Might be imagining it, but I think there is enough proof somewhere that some Mozilla board members were paid or extorted by google to sabotage the organization

Ram poverty will allow some to be filthy richer by creating needed social subscribed services

The onion cannot top this headline

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

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

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