>"Iran had a chance for more moderate elements to take a bigger role, and to create an expanding consumer economy that would have obviated the need for a nuclear program."

Wow, that is beyond naive. Have you seen any evidence of Iran becoming more moderate over the last decade of the JCPOA? The regime has happily chanted "death to Israel, death to America, death to Britain" and funded terrorism all over, the entire time of the [believed] "pause" on nuclear weapon development.

>"At the time Trump nixed the deal our State Department, DoD, the inspectors, etc all agreed Iran was complying."

Possibly. And yet still using tons of money to fund terrorism all over the place. Or haven't you noticed? Money is fungible, however they are getting it.

>"Your "funneling money" as some breach of treaty is bullshit."

I didn't say anything about a breach of treaty. I really don't know either way. I am more concerned with their threats, actions, and behavior over the last several years. Putting a possible pause on some of their nuclear activities obviously did nothing to stop them from creating continuous chaos in the Middle East.

>"Yeah, it was undone and now we have to do it again"

Do what again? Limit it again? Or dismantle their nuclear program again? First, "we" didn't do that. Second, that might take a whole lot of time, considering how far back it was actually set this time. It wasn't a pause, but a hard stop. I expect what happened will certainly deter any type of voluntary future treaty, that is for sure.

The ones I feel for are the vast majority of Iranians, who have been suffering horribly under this unbelievably extreme, suppressive, and violent regime. I hope one day they can recover their country and flourish in peace once again.

>"If your anti cheat is incompatible with Linux then you are not allowed on Steam."

I run 100% Linux everywhere (and have for an extremely long time). Yet I have little interest in games. But I see this would be a good move. Or at least start pushing vendors *hard* by giving discounts or preferential treatment for compatibility, and the opposite for not.

It would be in Valve's best interest to ensure that all games work on all platforms, especially since Valve is investing heavily in Linux systems for their own hardware devices. (Which I also think it is a fantastic hedge against uncertainty).

>"I can dream, but I have been waiting since 2001 for the mythical YoLD."

We have had that for quite a number of years now. Just not for EVERY use case. If the goal is that every possible thing that runs on MS-Windows or Mac-OS also runs and is supported under Linux, we could be possibly waiting forever. Users must consider alternatives to proprietary-platform-only applications, or put enough pressure on those vendors to force them to port. But we can't get to that point without a much larger install base. So "which came first- the chicken or the egg" will prevail.

>"Windows 10 forcing a hardware extinction event seems to be the time to make a big push over the last few compatibility issues."

Very much agreed.

>"I have said from the outset that Trump's abandoning of the JCPOA (Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal) was the worst foreign policy mistake since Iraq 2003 and here unfortunately it came to pass as true."

I couldn't possibly disagree more. The JCPOA was just funneling tons of money to Iraq who then used it to... do more work on nuclear weapons and terrorism activities.

Trump did negotiate in good faith and gave a 60 day window for them to come to some kind of terms that would deny them nuclear weapons. Iran repeatedly said there was no way they were going to agree to giving up their nuclear program. On day 61, the deadline was passed, and Israel took action to nullify Iran's nuclear program.

>"For the record I don't even disagree that something needs to be done about Iran's nuclear capability"

I can't think of many things more scary than Iran with nukes.

>"but that was done"

No, it wasn't done. Now it is.

>"Why is it not far more popular?"

Why is ANY browser not more popular? Lots of reasons.

If you care about your browser NOT being based on Google-controlled code, then Brave is not an option. For many, including me, it is that simple.

I did not get inferior lenses. They are premium with extended depth of field and astigmatism correction. The problem was they calculated the wrong powers, somehow. Or perhaps they moved. I don't know.

I was not a candidate for multi-distance lenses. It was expected (by them and me) that my brain would not adjust to having multiple overlayed images at once, plus the additional halos and artifacts, and loss of night vision (they impart much less light due to the multiple focal points).

Unfortunately, the only thing I can do at this point would be to have the lenses replaced. And that would be expensive and risky, due to scar tissue/etc. At least glasses can compensate for the wacky outcome, mostly. My main problem is that I *cannot* use progressive lenses with computer displays. Lord knows I tried hard. I can and did adjust to them for other purposes, although it took years prior to the surgery.

>"Presbyopia is a bitch."

You know what's much worse? Post-cataract surgery. Then you lose 100% of focus ability, instantly. And if you are unlucky, like I was, then they botch the lenses and now my two eyes aren't even the same. They were supposed to be both corrected for distance and astigmatism. I ended up with with perfect astigmatism correction, but one eye that does far intermediate, and one that does close intermediate. Neither can do far or close, nor agree for intermediate. So nothing is ever really in focus, ever, and I have to wear multiple glasses and even MORE often. Then add in chronic dry eyes and floaters. Fun.

At least I can see again and the world is not all brown and fuzzy. So have to be thankful, I keep telling myself. Autofocus smart glasses or contact lenses, like you posit, would be fantastic. Although I am not sure how that could be done [effectively].

>"Do People Actually Want Smart Glasses Now?"

I don't know about "people" but as for me, there are almost no reasons to want them and many reasons to not:

1) Additional weight. I worked hard to have the thinnest, lightest glasses. Even those cause issues with my nose and ears. I don't want something that weighs what, 2x? 3x? 5x?

2) Invading others privacy. I don't care how many times people say "no expectation of privacy in public." People are not going to deactivate or remove them every time they are in a meeting, a bathroom, a gym, a childcare setting, etc, etc, etc. And you can't count on them doing it automatically. Even outside of such places, people don't expect this type of continuous examination of their lives.

3) Invading MY privacy. Yeah, as if we believe those privacy statements/assertions by these companies. And those are only as good as them not being hacked or subpoenaed.

4) Rude. There is no way around this. Most users are already rude with their phones. This ups that game a hundred fold. Exactly where the term "glasshole" came from.

5) Fiddle. Another device to charge, link, configure, update, protect, lose, signal, etc. As if our lives are complicated enough.

6) Overload and distraction. Blah blah blah, this will make things easier. Or it will just overload us with even more constant barrage of information/stimulation. As if we need more machine engagement in our lives.

7) Safety. How many clueless phone users are already driving into others, walking in front of cars, bumping people over? Take that and amp it up, big time.

I am sure I could think of more. Of course there will be specific valid use-cases. But you have to take the much bad with the good.

>"We've been running AlmaLinux for as long as it's been available - and I've been very happy with it."

We have been too. So far, so good. I hope Alma 10 is great as well.

>"think of it as a lesson in why you should never commit to a product controlled by a company without clear substitutes."

Or one that bases its work on Google-controlled code.
Or one that doesn't support Linux as an OS option.

>"Recently the Browser Company (the startup behind the Arc web browser) switched over to building a new AI-powered browser"

No thanks. Last thing I want is an "AI infected" browser.

>The Chromium-based browser has

DOUBLE no thanks. Not giving any mind-share or power-share over the hundreds of machines I oversee to Google.

>[per wikipedia] for macOS and is also available for [MS-]Windows, iOS and Android. "

So not even Linux support. So I guess that is TRIPLE no thanks.

>"According to LAPD Officer Chris Miller, at least three suspects were apprehended in connection to the Apple Store burglary. One woman was arrested on the spot, while two others were detained for looting."

And will any of them actually be prosecuted and punished? Or will officials make all kinds of nonsense excuses for them?

Why is this posted AGAIN. It was just posted yesterday:

https://it.slashdot.org/story/...

I even replied:
https://slashdot.org/comments....

>"Economies require population growth."

That is a ridiculous statement. It isn't "required." Population growth *can* assist with growing a GDP. And yet, it can also hurt it. It "depends".

And some aspects of economies built on pyramid schemes do require population growth. For example, the USA's social security scheme has required population growth because more benefits have been going out than in for many decades. When growth stalls, the house of cards collapses and we all end up paying yet more and more taxes trying to keep it funded.

I was notified by Amazon today via Email. And yep, I still have it. Yep, it is the exact match, same model. It is very rarely used, so it is practically new. I bought it 2020-10-14.

Went through all the mess of entering a very long, alpha-numeric, tiny, dark grey on black print serial number using a bright light and magnifier. It came back and said my exact unit is not part of the recall batch and is safe to continue using.

I do appreciate the warning and that Anker stands behind their products like this. It makes me trust them even more. They would have offered a full replacement or credit. All companies have product issues occasionally. If I bought some no-name, it would be far more likely to have dangerous issues, probably no real recall, and certainly no refund/replace offered.