning that Lemmy is fairly leftist can get you the answer of “but the left is correct,”), not to mention the tankie triad, which is just… Holy shit WTF.

OK so here’s the thing I’ve been curious about: my colleagues have often argued that e-scooters mostly don’t replace cars, but public transit use and even worse, foot traffic. And I find it hard to argue against their line of reasoning… Which makes me wonder: are there any statistics on what they displace?

Unfortunately, EU laws mean that they have to let companies bid on contracts, so their influence on who they deal with is somewhat limited.

Well, that will have taken long enough.

I have to say, I’ve always admired the Stack exchange system. Yes, it’s a Karma-like system, and it’s obviously not perfect, but it means that accounts always start with very little abilities, most notably that they’re not able to downvote yet. And when those accounts do get the ability to downvote (which doesn’t come all too quickly), it costs a certain amount of their “reputation”, which makes them think twice about downvoting.

I’m outing myself, but La Bottine Souriante is a Quebec/French Canadian folk band who’s founding member are all no longer current members.

For fuck’s sake.

What are parental controls?

Interesting back windshield wiper that only wipes half the windshield.

Unfortunately not only a problem in schools. Where I work at there’s already a pay per use system that bills the department, with an entire system with separate codes to identify where you belong financially. Now they’re debating adding a fee for the ability to print.

I tried to find the article on it, but it was a while ago that I read, so I honestly don’t know 100%…

But I doubt it would be illegal, as a company they’re not small enough to fly under the radar and not big enough to flagrantly break laws and get away with it. Two possibilities that come to mind (and both may be true:

• they did it via black box reverse engineering. That has less issues legally, since you’re not trying to decompile someone else’s code, but looking what that code does and trying to recreate it

• the Linux Kernel’s GPL gives them certain rights in that area

I wonder if a part of it is just to create more confusion. The more they can confuse people, the more likely they’ll just ignore it.

Or, just, total and utter incompetence.

Yes and no, Fairphone has actually managed to reverse engineer some of the drivers for its old phones to provide android upgrades years after the component manufacturers have dropped support. The Fairphone 2, for instance, received a little over 7 years of support and 4 major version upgrades, skipping one on the way. For the Fairphone 5, they’ve promised 10 years of software support, and judging by their track record, I believe them. They also open source as much as they can and even give instructions on how to build the OS yourself.

Of course, open source drivers would be better, but that doesn’t exist at the moment, unfortunately. At this point, Fairphone is one of the companies that comes closest (with Shiftphone being a close rival).

Yes, but I mean… Has it survived a fall from about a meter onto a concrete floor, a fall from an overhead luggage rack, as well as a number of other falls I don’t remember, all without a case - and a bicycle accident (that time in a laptop bag)?

That’s what I mean. Just about any computer will last 15 years if handled carefully, but surviving a lot of active use and abuse, that’s another story.

Seconding Lindt. It’s fantastic chocolate, hands down. Love those Lindt balls (sounds wrong, but I can’t think of the right term right now).

Out of curiosity, why?

I’ve always assumed it was some fad, but I never assumed it was harmful (maybe I’m just naive).