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How would this have worked in practice though? How could things like trade standards been harmonised or a common currency adopted without the trade union being able to do legislati…

It absolutely works with hardware. And it's not that difficult to add channels for extra software like a tainted Linux kernel. And in return one gets a saner programming language t…

The slippery slope of being held liable for an AI overview leading to neo-Hitler is certainly a take, and a ridiculous one at that. It's one thing for an LLM to get things wrong. T…

And the solution to this is to go through the German political system. The courts can't just decide to not follow the law just because it's a bit silly, and for as long as the laws…

There is a disclaimer, yes, but you have to admit that it's pretty shit, innit? I mean for one, it's about the size of a human hair, and at least when I tried it, the disclaimer ca…

If our standard for laws would be that "well no reasonable person would do this/believe this" then nothing would be illegal, there'd be no need to label any product as potentiality…

Georgism? In the big 2026? Now that's a blast from the past! Now, land value taxes obviously have their place in the gamut of different taxes to levy, so I don't wish to badmouth t…

Ideally the workers. But failing that, legislation would probably be a good thing to at least try to reduce e-waste from closed, discarded devices. Like, if a device line is at its…

> Yes, it matters. Does it actually matter? And if so, why? > You can try to distract and do as much mental gymnastics as you want but everyone rational can clearly see that one th…

This implies that the difference actually matters. In both cases there is a political goal behind the actions. Yes, printer driver software itself is very different from sexual and…

The Free Software community has always been political. Where have you been? Introducing a non-binary mascot for KDE is no more or less political than for example Richard Stallman d…

While I'm sure people here have seen these, might as well link the rest of them to set how this can be evolved while keeping it small. - http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ > - …

It seems that Yarvin didn't realise -- accidentally or more probably intentionally -- that the society in Soylent Green was not supposed to be taken as a model to emulate. It's not…

Racism. They seem to be irritated about the existence of migrants and member countries not being allowed to tread on their human rights.

I'd say that the onus falls on the engineer insofar as they need to ask the questions of "why are we making the new better tool", "according to what criteria is it better", and "do…

And pray tell, what does the American or the Chinese worker in this case get out of their higher productivity and competitiveness? Because it really seems that it's not quality of …

Maybe we need a cultural shift then, because if one needs to use a platform like X, nowadays owned and operated by fascists, then there's something deeply wrong with the tech world…

To be fair to us, the Euro is also a world reserve currency, alongside of course the US Dollar, the British Pound, the Japanese Yen, and the Chinese Renminbi. And the Euro is in fa…

Yes, actually! Well, it does require you to install an extension[0], but it can be done. [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/video-bg-play >

While this is very pithy, we need to acknowledge and remember that there's a gulf of difference between normal terminal interfaces and command line interfaces, and whatever the cha…

Well good thing is that they didn't. The only thing you need is to provide a USB-C port for charging. Nothing stops a manufacturer adding additional ports for charging, data sharin…

Well hatered for USB-C for charging connectors seems to be strong in this thread alongside the dislike for being able to have changeable batteries. Hell, this thread even has a per…

> Not even that . > > Consumers still need to buy replacement cables, because they break. > > And the USB-C cable end connector is a fragile piece of shit designed by committee and…

Well I don't know about you, but I at least think that it's good that the "hive mind" questions people who don't hate neo-nazis. Because that tends to be a warning sign when it com…

Doesn't this idea presume that the hate that Elon gets isn't totally justified?