Backend engineering code quality does not matter.

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Well, I guess compared to the average world leader who sits comfy behind their desk all day, it might seem somewhat strange to see a leader out in the field. (Pun intended)

If it was impossible for the other side to read the content of the messages, I’d agree. Hence, why it is less problematic that Signals server software is closed source.

Telegram is not FOSS. The client is, but the server-side implementation is not, which is important if you consider the fact that encryption is turned off by default.

Perfect! Thank you!

Once I have a space for a workshop or live somewhere near a maker space, a laser cutter is definitely on my bucket list. Not available at the moment.

Well, there are plenty of fonts available with these sorts of bars attached that can be printed this way. For example, I saved this font for another project. However, looking at it in the 3D render, the font seems too fragmented at this scale. Another option might be this one. But they both don’t fit the aesthetic I would like to have.

Yes, creating my own font is also viable, but I would prefer to not dig into another branch of creative work, as I tend to start too many projects at once, anyway.

Repair what’s broken, slap Linux on them and donate to charities.

Recycling companies?

There might be some old Ladas around.

[…] and what owners can do next.

Sell their Porsche and buy a car that can’t be locked remotely?

To show that this whitewashing is an international problem I would like to refer to the page of our “beloved” Chancellor Friedrich Merz. For years the running gag (and fact) about him was that his German article starts with “Friedrich Merz is a lobbyist and politician”. In this order. Lobbyist first, politician second. Since he’s been elected the first mention of him working as a lobbyist has been relegated to the end of the second paragraph.

Well, I am impressed by what it can do. I am unimpressed by what higher ups claim it can do.

What do you use the Trackpads for? I never felt the need so far and always wondered why they are there in the first place.

I guess Daddy Trump gets his wish afterall. Spineless cowards …

Increasingly so, the more experienced I get…

Knowledge is a curse!

No worries, I didn’t take it that way.

Mine injects some functionality in a specific government website that I frequently use so it’s a very narrow use-case anyway. I only published it “because why not”. Not going to link it because I did so under my real name to be able to add it to my CV.

The main thing I had to wrap my head around was the difference between content and background scripts. Other than that, of course, reading the steps to publish the add-on at Mozilla.

*Looks at his own add-on with exactly 1 user*

😥

One reason I can think off the top of my head is archiving: Nothing prevents the owner of a repo from simply deleting it.

Social Security […] gets called a “pyramid scheme”

I assume people arguing this also don’t have any other form of insurances?