I don’t have numbers in front of me, but I think only a slim minority of contributors make money off their work. And those that do make money often can only do so because of the earlier, unpaid, work by others which caused the projects to be valued and widely used

What’s stopping a sustained, constructive public inquiry into these parallels between past cover-ups and current information control?

There is no mechanism to promote the investigation. At best there will be queries like you made for the general, and social media reactions to specific events as they unfold.

A large chunk of government, politics, and press in the USA no longer exists. There are no authorities to turn too, now or later, regardless who gains power in Washington.

Most of the Anglosphere outside the USA is in a free fall too, a few years behind, maybe 20 years.

It gives one month of bad luck for each time used. If the power is activated to help others without benefit for yourself, then it’s sloppy good luck instead. You are fortunate in a tragic way.

The timer and type is reset each time power manifested

The open source developers should unionize against the large corporations not paying them. A virtual picket line, and collective bargaining

Super strength

I make little typing motions with my fingers

Sometimes I only walk around, other times I do more like run

I’m still trying to reach my potential two hours of workout daily, only doing one hour of things that makes me sweat.

I have alarms on my phone set every three hours to remind me to stop and do something

I forgot to add a comment about this yesterday:

There was a change in USA tax code that lead to many layoffs in the United States. Companies could no longer write off programmer’s salaries and benefits if they were doing pure research. It went from a yearly deduction on corporate tax to something very delayed. Making it effectively gone.

The tax code had been allowed for generations, then suddenly the companies had to actually pay the programmers instead of the federal government reimbursing them

I think it underscores how little each of us understands this very complex society, even when it’s being wrecked

Most new graduates develop their skills after college. Most companies use tech newly minted programmers never heard about.

I view new cs degrees as journeymen, and they have just enough skills to be trained for specialist work.

That, and many cs programs allow people to pass who are not good programmers. Often many change careers after their first job.

I find a variety of activities help distribute the loads

I often push my older body when it’s not used to work. This means I pull a muscle once every few weeks, often in my upper body; or demand too much in my knees.

Fortunately I can heal in a week or two, but I definitely am slow to heal compared to before.

I shall prove my humanity by mildly insulting anyone who reads this.

TIL Nintendo will perhaps give money, to the American administration, for unknown reasons

It’s heavy with American liberals and European centralists - they are similar. Both groups lean more rightward each year

I don’t know, but maybe fungal infection under fingernails? There are treatments for that.

For years I had an infection under my toenail that smelled similar. Did not harm me except create interesting odors

NASA has been crippled; it will probably not significantly compete in any new projects; and it’s doubtful some of the science programs scheduled to launch in the future will be completed

Like you said, the headline is overhyped a bit.

But still exciting because it’s a very important first step. Data colonization is being stopped. Nothing could be done until then.

It also puts hard limits on the expansion of the tech bro billionaires

This is really exciting: hundreds of millions now keep their internet data inside Africa and are no longer hostage to large companies outside of it

Yes, replies are more valuable

Security through obesity also