Lol currently at Maplewood

Aurora is a relational database

No literally it was the brand name of the chocolate which was sold by a guy named German. Nothing to do with the country at all

Noone is saying it should be outlawed. What they are saying is that in order for a device to be considered highly repairable to an end user this type of check should be able to be turned off or not included.

You cannot and that’s ok. The problem here is people have different levels of risk acceptance and that’s ok. If I was a government or corporate leader I would probably prefer buying direct from apple, but most end consumers, especially those who want to do these repairs should have the choice to accept that risk on a device that they own. The manufacturer shouldn’t decide who I trust. The owner should.

Thanks every couple of months I see an xkcd and think haven’t read that in a while, then I get to go catch up. Today was a good day

Rip way too young

Unpopular opinion. I agree with him.

As long as they continue to follow the gpl which they are, and contribute back to upstream I do not see the issue. It is entirely within their right to charge for free as in freedom not free as in beer software. This is pretty much exactly what the gpl says.

That being said this could be the start of a slippery slope for red hat and Foss business models and will certainly be keeping an eye on it.

Do Not Adieu, a play in two acts.

Romeo, a young man with a remarkable patience. Juliet, a likewise young woman of remarkable grace. Ophelia, a remarkable woman much in dispute with Hamlet. Hamlet, the flatterer of Andersen Insulting A/S.

                Act I: Hamlet's insults and flattery.

                Scene I: The insulting of Romeo.

[Enter Hamlet and Romeo]

Hamlet: You lying stupid fatherless big smelly half-witted coward! You are as stupid as the difference between a handsome rich brave hero and thyself! Speak your mind!

You are as brave as the sum of your fat little stuffed misused dusty old rotten codpiece and a beautiful fair warm peaceful sunny summer’s day. You are as healthy as the difference between the sum of the sweetest reddest rose and my father and yourself! Speak your mind!

You are as cowardly as the sum of yourself and the difference between a big mighty proud kingdom and a horse. Speak your mind.

Speak your mind!

[Exit Romeo]

                Scene II: The praising of Juliet.

[Enter Juliet]

Hamlet: Thou art as sweet as the sum of the sum of Romeo and his horse and his black cat! Speak thy mind!

[Exit Juliet]

                Scene III: The praising of Ophelia.

[Enter Ophelia]

Hamlet:

Thou art as beautiful as the difference between Romeo and the square of a huge green peaceful tree. Speak thy mind!

Thou art as lovely as the product of a large rural town and my amazing bottomless embroidered purse. Speak thy mind!

Thou art as loving as the product of the bluest clearest sweetest sky and the sum of a squirrel and a white horse. Thou art as beautiful as the difference between Juliet and thyself. Speak thy mind!

[Exeunt Ophelia and Hamlet]

                Act II: Behind Hamlet's back.

                Scene I: Romeo and Juliet's conversation.

[Enter Romeo and Juliet]

Romeo: Speak your mind. You are as worried as the sum of yourself and the difference between my small smooth hamster and my nose. Speak your mind!

Juliet: Speak YOUR mind! You are as bad as Hamlet! You are as small as the difference between the square of the difference between my little pony and your big hairy hound and the cube of your sorry little codpiece. Speak your mind!

[Exit Romeo]

                Scene II: Juliet and Ophelia's conversation.

[Enter Ophelia]

Juliet: Thou art as good as the quotient between Romeo and the sum of a small furry animal and a leech. Speak your mind!

Ophelia: Thou art as disgusting as the quotient between Romeo and twice the difference between a mistletoe and an oozing infected blister! Speak your mind!

[Exeunt]