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planned by the wealthy who subsidize the politicians (when necessary).

To make objects for the wealthy to buy.

The exact same way it is now except the makers are in Asia and the wealthy are in the West.

By the time most of you accept reality it will be too late to change it.

The destruction of the US public education system is intentional, planned, and desired. Only the children of the wealthy will be properly educated going forward.

Future generations of US citizens will be the uneducated labor of the global society. Probably 2-3 generations from now.

Re:WTF Ubuntu? on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:22AM (#50338047)
So nice to see people coming back around to Debian.

Listened to over a decade of people chirping about the new hotness and calling my Debian servers lame, old and busted. Well look at you now!

Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @11:32AM (#50275380)
global drone network. governments will pay far and wide for access.
Re:Please Let the Internet Die on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @08:44AM (#50272697)
Starting over won't address human urges which got us here.
> Your NetScaler talks to strangers

talk to your servers about stranger danger.

How else will they subsidize the cost of the jumbotron in your living room?
Re:Turn an old junk phone into a Talking Jack-O-Lantern on Friday October 16, 2026 @01:58AM (#50114621)
how to make a free bot farm.
Re:Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @06:31PM (#50096405)
It took 2 CEO's to come up with the layoff plan.
These are the 'brilliant minds' leading society into the unknown.
The USA has a strange fascination with infecting non-whites with disease.
a day late, and a billion dollars short.
Re:'Nothing About This Was Inevitable' on Friday October 09, 2026 @09:01AM (#50019875)
This won't be popular with the techbros.
Re:The Copilot+ PC branding is dead on Friday September 25, 2026 @09:20AM (#49844273)
Microsoft would struggle marketing water to people in the middle of the desert.
Re:I'm Tired of Being on the Network on Friday September 25, 2026 @09:16AM (#49844236)
Tech/phone addiction is real. But it will be years before anyone admits it.
Re:I said no and Apple said yes on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @07:30AM (#49799586)
Macs are for people who think they know how to computer but actually don't know anything at all.
The seas are always open, friend.
Re:Apple May Return to Server Market with Nvidia Technology on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @10:00AM (#49727181)
lol
Re:The American Age Is Over on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @09:59AM (#49727167)
The fire of the Empire is beautiful at night.
Re:The US is talking about space weapons now on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @10:00AM (#49712645)
You can always count on the current administration to say things they shouldn't.
funny how the stuff AI "creates" always looks like something that already exists.
Re:Holodomor on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @08:56AM (#49711835)
Hard to believe people still 'debate' the cause.

Humans are an ignorant beast.

Re:Roblox plan to grow their gaming empire even further on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:51AM (#49696895)
Will they ever start working on moderation of their user base? Or do they hope they can lobby their way out of it?
Re:Fake GitHub Repositories Spreading Malware via PowerShell on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:30AM (#49696565)
Maybe this sort of thing will force MS to harden their OS.

hahahahaha.

A normal well adjusted person would be embarrassed to wear any advertising.
Excellent work!
Will be funny to see how this information is embraced by the valley. Will probably just be ignored like all other 'problems'.
Re:iPod Classic 6G in QEMU on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:50AM (#49659469)
CoverFlow originally was a 3rd party 'mod' that Apple bought at some point. My memory is hazy...

https://github.com/davidtphung/coverflow-media

https://512pixels.net/2023/10/the-history-of-cover-flow/

Re:Orbs on Sunday August 30, 2026 @10:55AM (#49499199)
Simulacra and simulation.

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