Libcat99

But does anyone use it?

A few people use php.

Musk has made dozens of verifiable lies publicly. Why would you take him at face value?

And it will remain this was as long as the consequences of not protecting our data remain trivial.

If my local groups are any indication the flock stuff is angering both the left and the right, perhaps for different reasons. Same with datacenters.

The datacenter meeting for our board was the largest I've ever seen in town. They had to move it to the school auditorium when 1000+ people showed up the first time.

I wanted to add I searched online for the text to see where I could find/read the rest :) So yes, keep it up.

All of it is greed. 100%.

If you could be profitable with 50 customers providing excellent support, you can be MORE profitable spreading that excellent support across a larger customer base.

Just because none of the big corpos choose to do this does not mean it isn't possible. It's JUST greed.

One day a bridge collapsed, and no one came to fix it.

This is how an empire dies. One toilet/park/swing at a time.

Frankly, this is insanity.

You would choose helping save 100 children so you can paint an aircraft pink rather than 10,000 for the same resource allocation.

So you, when given the choice.

1. Save/heal/supply as many people as possible. 2. "Make Amends" by painting aircraft pink.

You choose 2.

This is where you and I disagree.

While I would much rather see medical kits distributed to Gaza today than bombs, this could (and should) be accomplished not by converting F35s.

Dismantle the F35s, and drop supplies with a C130 or other military transport capable of airdrop, which will be VASTLY more cost/fuel efficient, thus allowing you to do a lot more of it than you ever could with a fleet of F35s.

Which I'm 95% certain is exactly what the other folks you're arguing with are suggesting.

I think it would be reasonable for the typical person to believe that when you click a button labeled "buy", you are buying the item, not renting it.

Don't defend theft/fraud based for billion dollar corporations. It's not a good look.

No one in law enforcement is trying to help you. That's not what it's for.

This is true in the same sense you don't need to own a pair of shoes.

Technically, sure, but there are jobs that require you to have a phone (at many different career points too), colleges that expect it, and more. And while there may be workarounds, they are often workarounds at someone else's expense, such as asking someone else to check the class schedule or work schedule.

So yes. You don't need to own a smart phone. And you don't need to own shoes. Both will get you (understandable) looks from general society. Both will limit what you can do. Both are somewhat understandable as having become a default, expected thing that people WILL have.

The feds don't own state IDs in the US, at least.

And arresting the users solves none of that. Maybe it hides it from casual observers, but if you actually want to help people, treatment programs and assistance, not cops, are what you need.