This was it!!! Thank you!

Yeah. Just restarted and still having the issue.

The biggest issue is that making a browser from scratch takes a lot of resources. It’s not cheap and takes a long time.

We essentially have Chrome and Firefox now. And Firefox is starting to enshitify.

We desperately need a third browser.

Subpoenas, generally speaking, do not require a signature of a judge and aren’t subject to the same scrutiny as a warrant.

Subpoenas are issued against third parties (in this case Google) to compel the release of information. Google can fight the subpoena in court, but they generally don’t.

The enforceability only comes if Google decided not to comply, at which point they could offer to sell the information to the government or a judge ruled that Google must comply.

Again, most companies comply because they often lack the incentive to not comply.

The files were held by the DOJ, the literal department responsible for investigating crimes of this magnitude.

They’ve been held for at least two administrations and were ordered released by an act of Congress.

At what point is it “enough time”?

Mozilla are using a similar model to Microsoft and open sourcing Firefox code under the MPL while distributing the executable under a new Terms of Service.

Firefox (the executable) is no longer considered FOSS since they can revoke your license at anytime. I posted a comment that details my personal view of this change.

TL;DR: they would have only done this if they planned on farming user data. And last month announced that they intend to do just that.

The goal of companies mandating RTO is attrition. They want people to quit without firing or laying them off.

Their goal is to hire younger, hungrier (both literally and figuratively) coders who are cheaper and less experienced and will use “AI” to clean up their code.

Law enforcement and public education seems like a very weird combination.

They should be barred from all government-paid roles, including contractors and subcontractors.

I’m okay with Opt-Out so long as it’s clearly marked.

I shouldn’t have to go into the config or click through 7 layers of UI just to opt out.

That said, this is a reminder that Firefox is no longer open source. It’s source available and you should use Waterfox or LibreWolf if you want a browser based on Firefox but without AI out of the box.

Did Trump find an infinite money hack?

Step 1: Become president

Step 2: As a private citizen, sue the government for billions of dollars

Step 3: As president, order to settle lawsuit.

Literally nothing our courts can do about it.

Should be 47.

There is a “Commons Clause” that people can add but there is some controversy as to whether adding this clause is enforceable. It very much would violate the strict definition of “FOSS”.

That said, I very much am against corporations that make full use of FOSS without contributing anything meaningful in return. I personally believe companies that make over $1M in revenue should absolutely donate something to the FOSS products they use.

Not only that but developers need to stop using permissive licenses like MIT or CC0. Moving to something like GPL3 (and specifically version 3) would go a long way for companies to stop treating open source as a well they can exploit.

“It’s okay. They’ll make an exception for me. Because I’m special.”

- Republican women

Or they see a bunch of billable hours and mistakenly think that he’ll pay.

Or smartly will demand that he pays a fat retainer.

Bare in mind that the government requires a warrant to obtain data against you, the barrier in which to get a warrant requires probable cause.

Obtaining data about you from a company only requires a subpoena if the company doesn’t cooperate.

BUYING data about you from the same company is completely allowed.

Until we get privacy laws, we are truly fucked.

They answer this in the movie. Humans aren’t born. They are grown.

So probably artificial insemination.

If you all haven’t already, the next few days is a great time to rebalance your retirement accounts. Stop investing in US federal bonds and focus on international mutual funds and (if available) state and local mutual funds.

I rebalanced last year and my IRA is doing fantastic. (Not today but overall)

I wanted to like lawn chair and gave them an honest try but so many features I have come to rely on weren’t quite there.

I realize that they were designed as a replacement of pixel’s launcher but still… I would have loved to keep using them.

I am now using a paid version of Smart Launcher and praying to God that they won’t do what Nova did.

The issue with stuff like this is that it’s going to work like literacy tests that disenfranchised black voters.

Fascists will use them to be “alternative facts” and if you answer in any way that they don’t like, you’ll be bared from serving.

They’d rather have US citizens die than shame Trump.