>Developing their own crap,

Oh no, change! Unity was a good idea and so was Upstart. It just turns out that systemd beat them out and Unity was a huge maintenance burden.

>diverting resources from other areas,

Example? Sometimes companies trying to advance the state of software adjust their projects

>focusing on gathering user data

Not to give the rest of the world a pass, but in a world where Instagram, Tiktok and Doubleclick exist, Ubuntu embedding (with user consent) online-unified search or opting-in to crash reports is not "spyware". It's fine to be a purist, but keep perspective.

>changing things in bad ways repeating the mistakes of RedHat

Ubuntu's goal is to make money. Who better to model after than the profitable open-source company?

TLS and IPSec still make a difference, for now. The idea that WiFi sniffing would be a vector for obtaining company secrets is ludicrous. If you are worried about nation states or competitors eavesdropping on your physical location, there's a lot more to worry about with analyzing key strokes with a camera, or a directional audio antenna.

even from what it was a year or two ago. I assume it has to do with the API changes killing mod tools.

So many subs are karma farms for accounts that are 1 year old or more, with zero post history, submitting generic garbage to lightly moderated subs.

Then you have myriad propaganda subs that explicitly ban debate or any questioning of narratives, like WorkersStrikeBack, Libertarian, Conservative, and a host of other related subs.

The only subs that have a semblance of decent moderation these days are some of the traditional big subs like AskHistorians, Science, smaller hobby subs, and geographical subs.

In third UNITED incident of the week.

Get some land, some rain collectors and a well, and some chickens? Live on the coast with a solar desalination tool, on a hill?

PHEVs to me are the most practical 1:1 shift we can make in the near term to reduce gas consumption. Charging infra isn't there and won't be for years to support the current driving habits of people. Many don't have access to chargers. PHEV can, when charging is available, reduce gas consumption dramatically.

Even regular hybrids decrease consumption by 30%+.

And yeah, we should be promoting e-bikes and NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles) for around-town travel. No need for 5000 lb cars to go to the grocer a mile away.

We can tell employers they must not discriminate on certain things, must pay certain wages,.must give certain breaks, must provide certain fringe benefits. If a company is obviously avoiding the rights of employees to unionize by putting a token wedge "contractor" in the middle, I figure the government can decide whether that's a distinction without a difference.

Tiers for Fiers.

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Agreed. Just like you have regular Ted, and then Ted x. You have tears of reliable in-depth information like World Book, followed by reference info like every road and every anime character. Still filter out all the garbage, misinformation, and joke articles about someone's next door neighbor.

It's a matter of MDMs supporting that kind of lockdown same as they do with Android.

I don't care as much if Japan owns a steel company. I care if China and Saudi Arabia export all the groundwater in the south via alfalfa and almonds.

Oh, didn't realize you are a coward. You probably think you'll be targeted for criticizing a democrat. Turn off Jesse Watters.

4473 violations are hardly ever prosecuted. And if it were enforced hardcore, most gun owners in Colorado, Washington etc. would be convicted.

First, learn to speak the God Damned language.

"What are they doing illegally?"

Being asked for information isn't an admission of guilt. I think the gubmint is of the opinion that public water access and hospital power is more important than crypto mining and is looking into emergency scenarios.

Thank you for adding some context and first hand data. I know several talented people who work at Dell who are remote, and it will be Dell's loss if they go.

Besides, they're a worldwide operation with departments spread out across the US, EMEA doing similar roles, even in the same meetings multiple times a week. For a company like this, it is either being done to justify real estate investment, or because they can't say "okay, IT can stay remote but accounting must come into the office".