Why does there need to be a workaround? The "value" is the users and maybe copyrighted branding. Why would it be hard to acknowledge the opensource origins of the mastradon backend and publish any probably minor code changes?

Well it has happened quite a bit. One of the most blatant open source license violators was VMware using busybox for years and ended up getting away with it..https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinux.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F19%2F03%2F09%2F0423243%2Fvmware-touts-dismissal-of-linux-gpl-lawsuit. There have been many more situations over the years where an opensource project just can't finance an effective legal battle against a deep pocketed organization. In this situation I am sure they would have no problem fundraising to fight the evil orange man. On the other hand complying with an open source license isn't very hard, so I don't understand why they wouldn't. Of course I also don't understand why so many companies (like vmware) refuse.

It seemed very political that as soon as Biden got in office they cancelled the Microsoft contract for a defense and a new contract for the NSA got awarded seemingly out of thin air. I do know that a ton has come out about Amazon lobbying and giving jobs to ex government people while streaming that the only reason they didn't get the original contract was Trump. For the record pretty sure Microsoft and Trump weren't exactly besties.

While a bunch of people found a site, that could have been a proof of concept. Since the site and app have yet to be released there isn't an issue yet. But the day that it happens if they used Mastadon and modified the code without posting those changes or just using the code without accrediting than this letter should be sent. It seems obvious based on the Rochko is angry that his code is being used by Trump so he jumped the gun a little. My hope is that they do use his code and open source technologies properly (and abide by the license). as an additional social network built open source technology is a positive for the community. We personally use plenty of open source code at my workplace, but we don't do things like post source changes and attach licenses before we actually release.

Except evidence doesn't support your strategy. The places best equipped to be able to completely lockdown, namely Australia and New Zealand, did lockdown hard and still were not able to "beat" Covid. At the of the day your reasoning is flawed and we at best all we can do is slightly reduce the damage it does. We can't ever eliminate it.

Fully agree a ton of studies seemed to be designed to to disprove effectiveness of anything that could possibly be therapeutic. Doing things like only treating patients on death beds or under dosing. In the meantime when Alex Berensen points out that if the vaccine effective has a fairly limited lifespan needing frequent boosters and therefore could be defined as therapeutic he gets kicked off Twitter. We live in dangerous times where our leadership would rather color the science over presenting facts to population.

Or she a complete psychopath and there was was absolutely no evidence to back up her story that Florida was manipulating data, unlike say NY. She is another Michael Avenatti. A grifter a bunch of suckers latch on to because it fits a narrative they like. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.wjct.org%2Fpost%2Fcri...

I get that. While I hate cancel culture and fully support free speech, Stallman has repeatedly made statements in defense of sex with underage people. It's hard to come out "in defense" of him, so I think the result of the vote is the right outcome.

It wouldn't be very hard for them to run the same business in a compliant manner. They could charge just for the printing service and require the consumer to download the files directly from thingaverse them upload them to the seller.

I wouldn't be surprised if lots of guys didn't just volunteer their ex-wives.

Maybe for light work and consuming media (which is already what tablets are used for) but for heavyweight work a keyboard and mouse is going to be the interface of choice for a lot longer than 5 years. Do you think, for example, a Visual Studio developer is going to use gestures and dictation to write code, 5 years from now?

In any case, that's fine, that's why there's a tablet edition of Windows 8 - WinRT, and a separate phone-optimized version too. Having separate user interfaces optimized for different tasks is great. So why force the desktop edition to use the tablet interface? If they must bundle the tablet interface in with the desktop edition, why not make it optional, and just make the tablet interface the default on devices with a touchscreen?

To use a vehicular analogy: to keep up with the trend towards motorbike use and away from cars, Microsoft Automotive's latest model of car now has no steering wheel, pedals or seats. Instead it has handlebars, a throttle joystick, and forces you to lie in a prone position, but only when turning a corner.

I think I understand what they're trying to do by forcing the Metro launcher on desktop users, but I don't think they have fully grasped exactly what their bread-and-butter users think of that. It will hurt their reputation even more than the Vista debacle. It could even kill Metro altogether, and with it, Microsoft's plans for phones and tablets.

Sure the vision of Metro is good, but the implementation of it on Windows 8 desktop, with the constant jarring between the familiar desktop and the Metro launcher/start menu, is going to send desktop Windows users mad. For most people the desktop Windows 8 Metro start menu is going to be the first time they've seen the Metro style, and so far it doesn't look like it works well there, not with the keyboard and mouse that most will be using it with.

My suspicion is that it will engender such a dislike for Metro that it will actually put people off Metro altogether - the exact opposite of what Microsoft are hoping will happen, and not good for WP8.

You really should get something more modern, may I suggest an MGB?

The mirror less Sony Olympus have the same size sensors as the consumer SLR's they make take. In addition they can more or less take the same glass with an adapter. It is a massive benefit being so much smaller, my Olympus Pen EPL2 fits in a pocket, especially with the 21mm pancake lens.. The end result is a camera that leaves the house more often. As for paying a little more for an SLR, well they cost about the same because they only give up the mirror, ie doesn't cost less to manufacture.

I have the Olympus, very nice Camera and takes wonderful pictures. However I would buy the Sony if I was buying a camera today. Better in low light, and much cheaper lenses due to compatibility with legacy Minolta stuff. Avoid the Nikon, it has awful reviews....