It’s not just flagrant; it’s fragrant, too. The hypocrisy stinks like shit to high heavens.

Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to write software in assembly that is very readable. It takes thought but assembly has the edge with its miniscule footprint and zero-dependency runtime.

“But her emails”
— MAGA for the past 9 years

Almost. The corporate solution nowadays is for the guy who owns all of the carts to replace the horses with AI, fire half of the drivers, then demand the remaining drivers take two carts every trip.

That sounds like a great way to end up being in Russia’s shoes with failing to win a war they started. The feudalist part of that technofedualist dystopia is undoubtedly going to have imperialistic ambitions, and—somehow—I don’t think Musk’s Optimus robots are going to be able to compensate for the fact that they’ll have less than half of the combined population of Mexico and Canada.

[Citation Needed]

“I do say to [Foley], first of all, I love her, because she voted for me three times, and I think she’d vote for me again if I had that opportunity,” Trump said.

He completely dismisses her concerns, then says she would vote for him again if given the chance. He’s probably right, and that’s exactly the problem.

He doesn’t have to do anything to keep his sycophants and qultists, so why would he put any effort into doing something differently?

The implication of that highlights exactly how disgusting corporate and industry lobbying is.

Increasing expenses to sway politicians on some topic is, in itself, an expense that runs contrary to the goal of increasing profits. Therefore, the only way it would be justifiable to spend money on lobbying is if there’s a genuine belief or expectation that it will result in a return on investment that exceeds the amount spent.

I’m not a lawyer, but this is how I read it:

[Directors are] employed to [further the corporation’s purpose of creating profit for the stockholders]. The discretion of directors is to be exercised in the choice of [how to create that profit]. [Their discretion] does not extend to a change [in the goal of creating shareholder profit], to the reduction of profits, or to [withold profits from] stockholders in order to devote them to other purposes.

TLDR: Their purpose is to create profits for shareholders and investors. They may choose how to do that, but they have an obligation to not intentionally reduce the corporation’s profits or take actions that would deprive shareholders from accessing the profits.

Nothing. It will have been a “presidential duty” immune from consequences, as ordained by the bootlickers in the SCrOTUS.

I agree with them when they say distros shouldn’t be theming their apps by default. When the packager breaks a package, it misleadingly gives users the impression that the software is at fault. Unless the distro itself is willing to field all the user complaints and bug reports, it just ends up causing problems for the maintainers.

Where I will never agree with them is in the demand that the developer has exclusive control over the application icon. It’s inconsequential to the software’s functionality, and if anyone thinks their brand should have more rights to a computer than the person who owns it, they can rightfully fuck off with the likes of Apple and Microsoft.

App Icons are the identity of an app. Changing an app’s icon denies the developer the possibility to control their brand.

Here’s an novel solution to that: fuck off! A lot of us use Linux because we’re sick of corporations and rightsholders trying to control how we use our devices while treating us as marketing tools by shoving their “vision” in our face.

If there is no way to do so in the GUI, it’s not getting fixed by them, they’ll take it to the Geek Squad if they even decide to fix it at all.

The best part is that Geek Squad probably won’t even fix it.

With the amount of time allocated to tasks and the lack of autonomy retail workers are given, the solution to anything not explicitly written in an employee runbook is going to be “we need to reinstall windows” or “it can’t be fixed, but we have a new computer you can buy”

Why encourage rehabilitation when you can instead encourage recidivism? Jail a man for a year, get a one-time profit. But jail a man for life…

Obvious /s I hope

Even if it’s not telling the full story, as long as it makes MAGA voters regret their choices, right?

… wishful thinking, I know.

And the taxpayer money spent?

… To shreds you say …

The backup plan is A Weekend at Donnie’s.

Astonishingly, most of Twitter users commenting on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation’s instigating post are calling them full of shit in claiming the ad “misrepresents” the original clip.

https://xcancel.com/RonaldReagan/status/1981524620265046408

https://xcancel.com/shelcou/status/1981610518709186994

The unedited version even more supports his distaste for tariffs. He was a big fan of immigration too. Now the stewards of his legacy are bootlickers, something Reagan never was.

https://xcancel.com/Misanthropist_X/status/1981580610872479969

Did you listen to the link you posted? Reagan actually went even further criticizing tariffs than in the clip from the commercial.

I don’t think they actually think they’re smart. I think they’re just selfish assholes.

Time and time again, I come across the argument that “it will make the price of everything to up because now businesses have to pay workers more.”

Ok—so? Businesses are forced to pay workers to a standard that allows everybody to live without drowning in debt and inescapable poverty. Isn’t it a good thing that people won’t be suffering?

No, not to them. Their wages won’t increase equivalently, and now they have to pay more to maintain their standard of luxury. It’s wealth redistribution away from those who can afford excess towards the people who can’t afford basics. They actively choose not to support that because it’s a personal inconvenience to them.

It’s an amazing demonstration of “equality looks like oppression to the privileged” and “fuck you, I got mine” attitude.

If the steam doesn’t get you, the enzymes breaking down your proteins would surely give you horrible skin irritation.