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Thanks. Yeah I think if a company like Ecosia is involved it could be win-win. But if it’s another purely capitalist outfit then it’ll probably be business as usual.

I forgot about the paywall and assumed this was due to their international reputational damage, over things like their pro-Israel “reporting” of the occupations in Palestine.

That sounds clever. With a stewardship, a company without the obscene wealth that Google has could actually adopt a project normally out of their reach and influence it for good.

I wish the article went into more detail though.

Microwaves are very energy heavy. This isn’t very reassuring at all.

As long as billionaires are campaigning to destroy it, there is no place for that comment you made.

I don’t like touch screens, or screens in general. I miss Minidisc so much. It was and is the absolute best for me.

The iPod with the click wheel would be my next choice but they’re too expensive now. CD cases were cumbersome, and when lined up it’s hard to read the spines. They skip too when I’m walking.

I’d go back to cassettes again if they were released to the same standard as back in the day (Dolby NR, etc). I like handling the cases and they look better lined up on a shelf.

I want to start using your “PBBM” instead of “LLM”.

That is a profound and true statement.

I hope that trend continues. Codeberg is my homepage for the time being. I’m finding substitutes there.

I’ll check out Forgejo too, thanks for the recommendation!

Most of the applications I use host their code on GitHub. I’m actively looking for replacements for as many of them as possible, because it’s just immoral to participate with Microsoft, IMO.

But that’s a poor article. A more accurate headline might be “Concerns about GitHub’s parent company, Microsoft”. But that wouldn’t generate the same attention.

I think that attitude is a trap, and what got us into this mess in the first place. If more people did what Young did, these platforms wouldn’t have the power (which we give them) to unleash as much harm on the world. Your suggestion implies that we should all wait for others to move first. That’s the definition of paralysis.

And with a net worth the size of Young’s, it’s simply not true to say he “needs” to use those platforms, except in the more privileged misuse of the word. They’re luxury items for him.

Keeping our morals behind closed doors is what’s wrong with the world.

I consider myself a trans ally, but I’m behind on the latest pronouns. Congrats!