There is no way I am equating using apps with nationalism. And I have yet to understand how the worst of the big business Chinese apps are worse for me than the oligarch’s here.
If anything, while both will sell my data hundreds of times, it may be safer to use the bastards that are not under the control of the collapsing government here
Many will believe that forever
Bad things happen to large groups of people and there are no heroes to rescue most.
yarn was popular because it could be a drop down replacement for npm. Now there must be a lock in to support edge cases most projects don’t need (or know about)?
I think all large organizations have several people who wish to do good, or at least dream of it. And those trying make good stories and provide hope.
Perhaps we are evolutionary designed to be drawn towards such people.
But it does squat all for 99.999% of the people caught up in these events
I just love plot twists
There was one Schindler and ten thousand monsters.
20 cents, take it or leave it
I’ve been against electronic voting in the USA for years. Many states, especially the so called battleground states, rely on these for the most of the results.
People like me, who say paper ballots only please, have been ignored by the very people who are upset by outcomes calculated by procedures they cannot possibly explain ( it’s secret). Who will, until their dying day, swear they have faith in the integrity of these system because their cousin’s friend’s uncle knows somebody who works in sales who says it’s ok.
It really does not have to be that way. It’s a uniquely American trait, I think.
For many here, they can find comfort with each other.
For me, the initial disaster has not stopped, it started over a generation ago, and continues in its original form and fashion. And will be ignored by most reading this.
Where I am at, it’s much easier to just stuff things into bags without a care, and have God figure it out at the checkout
For me it is entering correct vegetable and fruit codes. I found it fun and a novelty when self checkout was first introduced, now I will go out of my way, slightly, to not enter or scan
They are welcome to snoop around my small town infrastructure, which, checks notes, is hooked up by Chinese routers the last few years