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Same if the King can say "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" then pardon the soldiers that do.


I'm Canadian and remember repurposing AOL floppy disks that came in the mail circa 1996.

Never used the service though.


If annexed and somehow given democratic rights, I suspect Canadians would form a protest party with the goal of budgetary shutdowns in the House of Representatives...

Zero support for any legislation other than Canadian Separation. Be a poison pill.

And that's the non-violent response.


Yep, all the US pundits talking about Canada voting mostly Democratic with a few Republican districts have it completely wrong. Canada would vote overwhelmingly for the Bloc Canadien.


Americans are incapable of thinking that another political party could ever exist.


The Quebec separatists would be particularly funny in Congress.


Stallman, who apparently speaks French, said the 'L' stands for "Libre". https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html

The word matches his intent of "Free Software" without English's ambiguity around gratuity vs. freedom.


"In 2010, after twenty years under development, Stallman said that he was "not very optimistic about the GNU Hurd. It makes some progress, but to be really superior it would require solving a lot of deep problems" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd


Labour-saving devices also have a tendency to save time.


It'd be more interesting to see LLMs play Family Feud. I think it'd be their ideal game.


That begs the question: What brought you to this file?


I saw it in the kube reddit, got a chuckle, and figured I would share here. Guess I got a chuckle 6 years ago too! Can't remember how I found it last time.


Are features going to be de-prioritized in favour of hardening existing code? Or are employees expected to keep doing what they are doing just "with security in mind"?

The article makes it sound like the later. Which will be about as effective as "thoughts and prayers."


exactly


Steve Wozniak is a quasi household name, but calling someone "the Polish Wozniak" doesn't quite work.


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