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Re:EFF is leaving X on Thursday April 09, 2026 @05:32PM (#47710453)
They will accomplish nothing and be happy, like so many.

I used to respect the exodus, but these days my mental heuristics go off with red alert at the sight of a Bluesky icon replacing Twitter in a website footer.

Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:38AM (#46034588)
The most intolerant wins again.

I'll be keeping “master”, than you very much.

Re:UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:34AM (#42364130)
A whole steak doesn't contain pathogens deep within, only on the surface, which is why ground beef is different situation entirely.
Re:Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server on Thursday August 24, 2023 @04:51PM (#37254381)
Time and again I keep being impressed with your selfless commitment to building and sharing things in the most humane and long-term way. A beautiful example to set, thanks.
A fun fact is that there is a monorail station built in the middle of a residential building, so it might also be literal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liziba_station

Re:Namecheap: Russia Service Termination on Monday February 28, 2022 @07:26PM (#30507315)
I'm there with you, but the opposition is disproportionately reliant on VPNs and foreign cloud hosting. It is required to have any shot at tipping the scales at all. The Twitter and Facebook are blocked already at this point.