I mean, they are also responsible for making news a for-profit enterprise, which has arguably ultimately killed it.

Yeah, that’s fair.

The FDA was already fucking worthless. I got severe food poisoning from some grocery store pre-boiled eggs some years ago, and when I asked them to look into it to prevent other people getting sick, they just connected me with the grocery store lawyers who were just useless and defensive.

Many algorithms aren’t even doing that in good faith, instead substituting in their low-cost contract cover bands as often as they can.

What could be more human than that?

😬 https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/

I was mostly being facetious. I haven’t tried it in decades, but I’m pretty happy with Cosmos.

KDE: With too much power comes too much responsibility. 😉

Zero that axis, please.

Bruce Schneier has been saying for something like 25 years that technological advances always favor attackers over defenders.

What does “too” salty mean? Is that even possible?

Please, no. We don’t need more myopia from politicians.

With no taxes on tips (if it actually happens), expect a HUGE increase in tip expectations.

Do they mean “buying” instead of “owning”?

Should I not be calling it “trans”?

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37394/why-do-some-words-have-x-as-a-substitute

I really like the tiling window support in Pop_OS!'s Cosmos desktop.

It’s the same argument I’ve heard about the “complexity” of Mastodon: too many choices, which is I guess why people largely stopped going to websites outside the major social networks. Monopoly over competition, it’s like everyone is pining for a monarchy.

If you say so.

Democrats aren’t authoritarians. It’s a bad comparison. Democrats are always fragmented, it’s virtually a defining characteristic. Post-Biden unity has been quite unusual.

The fixation is because there is no clear line of succession. If he fails, who steps in? They’ll splinter and fragment. They’ll still be deplorable, but less effective when not united behind a single authoritarian leader.