There's nothing here that justifies DRM or copyright. They aren't justifiable.

And even more importantly, why isn't this a purely academic matter? Why do busybodies get to decide that somebody's game is too gambly or their drink is too alcoholy or whatever and make them stop? I think such busybodies should be shown the door of society and allowed to debate those things on their own without forcing their religion on the rest of the world.

Or they could ignore each other until they go away?

I had a similar experience last year on a conference call when I made a comment about our team recording knowledge in case one of our devs was hit by a bus. That's a pretty common remark made in some development circles. But the minute the call was over I suddenly recalled that our lead developer's father had been killed by being hit by a car, just a couple months earlier. I felt terrible, mentioned it quietly to some of the people present on site with me (our lead dev was remote), and have never made that reference again.

Look, don't get in the way of the Two Minutes Hate.

Soon it will be just like the Republicans and Democrats: one screws you over while the other promises you the moon to get you to switch, then screws you over.

I keep quietly buying more Bitcoin Cash every payday. Unfortunately I had to spend some lately for car repairs, and now wasn't a good time to do that, but you do what you have to do.

Yes - I bought my first kindle book and immediately converted from being a rabid capitalist libertarian to being a complete socialist!

I'm pretty sure the government has a vested interest in not doing that in their own schools.

Agreed! And in the land of the First Amendment, this statement chills me: "79 percent think those companies should be regulated like other media organizations."

It's over, America. Freedom had a good run.

Judging by the article summary, there's still no distinction made between "the console" and "the command-line," so I am betting no.

It would actually be helpful for some screen-based readers I'd like to make that would scrape certain forums.

I use cygwin for nearly everything.

I'll still use vim under cygwin for most of what I do, with Notepad++ in a few key spots. But it'll be nice to have some extra functionality out there by default on machines that I haven't been allowed to put anything on.

Not if they are the only people mining their chain.