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Re:The EARN IT bill is back. We've killed it twice, let's do it again
on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:54AM (#35828084)
That branch of libertarianism would back down immediately if only the NSA were incorporated like the NRA
Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks
on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:37AM (#35353457)
the transition to gasoline was hard too but it was forced through as a way for Pacific/Standard Oil to make a killing (of people who's land they were digging up)
Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware
on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:39PM (#35348290)
Like tech bros who colonised the terra nullus of the work previously done by hidden figures then?
> proportion of women represented in the computer science field peaked around the mid-1980s and has declined ever since
Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware
on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:26PM (#35348125)
I thought bigotry was scapegoating a minority group because of the actions of a few members.
Do you value the time and quality of life of the billions who can't drive a Chevy, nor will ever have a device that can run an Electron app or $10/month for Spotify?
It's not all free as in beer you know, free software is meant to serve a free society by allowing everyone to participate in the social construction of technology, not provide consumer luxuries. I think the term you're looking for is "open source"
Re:Microsoft's Software Is Malware
on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @05:10PM (#35347891)
Morally they are, not a popular point in the desert of instrumental rationality