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> That said, I find the definition of conservatism quoted by the OP insightful: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Insightful? I found it a straw man. I've long found left vs right to do more with personality traits. Tribalism is not reserved for either side.

On the right, people are more likely to be conservative as they prefer stability and what is known. Those on the left are not as conservative, as they prefer openness and unpredictability.

Both perspectives have merits.

I feel AWS ate Rackspace's lunch.

Rackspace were never part of the affordable hosting segment.

I think DigitalOcean ate the shared PHP hosters' lunch.

I've used DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr.

All have had OK ticket-based support.

There are horror stories out there for each one.

Something I recently missed emacs for, was being able to use it to transparent edit a file over SSH.

I couldn't find an easy way to do that with IntelliJ/phpstorm.

> The problem for me was JetBrains' privacy policy[0]. It is loosely-worded enough to forbid them practically nothing, and I find that especially appalling in a so-called "community edition".

What, specifically? Because I can see they are bound by the GDPR and it seems clear to me:

> If you install on-premises products such as IDEs or .NET & Visual Studio Tools, these products are located on your hardware. JetBrains does not provide hosting for these products and does not have access to any of your data processed with these tools, unless you actively decide to share this data with JetBrains.

Biscuit - "twice baked" in French.

> I still have a landline at home that I basically never use, "just in case".

I have a landline that I only use to call my mobile phone, when I lose it within the house.

In the English-speaking world it is a swastika.

I can understand the desire to reclaim the word swastika, but it might be an uphill battle.

> current government opinion

The current government opinion is actually often at odds with the police over this matter; they have been chastised openly on twitter by Braverman.

The police force are seemingly acting as a force unto themselves, captured by special interest groups.

My point was criticising your underlying assumption that the lack of diversity is due to an unwelcoming environment, presumably as a result of intolerance to certain characteristics.