Dookieman12

Yeah, something is fucky with these numbers. Is there a corresponding drop in Windows/Mac numbers? Or is this due to a large number of new machines appearing out of nowhere?

Kids don't say "kickback". They call it "the function"

Precisely. I make calculated decisions all the time. But I suck at math. Even "highly calculated" decisions can be very stupid. In fact, some levels of stupidity are only possible with some level of higher education.

He dove head-first into the so-called metaverse and even renamed his company for it.

Not quite. He changed the name because "Facebook" was in the news too often with privacy controversies and he thought the name change would distance his company from that reputation. Seems it worked.

Continue using Wikipedia. They don't run ads so traffic doesn't translate to revenue for them. Just don't donate and their server costs will become unsustainable once they run out of cash in about 20 years

they wanted to have an official vote on the matter, and didn’t want to be pressured into a decision on the spot

If workers want to unionize, that's their business. Workers don't need anyone's permission to organize. Unionization means conditions are bad and individual efforts to correct them have failed. The company wanting an "official vote" is just an excuse to add friction to a process that requires none.

It would be a terrible thing for this organization to die

If an organization won't respect the fact that it exists ONLY because of its workers, it would be a great thing if it died and made way for one that will. There are enough backups, we can survive the transition period. I have two, currently; one that gets updated, another from the pre-LLM era.

This isn't new. It's always been this way. He's just finally saying the quiet part out loud.

The FCC has always asserted governance over the airwaves on the basis that only so many frequencies are available so regulations are required to ensure their limited availability goes toward the advancement of the public good.

Because the airwaves are freely available to anyone with an antenna, one of the ways the FCC "ensures the advancement of the public good" is regulating what's allowed to be shown and said on television under the basis that children are watching at home.

The FCC has a long and varied history of enforcing censorship on the airwaves. It used to be that women's periods couldn't be mentioned, it used to be that actors had to keep one foot on the floor so they didn't show "a man and woman in bed together."

Violators have always been subject to fines and revocation of their license. Corrective action has always been at the sole discretion of the FCC. The only thing that's changed is how openly aggressive the FCC has been wielding their authority.

Historically, the FCC has always been regarded as having too much power, but they've always managed to avoid regulation by wielding it responsibly and conservatively and generally not pissing off the public to much. The current administration is highlighting why this has been a mistake.

Yeah, but if you've ever been involved in a big project at work, you know that 80% of the progress comes from 20% of the effort.

Neckussy

I don't care about the camera at your house because it's used responsibly. I only care about Flock cameras because they're used dangerously and irresponsibly. I don't think the police should be able to come to your house and take away your camera because someone else abused their right to own a camera. Just because some people do bad things with cameras, I understand that cameras still have perfectly legitimate uses for many people.

Back in my day, you could customize your YouTube profile and PM anyone on the platform