RbP created a publicly traded company for their hardware, which is almost-wholly-held by Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is a charity.

That sort of thing ought not be allowed, ever. It’s similar to the path Arduino took to get here. There are still other competitors, but for the time being I’m happy enough with RbPi’s dirt-cheap microcontrollers. Their mini-PCs are a different story. We’re already seeing enshittification and price gouging there. It’s just a matter of time.

Arduino has been irrelevant for a while. There are better alternatives for everything they offer. For a start, take a look at Raspberry Pi’s microcontrollers.

Yes, but it needs to be paired with an aggressive ban on any form of rent-seeking.

It would be great if my existence and the existence of my friends and family weren’t considered “political.”

But here we are. Sorry that our not going quietly into the camps inconveniences you.

Framework has been financially supporting far-right neo-nazi developers. When they were asked for an explanation by the community they didn’t say “we condemn hate and will look into that” — instead this is what they said.

We deliberately create a big tent, because we want open source software to win. We don’t partner based on individuals’ or organizations’ beliefs, values, or political stances outside of their alignment with us on increasing the adoption of open source software.

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

The big tent has room for nazis and bigots, but scalpers is where they draw the line?

You’re fine. Live your life. Things will change. Sometimes they will change radically. It’s unavoidable because that’s life. As someone who has been married much longer than you’ve been alive (writing that hurt) my advice is this: if you are best friends, then it’s a perfect match. Stay best friends. Do everything in your power to remain best friends. Build each other up. Never tear each other down. Make each other better. Grow together.

Maybe it won’t work for any of a literally infinite number of reasons. Who cares? If you are best friends now then there is no reason to second guess. How far it goes and how well it goes is dependent first on the two of you and secondly on infinity. One of those you have power over, the other you don’t and so isn’t worth worrying about.

A company abused their clout to steal ownership of an npm package from it’s FOSS developer. Because NPM was complicit in the theft, the maintainer deleted all their packages and abandoned NPM. One of those was left-pad, which was used by tons of other major projects, which could no longer be built. NPM then restored left-pad against it’s owners wishes and handed control to another corporate shill.

What Microsoft is doing.

Image description: Hindenberg disaster, a zeplin explodes near a metal tower.

I do find C++ and Rust very attractive. I’m sure some of the other languages have very nice personalities, though.

I don’t block people. But you called autism “diseased” and there is no arguing your way back from that. Being on spectrum does not absolve you of being a toxic, hateful, ignorant bigot. You are welcome to your opinions and even to disagree, but what you have done here was deliberate, despicable, and antisocial. I hope you have a good day and learn to grow and do better, but I’ve tagged you as a warning to myself and won’t be responding to you again.

Neurodiversity is not disease and I do not appreciate that implication at all. Please educate yourself on the topic before you embarrass yourself and the rest of us further. This was profoundly ignorant and hurtful.

You’re not! This internet stranger is rooting for you!

Your post is like something I could have written, right down to repairing old things and loving them because you breathed new life into them, and because they are familiar, reliable, and comforting. Getting diagnosed opens a world of support and understanding, and I cannot encourage you enough to pursue it. Do it for your marriage and your own happiness. Even if it’s not ASD, a diagnosis helps more than you might initially think.

Because I am autistic, have been through this myself, and game recognizes game. These are classic hallmarks of ASD. I appreciate that you care, but OP clearly needs to take the first step and seek a professional diagnosis, which could change their life for the better.

You may be autistic and should get properly diagnosed. I am not joking. Your spouse was trying to do a nice thing for you and maybe even liked the idea of you using something they got you all the time the way you use your current one. Given how you form emotional attachments to old and familiar things and given how you don’t understand your spouse’s hurt, you are very likely on spectrum. Being diagnosed will help give you the tools to better interact with others, and will help those close to you — like your spouse — know how to relate to you more effectively.

If I had access to good quality copper, I could invent electricity and do very well for myself.

So long as I can avoid Ur in the 18th century BC, I could go back pretty far.

China actually has a viable space program, so being an astronaut actually seems attainable. And do teachers in China actually make a fair living wage?

You did not just imply that being bisexual makes you a terrible person. What the fuck.

Jaws.

The shark prop didn’t work well and looked terrible, which resulted in much of it being left out of the movie. The movie is more terrifying because of this.