"man" pages are a relic of toxic masculinity and the superiority complex of the patriarchy and are now "person" pages. The "yes" command is considered reaffirming the male belief that the only applicable answer a woman could ever give is actually yes and it will now be complemented by a "no" command. Ignoring this results in a crash of the system, this is not a bug but a feature of the system protecting itself from being overpowered by its (usually male) user. Likewise, commands are no longer allowed to accept --force parameters. "mail" shows gender bias and will for now be symlinked to "femail" until a gender neutral replacement can be established. You are no longer allowed to "touch" files without proper permission. "more" is no longer available as a relic of the consumer-capitalist ideals of more being always better, the use of "less" is now enforced for all applications. The environmentally problematic Latex is replaced by the biodegradable Kleenex.
shell commands "kill" is no longer appropriate and has been replace with the much more acceptable "euthanize". Programs have to agree to being euthanized before their termination. "abort()" is now "choice()" "history" has been rewritten. It's now "herstory".
terminology and phrases Terminals are no longer considered "dumb" or "smart". All are equally valuable. The word "Daemons" is considered pejorative in some religions, we now speak of "spiritual guides". X-Window system is now the NC-17 Window System.
I dare not continue. Some idiot will probably take this serious and do it...
A farmer still gets money from the fruits he harvested last year? Ship builders now sell on installments? You still pay your bricklayers an annual fee for the house you live in?
The original idea behind copyright was to encourage creation by giving people an exclusive right to reap the rewards of their intellectual labor. IIRC it was originally 7 years of exclusive reproduction, which was back then a pretty tight schedule to get it printed, bound, distributed and sold. Usually by the time your book became well known to readers and there was actually some sort of demand, your copyright was expired and your incentive to write another book was pretty high, hoping that your name has already become famous enough that people would seek out your books.
As the ways of distribution, marketing and selling became faster, paradoxically copyright was extended instead of reduced. A copyright that is in sync with what those 7 years back then represented would probably closer to 7 weeks.
Yes, that's even more ridiculous. If you want to know just HOW ridiculous, realize that no Beatles song will enter PD before 2068, 100 years after pretty much all of them were written, and even that only if McCartney and Starr bite the dust in the next couple days.
They have investments that have to pay off today. It's not like Rockefeller did something and until this day his descendants get money from that without putting a dime towards it.
Does anyone need any confirmation that this is absolutely ridiculous? The currently oldest living person is Kane Tanaka from Japan. Born 1903. Now assuming she was a composer and already active before she was 20 years old, we might actually have someone alive whose works drop into PD.
1923 was 95 years ago. We're talking about 4 generations of people reaping the rewards of something their great-grandfather did. Try to find me one other profession where you can milk the exploits of someone you probably never even met because he died long before you were born.
Yes, I do think I helped with understanding and clarification. Because the "chemical == evil" bit is simply bullshit. At least clarify WHAT chemicals you do not want in your food, which you now finally did.
Now there's that new weasel word in there, "artificial". You are aware that pretty much all food today is "artificial", yes? Bread does not grow on trees. Neither does peanut butter. And since there is no sausage animal, I guess it's safe to say that these things have to be manufactured, too. Yes, guess what, from food, but still "artificial".
Like they are the first company that gives a rat's ass about the security of their IoT and home automation devices. At least tell a believable story that's not such a blatant and obvious lie.
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If it was American beer: You're welcome.
If it wasn't: I'm deeply sorry.
No wonder the FCC is up in arms. A new ISP that is independent from cables down here? That could cut into the profit margins of their masters!
It's about time we get Linux politically correct.
"man" pages are a relic of toxic masculinity and the superiority complex of the patriarchy and are now "person" pages.
The "yes" command is considered reaffirming the male belief that the only applicable answer a woman could ever give is actually yes and it will now be complemented by a "no" command. Ignoring this results in a crash of the system, this is not a bug but a feature of the system protecting itself from being overpowered by its (usually male) user.
Likewise, commands are no longer allowed to accept --force parameters.
"mail" shows gender bias and will for now be symlinked to "femail" until a gender neutral replacement can be established.
You are no longer allowed to "touch" files without proper permission.
"more" is no longer available as a relic of the consumer-capitalist ideals of more being always better, the use of "less" is now enforced for all applications.
The environmentally problematic Latex is replaced by the biodegradable Kleenex.
shell commands
"kill" is no longer appropriate and has been replace with the much more acceptable "euthanize". Programs have to agree to being euthanized before their termination.
"abort()" is now "choice()"
"history" has been rewritten. It's now "herstory".
terminology and phrases
Terminals are no longer considered "dumb" or "smart". All are equally valuable.
The word "Daemons" is considered pejorative in some religions, we now speak of "spiritual guides".
X-Window system is now the NC-17 Window System.
I dare not continue. Some idiot will probably take this serious and do it...
With today's data plans, that's like getting a Ferrari and fuel for half a mile.
Yes, that it takes 2 minutes instead of 15 seconds to max out your traffic limit really makes a difference.
Grandchild, of course.
The parallel doesn't work. The farmer still has to sow and reap, the sailor still has to sail and maintain the ship, as does the house owner.
The grandparent of the composer only has to hold out his hand and say "gimme!"
it's just a spelling mistake, it was meant to read "open sores".
Pffft. Do I look like a browser?
The Walt Disney Company might disagree...
A farmer still gets money from the fruits he harvested last year? Ship builders now sell on installments? You still pay your bricklayers an annual fee for the house you live in?
A honest answer would probably be: "Well, you see, we actually wanted to send that link to one of our advertising partners..."
Let's wait and see what cover story PR will spin.
You'd prefer to hear some more boring stories about tunnels?
The original idea behind copyright was to encourage creation by giving people an exclusive right to reap the rewards of their intellectual labor. IIRC it was originally 7 years of exclusive reproduction, which was back then a pretty tight schedule to get it printed, bound, distributed and sold. Usually by the time your book became well known to readers and there was actually some sort of demand, your copyright was expired and your incentive to write another book was pretty high, hoping that your name has already become famous enough that people would seek out your books.
As the ways of distribution, marketing and selling became faster, paradoxically copyright was extended instead of reduced. A copyright that is in sync with what those 7 years back then represented would probably closer to 7 weeks.
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1899.
Maybe that's why it's called royalties...
Yes, that's even more ridiculous. If you want to know just HOW ridiculous, realize that no Beatles song will enter PD before 2068, 100 years after pretty much all of them were written, and even that only if McCartney and Starr bite the dust in the next couple days.
They have investments that have to pay off today. It's not like Rockefeller did something and until this day his descendants get money from that without putting a dime towards it.
Does anyone need any confirmation that this is absolutely ridiculous? The currently oldest living person is Kane Tanaka from Japan. Born 1903. Now assuming she was a composer and already active before she was 20 years old, we might actually have someone alive whose works drop into PD.
1923 was 95 years ago. We're talking about 4 generations of people reaping the rewards of something their great-grandfather did. Try to find me one other profession where you can milk the exploits of someone you probably never even met because he died long before you were born.
Yes, I do think I helped with understanding and clarification. Because the "chemical == evil" bit is simply bullshit. At least clarify WHAT chemicals you do not want in your food, which you now finally did.
Now there's that new weasel word in there, "artificial". You are aware that pretty much all food today is "artificial", yes? Bread does not grow on trees. Neither does peanut butter. And since there is no sausage animal, I guess it's safe to say that these things have to be manufactured, too. Yes, guess what, from food, but still "artificial".
Came here for this comment.
Ain't disappointed.
Deploy only products they can afford to develop with reasonably enough security to actually stand by them, maybe?
There is a reason I don't produce medical equipment despite most of it being far from high-tech and the profit margins are very, very sweet.
A cloud based solution?
Didn't they say they did this to IMPROVE security?
Like they are the first company that gives a rat's ass about the security of their IoT and home automation devices. At least tell a believable story that's not such a blatant and obvious lie.
4x10 or 5x8. 4x8 if you really insist, but certainly not 5x10.
Agree or two weeks notice.
Yes, I love working in a field where there are WAY more jobs going around than there are people willing and able to do them.