"Over time it was revealed that Microsoft had been using SCO as a sock puppet against Linux. Unfortunately for Microsoft and SCO, it soon became abundantly clear that SCO didn't have a real case against Linux and its allies. SCO lost battle after battle. The fatal blow came in 2007 when SCO was proven to have never owned the copyrights to Unix. So, by 2011, the only thing of value left in SCO, its Unix operating systems, was sold to UnXis. "

I've never seen so much passive voice in so few sentences.

Maybe this will help speed up the release of Elder Scrolls VI, long delayed and with a far greater gap than between Oblivion and Skyrim?

Then why bother migrating it to M1? That would be the perfect time to drop it.

USB-C is actually a very loosely defined standard that manufacturers can interpret very loosely. This causes all kinds of confusion for customers as they don't know what capabilities a given port or connector will have beyond the bare minimum.

Thunderbolt, for its faults, defines a much stricter minimum set of requirements.

> Now Apple dropped Intel, and is dropping Thunderbolt too.

This is false. M1 Macs have Thunderbolt.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-...

What's the situation with AMD and Thunderbolt? Does Intel allow hardware with AMD motherboards to use Thunderbolt free of charge?

I'm not familiar with any AMD models that comes with Thunderbolt.

What's the difference?

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavi...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday, which his administration says will ensure that "Americans receive priority access" to the new coronavirus vaccines procured by the US government before they are made available to other nations.

The executive order also sets up a framework for US government agencies to help other countries procure the vaccines once domestic demand is met. There is also a plan to donate vaccine doses to poor countries.

For any country unable to manufacture its own vaccine, it basically amounts to the same thing ("once domestic demand is met").

Citation please? From what I've read BIden has indicated he'll continue the export ban, even to Canada.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/0...
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/h...

Canada has to import vaccines from Europe, instead of its next door neighbour.

Remember the US maintains an export ban on vaccine,

I switched to KeePassXC from 1Password about a year ago.

It has its annoyances and imperfections, but it's free, open source, locally synced (no cloud) and runs fine on Linux, iOS, and the Firefox plugin is steady (although sometimes awkward).

... and I'm still gainfully employed. What's more I have coworkers who are devs and in their 50s. Granted, I don't work in Silicon Valley or even the U.S. so maybe things are different here...

A New Hope was great but it suffered from some plot holes, plot pacing issues, some special effects rushes, and just a general lack of polish. Empire was a professional effort with proper production, budget, director, an better emphasis on acting and character development, better scripting, Yoda, and, last but not least: Lando.

It was dark and deep and delved into the truth nature of the Force. It brought out emotions that the first movie could not. It has more creative planets and better dialogue.

I don't understand how A New Hope could be considered better other than the fact that it introduced the Star Wars universe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Well, even if Google loses, there's also the question of how far the fair use exemption goes if API's can be copyrighted. I doubt the courts will let somebody copyright Integer add(Integer first, Integer second), for instance.

I'm not saying I agree with Oracle (I don't), I'm just hopeful that cooler heads prevail and civilization isn't finished if the courts decide that APIs are copyrightable.