That’s a sell cue, for any shareholders reading along.

Yep.

I’m a die hard Linux nerd, but I would still Rather have a console.

But what I really want is a console that just runs Linux so I can keep it updated and fix minor issues without all the bullshit.

Just gotta pause faster!

Yeah. That’s the difference people don’t seem to understand.

AI is perfect for stuff that’s just made up bullshit anyway.

The screenshots sell it well. That’s some funny stuff. I’ll check out the demo.

But what if someone else’s government creates the Torment Nexus before ours can?!

I’m enjoying the screenshot series. Thank you!

9. Don’t truncate passwords for verification.

It needed to be said. Because some password system architects have been just that stupid.

Edit: Fear of other’s stupidity is the mind killer. I will face my fear. My fear will wash over me, and when it has passed, only I will remain. Or I’ll be dead in a car accident caused by an AI driver.

This also my answer, but better explained than I would have.

Google’s antitrust drama is just a popcorn side show to me.

A sideshow we’re both paying for, though. Ugh.

But you’ve got the right track. I can’t personally fix their monopoly, but I can block their bullshit from teaching my devices.

Yeah. I love their games and liked their hardware, but I just can’t morally justify sending money into Nintendo anymore.

Right. It’s different in that it lacks Google Framework Service, and adds a bunch of privacy controls, like additional quick toggles to control the cameras, and microphone, the way other Android can quick toggle the flashlight and location servcies and bluetooth.

The biggest thing is substantially more granular per app permissions, controlled from a calentral interface in settings.

Return the internet to the pre-“smart” phone era, in which a minimum bar of effort and knowledge needed to be present in order to connect and participate on the web.

Yeah. I think that’s happening now. The public will discover the Fediverse, but I’m not sure if they’ll be welcomed into every community here.

History tells us there’s also a release valve of a swift brick to the side of the head, one brick per billionaire.

It sounds messier than paying taxes, to me. But I’m not a billionaire, so I can’t say I understand their motives.

“Just friend I ever had… We still don’t talk, sometimes.”

This is particularly interesting, since modern organizational theory tells us that Boeing’s primary customers would be much better off with a shift in power toward Boeing’s workers, away from it’s current leadership.

Purchasers of huge airplanes cannot afford to purchase airplanes built under leadership that cuts corners the way Boeing’s leadership lately has.

The striking workers may have an unusual ally here - in Boeing’s customer base, which notably includes the US Government and parts of it’s Armed Forces.

More frequent updates means more version mismatches and more trouble to modders and server hosters to have to constantly update.

Yep. As someone who hosts servers and writes mods, I’ve moved over to MineTest for exactly that reason.

Oof. Even investors (who aren’t billionaires) are getting shafted by the current deal.

Stock performance has been utter shit, because the SEC (and equivalents) aren’t blocking illegal company mergers and acquisitions.

Not a bad plan, but it’s way easier to be born into an emerald mining fortune.

I setup a mail forward, and check the ‘to’ address to all incoming messages for about a year.