Pay for independently-developed software if you care about it continuing to exist. Steal from corporations all you want. But support independent devs (and small teams) to make sure they can keep maintaining the tools you love and rely on. It’s the only way to not get swallowed by the big dogs.

And contributing money to shitbags allows them to keep funding terrible values. See Musk.

True.

Well, I know who’s gonna take a beating when the bubble pops and the market falls out from under them. What a stupid decision.

“Hey guys, this AI thing is gonna be like this forever. We’ll never lack for insane demand ever again.”

My friend was blathering on about Cory Doctorow two decades ago and I knew the name, had maybe read a little bit. I was kind of annoyed how ofter he brought him up. Man did he come out ahead of me on that. This guy articulates the ills of society so well.

Oh, awesome. Another genocide apologist.

You know, he’s right. I thought it had to be us (USA). Or our lunatic ally (israel). I mean, these were the combatants waging war. But it could have been anyone. Maybe Poland bombed the school? Or Uruguay? Canada is looking shifty…

You’re probably looking for something like phpMyAdmin. A lot of hosting companies offer it (I had to log into my own to look up the name of the software). I would host in a European nation if you could (people love Hetzner; I haven’t used any outside the USA). I believe that’s a relatively save route to data sovereignty and I doubt they’d honor a court order from your country demanding records or access to your data, but you should research carefully and not trust some half-knowledgeable / half-ignorant guy on the internet (me) if you’re putting yourself at risk.

I think people on Lemmy will be genuinely friendly about answering questions if you demonstrate that you’ve put in an honest effort to learn things on your own and don’t ask people to basically do the thinking for you. Unix / Linux / network / server nerds like talking about this stuff and are happy to help each other learn so long as there’s a sense of respecting other people’s time by trying to do things on your own and only asking for expertise because you tried first but got stuck. That’s been my experience, anyway, over the years (big old nerd right here).

She had never met her husband before their arranged wedding in the summer of 2024. Each time her family asked to see him, they were told he was shy. It was only on the wedding day, relatives say, that Fatima understood what had been hidden from her: her husband had severe intellectual and physical disabilities and could not eat, wash or dress himself without help.

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The decree also legalises child marriage. It allows male relatives to marry off children and says that once those children reach puberty, they may ask a court to nullify the marriage in limited circumstances.

Fucking nightmare.

Go for it, zionists. Get yourself destroyed.

One fascist boot-licker downvoted me. Hey fascist, no one here likes you.

When they released the M5 MacBook Pro, it was the same week that they introduced the Neo. I expected the MBP price to go up and I’d been planning to buy a new computer this year, so I was mad at Sam Altman for fucking the supply chain. But the Neo happened the same week and they obviously had a price-point planned. They couldn’t raise prices on any of them or the Neo’s marketing splash would be sullied by price increases. I couldn’t believe my luck.

I got my new MBP at last year’s pricing because I knew it wouldn’t last. Lucky me.

The kids are alright. (I don’t use that word in the real world because it’s improper spelling. It’s a music reference, all right?)

Fuck dumbass tech {m/b}illionaires.

Jerry Seinfeld can eat a back of dicks for being a zionist shitbag.

Politicians who don’t understand technology (and some that do) will continue advocating for a break in encryption “so they can catch the bad guys.”

No, you fuck. Either it’s protected or it’s not. I’ve just been listening to the latest podcast from 404 Media (you should check them out; print and audio). One of their primary stories is about cops accessing Flock cameras to stalk their ex-partners. AUTHORITY NEEDS LIMITS.

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

EFF is the only org where I’d throw away any job to join them.

Ted Cruz can’t because he has only culture war and lies. Ron Wyden has real experience drafting laws and policy (Section 230). Wyden needed a republican turd to join up for a bi-partisan bill. He found a sucker who put his name on it (for all the wrong reasons, but right-wing dipshits don’t look into anything, so it still works). Sometimes, you take what you can get to advance your cause.

Once Again, Ron Wyden Had To Stop Bad “Protect The Children” Internet Bills From Moving Forward

Ron Wyden Wants To Know Why The DEA Still Has On-Demand Access To Trillions Of Phone Records

Letter From Sen. Wyden To The DOJ Says Governments Are Gathering Push Notification Data From Google, Apple

Ted Cruz Proudly Pledges To Kill Last Ditch Funding Effort For Popular Low-Income Broadband Program

Ted Cruz Roasted for Pretending Paris Climate Accord Is Only for Parisians (Mother fucker went to Princeton. I know that doesn’t mean he’s intelligent, you can buy your way in, but he sure as shit understood why this was a lie. It shows his contempt for his supporters (deserved, earned, they are stupid as a rock). Which is why this happened:)

Ted Cruz Responds to Photo of Him Leaving Texas Before Winter Storm

Ted Cruz says leaving Texas during winter disaster was “obviously a mistake” as he returns from Cancún

Critics may chastise me for pulling all my pro-Wyden links from a single source (TechDirt). You can find the same info on his policies pretty much anywhere. I just like TechDirt’s tone in calling things what they are. Any other serious (as in, not right-wing propaganda) reporters will agree on the facts of what he’s done, but they are often coy / timid about calling out those acting in bad faith.

You know what you need to get a bill through? Bi-partisanship. We had it for the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Not that it did all that much in the long run, but at least it passed. You think we’re gonna pass laws to (attempt to) hold this admin accountable without a repub putting their name on it? Fat chance. Use one of the dumb idiots to launder your message for their audience. Again, they’re too stupid / thoughtless / disinterested to actually look into anything. It’s a win.

The best part is when they listen to their constituents. Wait… they don’t?! I’m shocked!

Also, as Trump said, nobody cares about the Epstein files. It’s a hoax!

Only because the hype has lasted longer than expected. Now that IPOs have been filed, the AI companies (Anthropic, OpenAI) released statements about slowing down to protect us. They’re setting the stage for lower growth. But I think you should invest every penny you have into “SpaceXMegaTwitterSuperCarAI”.

And I have no problem with that. I sort of found out who they were by accident cause they had a trend of good stories getting posted here and at some point I auditioned their podcast where they mention that.