Not taking money from Google means Firefox dies. Straight up. There’s absolutely no amount of “focusing on the basics” or cutting executive salaries that would make up the deficit, not even close.

We all wish that wasn’t the case, me especially. But that’s the reality.

I mean… I still need to go into the dealer to update my 2021 Toyota software. And they certainly don’t provide updates for anything other than safety related issues.

Speak for yourself. I think that’s one of the things Tesla got right. Cars shouldn’t have features locked behind software updates though.

It means it took a lot of time and money to gain vast sums of knowledge, but has no useful ways to apply it.

I always thought kernel devs were smart people. I’m kind of shocked learning a new language is this big of a barrier to them.

American magic bean companies like Beanco, The Boston Bean Company, and Nvidia

Omg 🤣

Lots of people mentioning collaboration / multiple users, yet all your replies seem to completely ignore this aspect. I’m guessing you might live alone and are struggling to imagine some very common use cases here.

Why not both?

I use syncthing for transferring files around my local network, and nextcloud for sharing files with others.

IMO these are related tools but designed with very separate use cases. Use the right tool for the job.

Abiotic Factor. Looks like it should have come out in the early 2000s, but so tight.

Ignoring lint issues comes to mind as an at least somewhat reasonable use case.

I just bought a drive from them last month (from Canada) and just received a $60 duty bill. The time before that I got nothing. YMMV

Yep. Prior to last year if person X told me person Y was antisemitic, my opinion of person Y would have dropped.

Today? It’s about a 33% chance for each of X, Y or both being pieces of shit.

I think that’s my main complaint with the game. Once you find a way to beat the boss, you just go for that build every time. It’s so punishing and the path to get there is so long, that it’s a massive disincentive to try new things.

I’m currently using Unraid for pretty much every thing you listed, and I love it so much. I really appreciate being able to set up almost everything through the web interface. It makes my hobbies feel fun rather than just an extension of my day job.

That said, I bought the licence before they switched to a subscription model. So if I were starting over I might look into free alternatives.

You can still buy a lifetime subscription for Unraid, it’s just a lot more expensive.

The Firefox example is actually the reverse, Firefox funds the Mozilla Foundation. This is a case of an open source project successfully monetising through search referrals (mostly from Google).

The mere fact this technology exists gives legislators a tool in their toolbox. I could imagine a future where the EU mandates use of PPA in certain circumstances.

This is incredible. Truly hats off to the folks at Astral. Can’t wait to try all this out and replace all our old bespoke tooling.

I wouldn’t recommend talking to your cat about Satanism. The best bet is to just hope they never find out about it.

You may not care about financial shit, but that doesn’t change the reality of the situation. My point is precisely that the financial costs are so prohibitive, that the most likely scenario is that no one will be capable of stepping up long term.