Ownership had always been a law defined, state/sovereign enforced concept. And, since both thog and grog first wanted the same rock, disputes have been decided by any means available.

> There's educational value in occasionally being forced to learn a new platform

I came here tonsay the same thing. especially in an educational setting, exposing students to multiple environments should be part of the goal. Not just computing environments, but cultural, social, language and pedagogical environments should be as varied as possible to bring forth flourishing humans. Of course this small-l liberal pipe dream is completely anathema to modern neoliberal hyper capitalism; such education is only for the very rich.

Excellent science fiction, of which Asimov sets the standard, often while spawning ideas and prompting contemplation. Sometimes it just makes you think, like Dick.

ok then why donâ(TM)t we subsidize our industry instead of tarriff?

> While late filtering from natural causes is possible it looks unlikely since natural disasters on that scale just aren't that common.

It is definitely too soon to draw this conclusion, because we have only just entered our first global scale civilization. And we are testing the global humanity carrying capacity.

interestingly, the 2004 law *increased* the limit. but yes it was very explicit.

Even if this doesnâ(TM)t matter to the reach of broadcast, these companies also create/control a lot of streaming content.

The fancy contract word is privity. If this injunction is meant to be based on contract law, it fails in any functioning system of jurisprudence. I suspect it rests in dmca and copyright law, though, which prohibits infringement of protected rights. The question remains what duty or liability ispâ(TM)s have in this situation.

Of course, whether the US judicial branch is behaving rationally consistent with existing law or any concept of democratic authority is open for debate.

Somewhere between 2016 and 2022 bmw stopped being so awesome. I test drove a 328d â16 and that car was perfect. Cockpit was gorgoeous, car handled like a dream, and it was a diesel wagon. I passed because replacing the run-flats seemed too pricy. I regret it.

Rented a â22 or â23 5 series. It waa quiet, but handling an acceleration were lackluster for a car of that pedigree. And the interior was so ugly. No elegence, no sophistication. The themes in the infotainment looked like a modern activision game, all âoescifiâ and no sedate, classy options. I did like the HUD tho.

The C Class otoh. That was a nice ride.

Eventually it will die, but my â16 Lexus ct doesnâ(TM)t have even a touch screen. Itâ(TM)s quite nice.

A gift of Trump is the openness with which he does it. But as said above, no-one with any ability to do anything about it seems to care. I guess we have to wait for the whole system to collapse.

You're not wrong. That doesn't make it just. But it is a reasonable argument to make that justice is merely some combination of a tool of those with guns to make it less costly to manage those without guns, together with a figment of false hope for those same vanquished populations.

Why not let the people who were first on the land choose? Europeans decimated indigenous Americans with disease and war. Or perhaps the intangibility of justice means it, too, should bend the knee to science.

If one platform is more attractive, i.e. âoespoilsâ users, isnâ(TM)t that mean better by market standards?

It is very hard to convince someone of something when their livelihood depends upon them not being convinced of it.

--paraphrase of a quote made by someone whose name I forget

> I find it fascinating they my post pisses off so many people.

I find it fascinating that you interpret disagreement as pissed off.