South Korea mandated internet explorer for all purchase checkout until relatively recently maybe the last 5 years. They had all these pieces built around it so checking out at a website you would have to prove your identity using national ID and then only IE would work.

Be very careful what you ask for.

Could be…unfortunately in these uncertain times on the internet it’s anyone’s guess.

“Take for granted” is the expression, granted being something that does not need to be proved, to the extent it is a point given freely in a discussion or debate.

At the rate we’re going in the US, anti science and antisocial, clubbing one’s next meal or foes and eating the meat raw for lack of other tools is not far off current trajectory.

An American, I wasn’t brought up to understand the divide between Alberta and some of the more visible parts of Canadian culture, economy or politics. I’ve been puzzling learning more about Alberta, their ascendent conservatism extremism over the last 5 years and trying to understand the sudden change. This brief article made me realize the “Texas” psychosis goes back decades and has laid the groundwork and produced the same sort of wealthy, entitled, selfish brood in Alberta that the US failed to stop spreading.

Going to check out the book mentioned for a more full read but excellent excerpts and TLDR for the “WTF is up with Alberta?”.

Hope you Canadians go hard on them and stamp it out, they will ruin your country too if you don’t.

Roll against your wisdom to not cast lvl 3 conjure gas line

If you fail your wisdom check You’ll need dex of 18 to not start a fire.

“regulated”

“Lol” - Fascist oligarchs

Exactly like the rest of the country, the Dems exist on fealty to corporate and megadonors. They are not structured, and therefore, not interested, to run a candidate in the progressive interests of their constituents. Any actual progressives have beaten enormous odds. Think how progressive NY is and they have like 1 firebrand in AOC. Vermont has Bernie and is an independent. Oregon has Wyden. That’s pretty much it in the Senate.

“what is your personal brand?” type sociopaths. Overall it’s emphasis on reduction of a human into 2 or 3 recognizable consumer groups or products or traits.

Yeah, I just closed the agency investigating my company so there is no enforcement mechanism. Legal alludes to a system I now own and control because it’s better for me that way. Going to pass a few joke statues or pardon myself if there are any teeth left. Thanks fucking peasant.

Clown shows can be funny. This is like watching pallbearers drop caskets at a children’s hospital funeral.

It’s not necessarily you getting older; there is a fundamental difference in goals, aims and quality of software now. 99% of major software is either funded by VC or incumbent monopolists who are interested in extractions primarily and establishing moats, barriers to free and fair use, and any way possible to monetize an interaction. This is why those of us who lived through the actual innovation stages aren’t excited anymore as it’s clear this is not “progress” and the warning flags are there from the first marketing pitch.

This entire timeline though was part of the plan, it was never going to be free/cheap, functional and easily accessible forever. We are in the frog boiling phase now that doesn’t end until we take back some of what has been lost.

G-14

Jack black isn’t funny at all. He’s worse, incredibly fucking irritating and annoying and a try hard. He epitomizes mainstream US “comedy”; obvious, loud, overstating the delivery of jokes with overwrought physical humor. He and Horatio Sanz must have studied under the same Sithlord. Can’t stand him.

Everyone learned about those in grammar, don’t insult the man’s intelligence.

Lobby to get rid of government bureaucracy like Theil so you can have your delivery boy get you the info so you can sell it. Ideal.

Was thinking about that. The whole hardware cycle needs a sanity check where phones, PCs, money of the annual “improvements” are now just software slop, AI slop or deck chair rearranging, or breaking things that used to work.

So you’re assuming that no one in Trump’s circle made any trades in advance of yesterday’s tariff pause cancellation? Do you know the exponential return you could get on a short-term option when the underlying investment moves 20% in a day?

We’re already at 1, which means it’s time for 2. They’re starting the the Columbia universities of the country but it’ll be down to state and local levels after that. Companies of course will say and do nothing as the Spice must flow.