Slashdot doesn't do UTF-8. Yeah, I know... pathetic.

Obviously, I'm not 100% sure that every single one of my emails has made it through, but I can't think of a case where I sent an email that required a response and I didn't receive a response, except to a correspondent who uses Apple's email services.

Oh yeah, it'd be totally catastrophic if "Sausage Party 3" were made outside the USA. That should set the F-35s scrambling!

Also never had an issue. I have SPF, DKIM, FCrDNS and DMARC set up and for bonus points, I also set up DNSSEC.

The only provider I have deliverability problems with is Apple ("foo@me.com" addresses.) No issues with Google, MSFT or Yahoo.

So, if you don't have DKIM, SPF, etc. set up, and you send spam from different IP addresses using different sender domains... how will MSFT know who to attribute the 5000 emails to?

Seems silly to me. You either demand correct SPF, DKIM and DMARC from all senders, or you don't. Either way, it won't make much difference to the volume of spam.

Measles outbreaks are completely preventable, at least in wealthy developed countries. There's absolutely no excuse for them to happen other than human stupidity.

And yes, there are some people who legitimately cannot take vaccines for medical reasons, and they rely on most other people being vaccinated for their protection. So not only are stupid people harming themselves and their kids, they're also harming other people.

And also yes, there are very occasionally serious side effects from vaccines. Those are unfortunate and the people who suffer them should be compensated, but the number and seriousness of those side effects is much, much lower than the number and seriousness of the diseases that occur when people are not vaccinated. Everything is a tradeoff and it's unquestionably true that vaccination against diseases like measles, mumps, rubella and polio is much better than skipping that vaccination.

Has Wikipedia done any of that?

Even if there is bias on Wikipedia (and honsestly... I find it less biased than many other sources of information like Fox News or CNN), that isn't sufficient reason to revoke its charitable status.

There are thousands of charities that push very biased viewpoints (eg, pro-LGBT, anti-LGBT, pro-animal rights, pro-choice, anti-abortion, etc, etc.) and they are not being threatened with loss of charitable status. For now, anyway... I suspect pro-LGBT charities will be threatened soon.

OK, J.D. Settle down now.

There's a very simple procedure... subtract 94 years from today's date and shift your view about 6700km east north-east of Washington DC.

An educated population is the key to competitiveness. If a country does not invest in its people, it will fall behind. Allowing tuition to reach impossible levels is going to hurt the USA as a whole.

Just wait until Modi says something that irritates Orangino.

"I'M PUTTING A GOOGLE PERCENT TARIFFS ON INDIA! THEY ARE RIPPING US OFF! IT'S VERY BAD!!!"

How can companies do business in this sort of environment?

I retired back in April 2023, but for the three years prior, I worked 100% remote in software development. I was much more productive working from home than from an office. The main reasons were lack of interruption and a stress-free commute as I walked about 7m to my office.

However, I live alone (so no kids to disturb me) and I have an ergonomic, dedicated workspace in my house. If you have little kids or a workspace that is in the middle of a busy house, then you might not be so productive working from home.

It's not a choice of only China or only the USA. There are many other countries in the world, a lot of them a lot more attractive for businesses than either China or the USA.

Yeah, that's not going to happen. The US's days as a major manufacturer are not coming back, for all of the reasons excellently explained in Adam Something's video.