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Comment · 1 year ago
I find that having Brendan Eich back in charge of Mozilla would be very unlikely for two reasons:

- He’s already built a modestly successful competitor in Brave, so there might not be much incentive for him to jump ship. - It’s possible that bringing him back may risk the ire of the LGBTQ+ community. (His comments against same-sex marriage led to his resignation as CEO of Mozilla back in 2014.)

However, this is just my speculation.

Comment · 2 years ago
https://xkcd.com/927 comes to mind.
Comment · 2 years ago
To expand on your point, the United States Railroad Association only lasted for a little over two years until the Esch-Cummins Act was passed in 1920. Later, Conrail was under federal control for about a decade before it was sold to private investors in 1987, but it had a more regional focus.
Comment · 3 years ago
The first thing that came to mind was "switch to Firefox". Other than that, I have nothing to recommend.
Comment · 3 years ago
Louis DeJoy is still in charge.
Comment · 3 years ago
Thanks for the reminder that Heinz (Henry) Kissinger is still alive at age 100.
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Comment · 3 years ago
I did some more reading, and it turns out I confused QNH with QFE.
Comment · 3 years ago
This only holds true if you’re flying at or above the transition altitude. The transition altitude depends on where you’re flying: for example, in the USA and Canada it’s 18_000 feet MSL.

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