"And we don't have one. Or a Hitler"
Yet

It's hilarious hearing "TDS" from the people who still whine about FDR, Carter, Clinton, Obama and think Soros is the micromanaging mastermind behind everything they despise

a 10 yr old PC isn't getting updates so is very vulnerable to being hacked

I have no particular admiration for Walz but even he would be a far better choice than Hegseth.
I suppose Kegsbreath might be my 1st pick if the only alternatives were Rafael Cruz or Gavin Newsom

when Crowdstrike pushed their shi***y update in Jul 2024, they took down my company's network a whole lot quicker than 1/2 hour and there wasn't a ****ing thing we could do

there are many people who have home server setups built out of decommed DC hardware.
I have a couple 1U and 2U servers and there are more than a few intrepid souls who have much, much more, even some blade servers which I think is bonkers

so they paid $1.5B to settle for something they didn't do?
and that you asserted is *not* illegal?

"...but the accusation was that they paid for private high-speed access to already downloaded books..."

1) go read the complaint:
https://storage.courtlistener....
2) point out the text that supports your assertion that was Anthropic's only violation
because as someone said "details matter"

"Anthropic famously bought a lot of copyrighted books"
that's quite an odd way to say they were sued for downloading copyrighted books from pirate sites and settled for $1.5B USD in Sep 2025

i think something like that was in an episode of Ironheart

My jaded self doesn't believe this is altruistic in the slightest

several reasons - variety of products that local stores simply couldn't match - it quickly got to the point where if i so much as thought "hey i wonder if there's a " there was someone on Amazon selling it.
COVID restrictions on stores & transit made shopping so much more difficult for me - a single guy who relies on public transit and works long hours, often including weekends.
no questions asked return policy didn't hurt although i've only returned a handful of items so far.
also COVID co-incided with my first move to a new place in a long time and i needed a lot of stuff that would ordinarily require paying extra for delivery or begging favors from friends who had their own problems to deal with

I think it's so precious to hear people talk about "Trump Derangement Syndrome" when so many of those same now-MAGAts lost their minds as soon as Obama had the audacity to run for POTUS & still haven't recovered

"How long do these supposedly very high confidentiality government organizations and F500 enterprise get a pass on that?"
In the USA?
likely for the foreseeable future

i thought it happened several years ago at the peak of COVID. prior to pandemic I'd made less than $500 of purchases from Amazon.
since early 2021, it's close to $10k