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soperj··on AlpineBSD
> Linux, for one, for what I can tell never cared too much about the GPL.

The reason that Linux actually succeeded where BSD didn't is because of the GPL. MIT licensed stuff(if it's any good) just ends up being incorporated into someone else's commercial product, with no contributions.

soperj··on Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements
They can't even take Iran by force.
soperj··on Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements
> provoke furious (undoubtedly including some lethal) pushback

Where's the furious pushback for the people they've murdered already?

soperj··on Vicious Cycles: Theses on a philosophy of news (2020)
> Michael Moore is definitive at this

Is he though?

I thought it was pretty well known he's manipulated timelines, selectively edited interviews and staged things.

He puts his world view first and makes the facts fit that view.

soperj··on Apple Music 404 Not Found
With Woz at the helm you probably would have ended up with a completely open hardware computer company.

What would have Jobs been?

soperj··on Apple Music 404 Not Found
lol. Woz did work on Breakout for Atari (Atari didn't know this). Jobs got most of the money (Woz didn't know this).

It's literally one of the "big prick" items of Job's history, along with disowning his own child.

soperj··on I told people I'm a convicted felon after 20 years of hiding it
most people who win the lottery aren't rich forever.
soperj··on The Future of CSS
I used flexbox 10 years ago for sure. Grid I think was introduced before flexbox, but didn't get proper browser implementations until around covid.
soperj··on The Future of CSS
CSS was always pretty accessible. You just had to actually care to learn it.
soperj··on Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month
> revolutionized the web

Personally I hate what react has done to the web.

soperj··on New 'super ice' 10 times stronger, bringing it close to the strength of concrete
I don't see how this stronger ice would operate any different than regular ice.
soperj··on New 'super ice' 10 times stronger, bringing it close to the strength of concrete
You're going to have to explain this we well. I've skated perfectly fine at -40, and there was no melting going on.

When there's melting going on at the rink, we're not allowed on the ice.

soperj··on New 'super ice' 10 times stronger, bringing it close to the strength of concrete
I spend an enormous amount of time at the rink (18 ice times in the last 9 days). Can you explain this? Because I don't see the difference between the ice for figure skating vs hockey, both of which happen daily at our local rink.
soperj··on New 'super ice' 10 times stronger, bringing it close to the strength of concrete
I feel like the obvious answer here for use is at the skating rink.
soperj··on The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire
Can you name some?

Genocide seemed to be part and parcel.

soperj··on Tesla Roadster
Steve wasn't an artist. Did Steve ship a product when Atari asked him to redesign pong into a one player game? No, that was Steve Wozniak. Jobs paid him a cool $350 out of the $5k bonus he got for that. Maybe he was an artist. Con-artist.
soperj··on Things to know when you get cancer
> Canada introduced MAID for this reason.

No they didn't.

There are tons of specialists in Canada. You're talking out of your ass.

soperj··on Gemini 4 Argon
low version doesn't have a chain.

Medium and high are fixies apparently, (or they have a worm gear, although the hub doesn't look big enough for that), since neither has a derailleur. That would also explain the lack of brakes at least.

Low is still obviously failing the "test". It's pedals are not actually attached to the bike either.

Medium has a handlebar that goes through the pelican's beak. So I'd say also failing.

For the high, the only nitpick would be that the bell isn't quite on the handlebars and the stripes on his scarf don't line up correctly.

soperj··on 15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished
I need to have a way to follow up on this. I really really want to know where this goes.
soperj··on Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
And Bill probably _didn't_ do anything on Epstein Island...
soperj··on 15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished
Like through his P.O. box?

P.O. Box 351 Westminster, Massachusetts

soperj··on 15-year search for a band that charted once and vanished
I think you need to try to find Chuck Warner from Brookline Mass, who was the record label founder (Throbbing Lobster) that put out Cowboys and Indians. Or try to find members of the band.

• Dave Laredo – Vocals, guitar, producer (aka Dave Lichtenstein, worked a bunch with John Cale of Velvet Underground fame) • Steve Cohen – Bass, backing vocals • Julius Klepacz – Drums • Knut Bøhn – Keyboards, backing vocals

soperj··on I'm the AGI that's wiping out humanity
This would mean that only sheep and people live on the islands, which is definitely not true.

Also it would be 78% if it were.[0]

[0] - based on 2024 stats

soperj··on California closed the Montana license plate loophole
Still is pretty pollutant. You just don't see the brake and wheel dust as much as the fumes coming out of the car dusting everything with lead like they used to.
soperj··on AI Makes Me Sad
He was terrible at it too, got rid of vents and cooling fans on one of the earlier apple computers for a quieter design. It would overheat constantly.
soperj··on Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours
this is just the first iteration.
soperj··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
> America also did not conduct genocidal actions in the manner Israel has.

First Nations

> Israel is a colonial project that annexes land and homes from people against international law and has done so since it's conception.

What do they call it in the US? Manifest Destiny?

soperj··on Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard
"The new avatar logo is bastardized papyrus in bold" does have a ring too it.
soperj··on Apple Mac mini review
But everyone loves Bono?
soperj··on Apple Mac mini review
Lenovo still sells over double the amount of laptops. 48.5 million to 23.5 million for Apple.
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