I, Steve Wozniak, did not participate in the theft of the BASIC. It was funny to me to see others enjoying doing this. I had never used BASIC myself, at that time, only the more-scientific languages like Fortran, Algol, and PL-1, and several assembly languages. I sniffed the air and sensed that you needed BASIC to sell computers into homes, because of the book 101 Games in BASIC. I loved games and saw games as the key. It was the [MS] BASIC that inspired me to write a BASIC interpreter for my 6502 processor, in order to have a more useful computer.

It's hard to find people with Tim Berners-Lee's integrity. We should 'own' our own lives. It's a lot deeper than just being watched.

For 20 years, plus or minus, personal computers reversed that idea.

I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.

Known VPN services have identifiable server addresses that can be blocked. Instead, you can set up a cheap raspberry pi (or other) at your home and use an encrypted SSH connection to that [raspberry pi] from far away. Then turn on your SOCKS proxy (part of WiFi Details on Macintosh) and check to see that your IP address shows to the world you access as that of your raspberry pi. I do this all the time, including right now. It also helps to watch sports events.

They're not hurting anyone.
Leave them alone.

Why does every business need a copy of my Social Security Number?

Thanks.

And why is a lawyer the one finalizing the divorce order?
Shouldn't that power solely lie with the judge (or the judge's staff)?

The original Tesla Model S had a two speed gearbox, but Tesla couldn't figure out how to keep them from breaking, so they went with a one speed instead.

98% of Federal Court cases are settled https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22...
TFA also mentions that the same situation exists at the State level as well.

All it takes for your apocalypse to materialize is for X% of defendants to say "I want a trial"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"the closure was for political, not technical or safety reasons."

There's a lack of charger repairmen

There Aren't Enough Electricians To Fix America's Broken EV Chargers
https://jalopnik.com/not-enough-electricians-to-fix-broken-ev-chargers-1850915631

tl;dr: estimates are that the demand for electricians will grow over the next decade while the supply of electricians will shrink

The depressed viewership during COVID makes for a great time to bring back moviepass. /s