lucky 10,000!

Time to go down the Panspermia rabbit hole!

That the primary motivator towards forcing the sale wasn't the algorithm as such, it was the probability that the PRC would use TikTok as a propaganda tool.

The Republicans aren't conservative in any sensible meaning of the word. They are radicals. The Democrats are far more conservative than the Republicans these days.

Lots of medical workers, especially in rural hospitals, are on H1-Bs.

I never stopped coming in to the office. Before that I worked in industrial automation, and that work couldn't be done remotely either.

"diesel engines are known for being especially difficult to start in cold."

When I was in the Army in Korea in 1985/86 one of the duties on the duty roster was to start every vehicle in the motor pool every 4 hours and run it for half an hour to keep it warm. Nothing like getting up at 0200 on a Sunday morning to spend an hour in the motor pool.

Yes, buying. I lived in Cedar City Utah and first encountered Linux in a RedHat 2.0 beige box at a gaming store in Red Cliffs Mall in St George. Probably in 1994 or 5. Came with a couple of manuals, a boot floppy, and a CD. Had the 0.95 kernel. Getting dial-up configured was interesting since the ISP only knew about Trumpet Winsock... Then leaving it running for a few hours in the evening to update everything.

Within a week I was at the local BN buying O'Reilly books.

I canâ(TM)t believe it hasnâ(TM)t been mentioned in this thread already. Mercedes-Benz didnâ(TM)t make it illegal. Technically, what happened, was that all vehicles were illegal, and Bill Gates wanted to import. I think a 983 or something. And he lobby to have that 25 year clause so he could import his Porsche.

I think that was data CD. Red book audio I donâ(TM)t believe ever had copy protection

This is patently untrue. Do you have a source? Does it include the methane links for the gas lines?

No.

Thatâ(TM)s my answer. No. At this point the âoedesktopâ is moot.

Fifteen years from now âoedesktopâ will mean workstations. And a tiny sliver of the populace will use them.

I used to work in IT and in my new role everything is an app on my phone. So who cares if I run Void or Open BSD on my laptop?

I feel like itâ(TM)s becoming like being the biggest coachbuilder a decade after society switched to automobiles.

of a Tom Clancy novel?

If they sell fewer they need to charge more per item to make the same amount of money overall.

Itâ(TM)s also blown the tracker I attached to my cheating ex-girlfriendâ(TM)s bicycle before I headed over to the range to buy a box of 9mm.