30, maybe even 20, years ago, some people might have believe this. I think they would be wrong, but it would nevertheless be a widespread opinion.

Today? You've gotta be fucking kidding. Libertarians are the polar opposite of today's Republicans.

I think this might be the first time I've seen a Slashdot comment with a non-alphanumeric character that displayed properly. Nicely done, AC!

Yeah, my bad, I just automatically assumed this would involve a transfer switch to avoid backfeeding.

Ah, silly me, I thought this would require installation of a transfer switch to avoid backfeeding.

If it's still not an open protocol, then it's really hard to be at all interested in either the client or the server. Can this new app talk to non-Sonos speakers? Can I use Sonos speakers with my own app? It's ok if either side (or even both!) is currently unimplemented, as long as there are no trade secrets or DMCA shit deliberately preventing legal implementations.

If it can't interoperate on purpose, then it makes Sonos look like just another proprietary lock-in scam, and I don't fall for that trick anymore. Save that bullshit for the 1990s.

a doozie to debug

Kind of getting that impression, yes. Maybe I'm missing something, but there's only one celebrity who I consider to be in any way influential in AI, and that's only because he has a second career as POTUS and could cause all sorts of regulatory roadblocks if he wants to. Otherwise, celebrities might encourage AI adoption, but that doesn't make you an AI leader. It makes you a promoter/marketer.

And even if all it's good for powering is your fridge, well, congrats, now your fridge's contents can survive a power outage.

The next most rational alternative, MuKLinux, could be problematic for Greek reasons as well. :-D (mu = micro)

[*waves at another old friend*]

It's probably worth clarifying that this was done by Tim Cook in his previous job as senior VP of operations, and was long complete by the time he became CEO. But yes.

Does that mean you have an iPhone? I'm using Android and afaik it is not possible to delete Google Maps there (not that I actually use it on my phone).

Yup. I don't think I ever met him in person (not positive about that, given that this was roughly 25 to 35 years ago), but as soon as I saw the name, I immediately recognized it both from MkLinux and from NetBSD-mac68k before that. Good times.

For context, I think the last thing I did for MkLinux was hack up the timezone files for the DST changes in 2007.

Pretty sure if anybody tried to actually run it now, it would be a security nightmare. But on the flip side, nobody would still remember how to compile code for it, so maybe not. :-D

Either way, it was cool seeing a familiar name again after so many years.

Completely serious. Native American groups are pretty pissed about this.

But you're right. Calling it racist is a bit of a stretch, because I doubt our POTUS even knows that it's a Native American word, and probably thinks that it was named after a Canadian province, so by changing its name, he's "sticking it to Canada" or some such nonsense, completely unaware that the lake's name came first.

So in retrospect, I should have said that it displays an absolutely ridiculous level of cultural insensitivity and ignorance.

Either way, the effect is still the same, whether it was deliberate or just through a complete lack of bothering to actually learn anything before making decisions.

That theory relies on a very highly questionable interpretation of the meaning of the English language that is rejected almost universally by all but the most extreme wing-nuts.

Yes, it's being served by a Mac Mini in my TV room closet. :-D

Long time, no see.