we need to regulate speech then, exactly the same way we want to regulate firearms.
Only those authorized by the state ought to have speech. Safety First!
(this is largely sarcastic in nature)
Pure mathematics...but sometimes lead to unexpected discoveries that do turn out to be useful, and rarely turn out to transform entire scientific fields.
It's irritating when that happens. Ruins the fun. Then I have to go research something different.
When economists analyze the effect of corporate raiders like Broadcom, it turns out that this is actually good for capitalism.
[Citation needed]
Not sure what your point is against a reality like that.
My point is that you're deluded.
The bigger you are, the harder it is to turn the ship in an emergency. See Titanic.
At some point the inertia of change isn't worth it, as you suggested. It is possible, but is it worth it?
The last way to look at this is a way to start the process of diversifying our Tech holdings. Windows, Office, Adobe, VMWare etc. But here is my take, STEAM is showing the way out. We're not there yet, but the tide appears to be turning (to keep the nautical terms going).
Broken clocks are still broken, even when they occasionally tell the time correctly.
Or consider why you don’t hang out with 19-year olds to have intellectual conversations ripe with common life experiences and perspectives
I literally do.
Yeah, I've become the old greybeard I used to make fun of. The Tech version of a hero living long enough to become the villain.
Now, get off my lawn!
"We at Siemens have seen how successful SCO was, and think we can be just as successful!"
No, you're confusing the definition of censorship with what restraints on free speech are constitutional.
Oh, now you are trying to nitpick?
You are the one who said, "Censorship means suppression of speech or expression by a governing authority." which is a really dumb thing to say, otherwise "government censorship" or "self-censorship" wouldn't be terms.
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
