they are if you voted the tyrant into power

i guess it only makes sense in the maga world. if i was in nintendos shoes, i would have done the same. who knows when tariffs change yet again, the tariff compensation is withdrawn or whatever the fuck. the trump administration flip-flops all over the place so fuck em.

not sure if this also works for self-imposed tarrifs.

i don’t have a 3D printer. granted there’s a cooler master mainboard case but it’s 45€ and i would still have to add at least four expansion cards for 85€ (ethernet, 2x usb-c, hdmi) a power adapter for 120€ and mass storage (maybe even some ram modules if i can reuse the old ones). at that point i’m running a bill for turning that mainboard into a server where i could just buy a new dedicated one.

The Thinkpad T460 i bought 9 years ago was passed on to a family member after a couple years and is still in use. I don’t know how that’s wasteful.

If I had bought a Framework I would have bought a new mainboard and I can’t pass a mainboard on, I can’t use it as a cheap home server. The old mainboard would have been electronic waste.

Conservatives are already implementing lots of the AfD’s policies from only a few years ago. They don’t need to be in power, they’re already setting the agenda.

You people keep repeating these platitudes as if there aren’t a lot of useful products sold that are literally harmful to kids. (And purposefully designed to not be save for children.)

But okay.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anark-a-modern-anarchism

there’s also a book release this fall at pm press if you want to support the author.

always remember: you can live in houses but not in cars.

I agree. Selling an AI that can find vulnerabilities in software is probably the second best thing after achieving AGI.

“Nice software you’re selling there. Would be a shame if it was suddenly very unsafe to use, don’t you think?”

Correct. Similar problem, different era. OSS collectivized the means of production for software dev to some extent. AI will make that meaningless and chain software development to capital again. That alone is a reason to fight it.

mkv is a container, not a codec

AI is not a useful tool, it’s a lock-in subscription that chains you to those billionaires. Fighting against AI is fighting against control by billionaires.

Steam is the OG online DRM. I’ll never forgive em for introducing that shit. Also expect Steam going to shit as soon as Gabe has to hand over the reigns.

You have it backwards. BuyFromEU is a reaction to protectionism.

can’t embed content on irc. that alone makes it not viable as alternative, because communities rely on this feature to share content and memes.

what practical alternatives are out there? every gaming and streaming community seems to use discord, but i hate it on the basis of it being an enshittified, proprietary walled garden.

hardware compatibility is only one part of the problem. the other is binary compatibility. vendors are not going to ship binaries for a range of linux distributions and versions. vendors are not going to ship source code. and if they do, it’s going to be a pain to get it to compile (e.g. trying to compile epson scan 2 on arch right now and grappling with a boost version that is too new).

not yet. you can develop on windows without paying microsoft. windows is not subscription software.

it’s clear now you’re not interested in a discussion. you see what you want to see and what fits the myth you want so desperately to believe. i see no point in talking to you further.