Why is that? The planet will be fine without us. It will probably be better off without us.

AI has already stolen everyone’s work. The internet is officially a free for all.

I can’t wait to get a hold of a bunch of cheap TP Link routers. Those things run OpenWRT like champs.

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Is it wrong to hope it hits the specific city I live in? 😅

Is it wrong to hope it hits us?

I did it a long time ago. The best time to change was 5-10 years ago. The second best time is now.

It’s time to de-Google, de-amazon, de-Microsoft, de-apple, etc.

Just those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.

I borrow them from my library through the Libby and Hoopla apps. If I want to support the author, I’ll buy a copy through some other means. Directly from them, if possible.

We’ve already seen a few crotchety old timers who don’t want to add rust to the Linux kernel.

At some point, a complete rewrite of the kernel in a memory safe language would be prudent. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs will have to go extinct before that can happen.

Except that hard wood has long since turned into coal.