tar xzvf
./configure
make
make install

...Daikatana.

'Nuff said.

There hasn't been "free speech" on the Internet since the days of LiveJournal and MySpace. Look at what the platforms show you in the name of the almighty algorithm...only rarely is it what the user wants to see. Instead, it's what the "verified" (read: paid serious money to promote their material) accounts have decided you should see, with a sprinkling of the accounts you actually want to see thrown in just to maintain your engagement.

The only exception of which I'm aware is BlueSky, which still, so far, shows you your selected "followed" accounts in reverse chronological order, just like the good old days of Twitter. But it's easy to foresee the end of that, since no platform can exist without financial support. Unless BlueSky can come up with a novel way of raising operating funds, advertising and "curated" timelines are likely not far in the future.

That's as far as I go.

I keep repeating this, because it keeps being borne out by news such as this.

Tech companies are bolstering their revenue streams by preventing right-to-repair and insisting that only THEIR employees and THEIR parts can be used, because they have adopted the position that the customer can never actually own the device they think they've purchased...they can only rent it.

See also: Sonos "smart" speakers, Second Sight retinal implants, and a laundry list of other products that have been bricked because the manufacturer either decided it was no longer cost-effective to support them, or outright went out of business.

This, of course, opens the door on a separate discussion regarding open-source vs. closed-source ecosystems, but by definition, that's going to be a separate discussion.

Engineered obsolescence.

The business models of today's tech companies revolve around one simple assertion. Consumers can never be allowed to actually own the devices they paid for...they can only rent them.

I hope you were taking notes. This will be on the final exam.

Is it possible that Dorsey has never heard of Meshtastic or MeshCore?

So what you're saying is "block means BLOCK" is somehow bad.

A code generator will invariably produce code which is buggier than the generator.

Caveat emptor.

"You've stolen what I've rightfully kidnapped!"

An Executive Order issued Monday implemented a full hiring freeze on all Federal positions within the executive branch, except for military recruitment or positions related to public safety or national security. The positions cut within these advisory committees meet that definition.

That said, several departments are announcing broad exemptions to that hiring freeze. Whether these advisory committees meet the criteria to be exempted remains, as the saying goes, a game-time decision.

"Elsevier responded that the editors shouldn't be paying attention to language, grammar, readability, consistency, or accuracy of proper nomenclature or formatting."

What do they see as the editor's job, then? Because to me, it sounds like what they're saying is that editors shouldn't be...you know...EDITING.

Users are moving to BlueSky, among other reasons, because "Block" means BLOCK. Once one user blocks another, there can be no further interaction between the two users unless the first user removes that block. Contrast this to the former Twitter, where a recent policy change allows blocked users to continue to view the blocking user's posts and comments, arguably creating a vehicle for cyberstalking...or worse.

In combination with a distinct lack of advertising, no algorithms that promote or demote individual posts, and the ability to read followed accounts' posts in reverse chronological order instead of scattered across the timeline by the previously-mentioned algorithms, the attractiveness of BlueSky becomes more apparent. In short, it's what Twitter was in the beginning, but with better guardrails.

The person who put the AirTags in their recycles will be quietly arrested and charged with one or more of: industrial espionage, improper disposal of hazardous materials, stalking, or anything else TX AG Paxton cares to come up with.

Trying to sue Amazon won't have any effect whatsoever, after last week's Loper-Bright decision by the Supreme Court. If Amazon lose, they will appeal and cite that case, and the courts will de-fang the FERC and let Amazon buy as much power as they want, because the courts are now the final arbiters of regulations, and the actual regulatory agencies are just decorative puppet theatre.