Gen X. Grew up on an acreage and went to highschool in a small town a few kilometres away.
There was always some kind of party on the weekend. Either at someone's house, or a bush party/pit party. This was the early nineties. So no phones/cameras.
I'm amazed we survived.
I'm just going to pretend that Buzz Hickey took a beginner HTML course at Greendale and this is the end result.
"Free as in Freedom" doesn't mean "Free as in Beer".
There's absolutely nothing wrong with a paid service using FOSS software if that's the route they want to take. Using FOSS doesn't mean you have to rely on donations only and aren't allowed to charge. It only means you have to keep the source code freely available.
There's a pervasive, damaging, and limiting misunderstanding about the word "Free" that has always been a problem in the Open Source world. This notion that things that are Open Source should be "No Cost" just because the source code is readily available and anyone could technically spin their own fork of it if they had the ability to do so.
But NO WHERE does it actually say that FREE means "Free as in Beer".
If you don't like it and don't want to sign up, more power to you. That's your freedom of choice. And to be honest, an instance asking for a fee probably wouldn't be very successful.
But pretending that there is something either shady or legally or morally wrong with asking for a fee for using FOSS software is harmful to the very notion of FOSS and the upvote ratio you're getting is a shameful example of how pervasive the whole "But GIMP/INKSCAPE/BLENDER is supposed to be free!" whining has become from users who have no clue what the "FREE" in "Free and Open Source" actually means.
Don't let the doorknob hit your ass on the way oot.
I'm going to guess that James Gunn isn't going to take career advice from...checks notes...Dean fucking Cain.
I'd have more respect for our Canadian leaders if even ONE of them would just stand up at a podium and say "nope...we're ignoring it. Everyone knows it's a pump and dump scheme to deflate and reinflate stocks. And in a week he'll be removing them."
Everyone KNOWS he's a fucking grifter, but politicians don't want to say it out loud.
If you're last name is "Rodriguez" and you are still working for Border Patrol, you're a traitor.
My previous Motorola also has an e/OS/ spin. But sadly my current one does not.
Any Google app that would have Gemini baked in has long since been disabled on my phone. I'm presuming it's bullshit isn't going to be able to access my Fossify Messages or Dialer or Gallery or every other app I've replaced and disabled, especially since I've also disabled the Assistant and Google Apps.
(If I'm wrong please correct me.)
This is completely off topic. But as someone who grew up and lived on the prairies my entire life, I'm always kind of struck by the strange beauty of the colours that are at work during a storm.
There's something in how the dark clouds and bright sky behind it create a really great contrast in the ground colours Dark browns, deep greens, etc...
Sorry...I'm babbling. Just something really pretty about the lighting that comes from a good old fashioned prairie storm that you can't get anywhere else.
I guarantee you this man turns out to be a pedo.
It's wild to me that two guys who have only ever made one truly successful property in their lives. (Okay...two if you count Book of Mormon), can keep milking that one property for 1.5 billion dollars.
I mean, I guess you could say that The Simpsons and Family Guy are similar, but with things like Futurama, American Dad, The Orville, etc... even THEY have their hands in different properties. Other than Southpark, what have Parker and Stone ever been working on television wise?