Except, based on Reddit, many of the people canceling were canceling their FREE ChatGPT accounts. I found that funny. If anything, a free account was hurting the company as much as a $20/mo account was benefiting them.

A a fellow old fart, I completely agree. Even minor number was stable, odd was dev as I recall.

You've summed up how my journey to learn Unix and Linux began. In the early days of the internet we used SLIP or PPP connections, and usually that came with a shell account (typically some BSD variant). I was a young tech working primarily on DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2. I started playing around with that shell account. I tried to figure out how to display the contents of a text file. I figured out many *mix commands were two letters, and eventually typed "vi" and pressed enter. I had to call my ISP tech support and described what I did. The next day I stopped by Borders and bought a copy of "Teach Yourself Unix..."

Funnier read than I expected. I may steal the “journalist” line. That was fantastic.

Bingo. Financial strain, delaying starting families for a career, and abortion are the real factors we have a declining population. Two of those three are really uncomfortable for many to confront though, so it's easier to point the finger elsewhere.

You cant rely on illegal immigration to prop up falling birth rates. That's absurd. If we're concerned with why we have a population decline, we should be looking at falling birth rates, not importing bodies.

Tell me you have zero idea how financial markets work without telling me you have zero idea how financial markets work.

I read more but w than I have in my past 50-some years. The difference for me was an electronic device, and a well known one you’ve certainly heard of, and some of you probably hate. It’s so easy to have a dozen or more books with me, they don’t weigh a ton, and I don’t need to worry about needing light to read by. I read an average of 20-25 books per year now. It’s replaced a fair bit of tv/movies/gaming for me.

That's not the only problem with RMS's philosophy. He makes statements that are opinions, such as what is or isn't unjust, stating them as if they were fact. He then makes leaps to a related point based on those opinions. He's an interesting character, and a talented if unfocused developer, but beyond entertaining I don't find anything he has to say to be useful.

It is about time this state does something I agree with. Houses built in area prone to flooding, houses that become prone to flooding because of oveconstruction, this is a real mess here.

With fewer BR/4KBR releases, and fewer places selling what is released, and fewer players available, and now theaters dying out, it's like the studios don't want you to consume their content unless you subscribe to their streaming platforms. I don't see this as a good strategy on their part.

  I don't need a bunch of subscriptions, so I don't have a bunch of subscriptions. That's not going to change. I don't believe I'm alone.

From a stockholder perspective, I think expanding festures to third party systems makes sense, but after it has been an Apple-exclusive feature for some period of time, maybe 3-5 years. This allows Apple to leverage their investment in developing the tech without locking behind their walled garden forever. I don’t like expanding these features by country or region. That’s confusing for the consumer.

Ditto.

Absolutely. I could pick right up with edlin like I never stopped. It was so handy for really quick edits.

Honestly, since they left for Bluesky, X/Twitter has been more civilized. At least my feed is. The hate from just a few years ago seems like it ran out of steam, but maybe it's just on a different platform now.