That also explains the hairball of dependencies.

Back before systemD was even a consideration, I just wrote a wrapper script that waited until a dependency was ready, then started the dependent daemon.

Parallel start-up was a thing before systemD as well.

I wouldn't mind so much if systemD would stay in it's lane and just be an init system.

Which might actually improve the Win 11 experience.

Why do employers and bosses demanding return to office hate America so much?

And the fed is careful to manipulate the market to keep unemployment from falling "too" low.

I do sometimes choose an item that is not the cheapest in the store for reasons of quality.

That's one of the ones I was thinking of. :-)

I would say that very very few people out there are not vulnerable to delusions. Entire sectors of our economy run on delusions.

My current keyboard has soldered switches as well. I went with the blue switches and they really do feel a lot like my old keyboards did. That'll be good enough, I have a decent solder station.

I'm reminded of a great many stories where someone makes a wish to a genie and it is technically granted much to the wisher's distress.

Inverters for solar have shut down during a power outage for many years now.

Personally, I would like to see one that shuts down by default but can come up standalone as long as the house is disconnected from the grid.

That was either the start in-rush or their fridge was made in the '50s.

If we had a legislature and executive that were as interested in the people as they are polishing Wall street's knob, I might suggest a law that if a service connected with a device changes in any significant way (or just gets shut off), the company must either refund each customer the full MSRP at the time of purchase, or where applicable, offer a final update that unlocks the bootloader and offers as much functionality as is feasible offline with source and document the hardware for the user community to continue development of the offline version. This should be the customer's choice.

Ideally the key switches should also be replaceable so you can get your preferred feel. I'm glad to see that trend in USB keyboards.

It seems to me that in cases where police really need to read DMs, the recipient/victim will happily share with them.