Cell phones sold in the EU come with attached wrist bands and companies call them wearable.

Could have done that anytime by simply chilling the room down to near 0K - or whatever the usual temp needs to be. :-)

Some of it is the licensing, with the BSD license having fewer restrictions on reuse, but a lot of it was the early fighting over Unix copyrights, including between AT&T and BSD, when Unix proved to be a viable commercial OS, like with 386BSD (which I used - yes, I'm old :-) ), rather than just a research and university item. While companies were fighting over who would control and profit from Unix, Linux got a head start actually being used. Both have their pros and cons and places where one may be a better choice than the other.

What are his thoughts on GOTOs - and Velociraptors?

Trump gets a resort in Havana?

As with most bullies, Trump only picks fights with countries (and people, companies, institutions, etc...) he thinks he can easily push around (or will bribe him to go away) -- he miscalculated, and/or was lead astray by Netanyahu, with Iran. He also doesn't respect those who cave easily.

LAPD ending deal with company operating license plate-reading cameras (July 11,2026).

And in Michigan, Flock cameras coming down in Westland; councilmember says contract not renewed

I hate how this Administration always frames things like this. At least they didn't throw in "freedom" or "patriot".

Well... If you're an ICE agent it's because the driver, "weaponized his vehicle" (said w/o any body cam footage) -- or, as Uncle Jimbo on South Park would say, "My God! It's coming right for us!"

Someone will report this story to Stephen Miller and the Trump administration, but spell it "brown" and the whole school gets deported.

You use a Chinese AI Language Model and an hour later you want to use it again. :-)

I'd be in favor of that, but could easily see it challenged on 1st Amendment grounds - though I'd counter by proposing a "None" option on the ballot, so at least you participated. If voting was mandatory, it should also be a national holiday or people should otherwise be allowed time off from work to vote, as well as early in-person voting, and voting my mail would definitely have to be allowed, postmarked by election day. You have to provide various opportunities to vote if it's required...

I'll add that my personal feeling is that if you don't vote/participate, you don't get to complain.

The popular vote was 49.81% (77,303,568) for Trump and 48.34% (75,019,230) for Harris meaning Trump won by 1.47% -- or, as Trump and his minions call it, "a landslide". There were 90 million eligible voters who did *not* vote, meaning more people opted-out than voted for either.

Among all 245M eligible voters, the overall percentages were roughly: 31%, Harris: 30%, None: 36%

How Many People Didn’t Vote in the 2024 Election?

It's not just that, they have more options and fewer responsibilities than regular (actual) people.

Trump: "I was the most transparent, and am, transparent President in history." -- except ... except ... except ...