This is the very first post I see in favor of Pocket. Well, not really... OP says Pocket "could have been" good.

Returning to the "Good ol' days" is ALWAYS a pipe dream - nothing ever goes back. The web is changing into ... something else. We'll have to wait and see.

I search on the web for what I need, then look for the specific app by its name in Google Play... and even then my target comes up 3rd-5th place in the search results.

It really is bro!

You just need a creative person to use their JD equipment as retail-level food preparation equipment - problem solved.

All N. Korea hackers rejoice.

8 Years ago, there were some headlines talking about Russia wanting develop their own software and drop US based systems. I wonder where all those made in RU tools are now?
https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

Yes, I do believe it. I'm old enough to remember winters used to be colder. Dry heat waves used to a 1-2 event during summer. Now they're arriving once a month... Lot of of other little things that I notice.

If anything, in a few decades the general outcomes will be much worse than what most people understand right now.

MS Excel macros.

Many social media sites nowadays assume they are always open - so on the scale of what's important, initial loading time -& data is way down.

When the technological solution fails, the answer isn't an even more invasive technological solution... You can't fix human behavioral issues with technology.
The solution has to be different/better training - yes, that's way more difficult than pinning a camera on the cop.
Currently, you have badly-trained cops who feel the people don't trust them.

I seem to remember Putin declaring a while back that Russia can't trust western-controlled operating systems and has ordered the development of a native-russian OS... I wonder what became of that one.
Also, whatever became of russian COVID-19 vaccine that Putin declared as a great success - with no proof whatsoever... The vaccine that absolutely no one trusted.

5? More like 25!

You're giving the agencies a lot of credit there. I'm much more skeptic about them.

of course it's relevant... If it's in Python then Guido is in on it too!!!