That would be great, except in the US, that exclusivity can last for decades, which means entire generations will come and go before it becomes public.

In a better-regulated system where consumers are put before corporate interests, it could work, but the US hasn’t been that for a long time.

No, you got it. It’s not about prohibiting profit, it’s about preventing the exclusive ability to profit.

Think of generic medicines (in the US) versus brand equivalents and how vast their cost difference is.

Wayfire is pretty unique, too!

Yes. That’s why UX Design is its own thing.

But I disagree that it looks like shit, especially with the number of DE’s to choose from. On top of that, there’s entire sub-communities dedicated to ricing, so if you don’t like something, you can almost certainly change it with a little effort.

For example:

• Gnome + White Sur
  • https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme
  • Gnome is pretty universally good, looks-wise, due in part to their opinionated philosophy. Some people don’t like it or how it functions, but I don’t think anyone can deny that it’s generally coherent.
• COSMIC is forthcoming, and it promises to be a great experience for a lot of people.

Regardless, I think you’re missing a core aspect of Linux. The goal isn’t to increase market share. People were tinkering around with TTY’s, because they liked it, and they will continue to do so long into the future.

Linux is about having choice and a system that’s yours. It isn’t about the UI being shiny and perfect, because for most, it’s just a means to get computing done. If you don’t like how things look, find another DE or look at how to rice yours. There’s so many options out there.

People gotta start down the road of anti-capitalism somewhere, right?

License and release it into the public domain: research, methods, processes, patents—the whole deal.

Privatizing medicine, even elective medicine, just ensures predation.

Of course not, which is why they’re publicly funded. That’s the issue. They’re using public funds to make private profits.

I like it on paper, but like Etsy, how would you prevent people masquerading as “small businesses” but are really just drop shippers of cheap garbage?

That’s a genuine question, not rhetorical. I don’t know the answer myself.

Social media was a mistake.

And yes, I’m aware of the irony as I use social media to say so. I do not apologize.

And he doesn’t have a secret service detail, afaik. Just average, paid bodyguards who can also be arrested for obstruction of justice.

But it remains to be seen if any judges will be brave enough to dare to stand up to fascism. Merchan wasn’t, and Trump was literally at his mercy as a private citizen.

They could always make the research and processes public domain, so no one person can unilaterally profit.

But that’s not what they did, and that’s the problem.

I don’t know if this specific meme was recreated, but I am reasonably sure that there’s at least a few kinks that would use a scene like this as an origination point.

A chilling reminder that billionaires are never your friend. Ever. We are meat for their grinder.

Expect similar in the US as they gut and dismantle customer protection services.

I’ve experienced similar in 2D games that are more or less fancy Flash games. I wonder if that has less to do with Godot (it might, anyway) and more to do with optimization and LOD.

Either way, I still appreciate the heads up that it’s battery intensive. Good to know before traveling and winding up searching for an outlet.

Yes, the address. Probably not a big deal for average people, but definitely a bigger deal for any big name that doesn’t use a business email as a login.

Have you tried forcing lower TDW? I don’t have the game, but I wonder if that would help

That’s my general practice as well, but I feel compelled to make an exception in her case. She needs to earn back my trust (what little there was to begin with).

I agree that nobody does.

However, after she’s screeched about trans people existing and how persecuted she is for her bigoted version of religion, forgive me if I want to see receipts in her case. Republicans are historically all about optics to push some personal agenda.

You can only cry wolf so many times before it just becomes noise.

Also, it involves Mush (sic) “uncovering corruption.” Like bruh, he’s there to ensure it’s never discovered and that any philanthropy is relabeled “corruption.”

Dunno about the UK, but the US is going guns blazing towards Robocops.

Ironically, police probably think they’ll be in charge of the robots, rather than the robots replacing them.