We can't have root on our own phones, but we can vibe code our own apps?

You don't put an oven "in charge" of dinner. You use it, as a tool.

... how some people are just now realizing the dangers of nationalization.

"Wait, you mean that my guys might not always be the ones actually running the government???"

Nope, not as long as the stupid clock changing ritual continues.

End that, and we'll be happy to never discuss it again.

Better start building the nuclear plants.

What's that, no? Then you don't care either.

They couldn't before? Seriously? Some arse could just blast their music or stupid videos all they wanted to?

One could take your anecdote both ways though.

The key is the schizophrenia, not the LLM.

I hated the ribbon when it came out, and still do. It's a stupid interface. Not having it is a definite advantage of LibreOffice.

The ribbon UI wasn't "better"; it just justified somebody's (or some team of somebodies's) job.

... not sure I'd put them in charge of nuclear weapons though ...

But isn't competing with Rope To Hang Yourself With Ltd, Guangdong already the international situation?

How would staying a true believer (vs. better servicing an under-served market) change any of that?

It's a "dead end" to provide a product that lots of people want, to a large slice of the planet? The slice that actually happens to be where you are?

n/t

... doing only what you feel like, not anything that you are supposed to be doing.

To give it a tech angle, so that /.'s current lefty overlords can kvetch about this situation.

To take the side of murderous dictators.