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Read Old Man’s War.

I develop a moderately popular open source project and self-host it on Gitea. But I also mirror it on GitHub and accept PRs there. And one PR submitter on GitHub said they preferred to contribute there because that’s where potential employers look for open source activity.

Could employers also look on Gitea/Forgejo? In theory, yes. But some of them literally ask for your GitHub profile on their application forms…

It’s about the public discourse. If an issue (e.g. the U.S. giving Israel weapons and enabling their war) disappears from the headlines, it’s much easier for politicians to ignore it. But if the issue keeps coming up, politicians feel pressure to act–or they risk getting voted out of office. Especially during an election year.

I don’t think the goal is to convince the people stuck in the artificially created traffic about Gaza. I think it’s to get news coverage from sites like nbcnews.com so as to raise the profile of the Gaza war so that politicians must address it. You are welcome to argue whether that’s an effective strategy, but I think that’s the intent.

Also, side note… Social progress rarely comes from rule following.

Wait. Signal was an SMS client. It wouldn’t cost them anything for a user to send an SMS message. IIRC, they nixed the SMS feature for security reasons, not cost.

Probably shouldn’t look up any car companies then…

It hasn’t always been exactly there though…

IIRC Honda isn’t unionized, so it’s probably not about striking directly. Rather, it’s likely a lame attempt to not have them unionize as well.

Hah. As if.

I commiserate with you on all of this, but I just wanted to let you know that as a small form of protest, you can say no to them checking your receipt on the way out the door. Be polite and civil, of course. But they can’t legally stop you from walking out with your purchases.

Maybe I’m being naive, but it seems like the biggest threat of unchecked AI is “just” the further concentration of wealth (among humans). Which, ironically, poses a catastrophic risk to humanity…

Some of the most condescending, man-splainy, anti-social, but-what-abouty contrarians I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering online have been technical users.

Lots of hotels tack on “amenity fees” or “resort fees” separate from those. It’s pretty obnoxious, especially since they don’t show them to you til you’re halfway through booking.

Who is trying to get away from electric? Electrification is the future, because it’s not reliant on planet-killing fossil fuels (even if much of the electricity today comes from them).

I dunno. It sounds like he was a state-sponsored arms dealer. Was he really “doing good?”

You too!

If so many folks were mislead by what you said, perhaps consider that you share some responsibility in communicating clearly.

Misunderstanding someone on the internet is stupid?

That’s correct.