b) is a recent(*) change. GitHub was independent when it became big

a) GitHub was never open-source, but by combing git and great UI/UX, it was a good choice.

Git is open-source and the distributed nature of git reduces the vendor-lock-in. You need to understand where we came from (svn or git to some ssh server). Coming from self-hosted git, embracing github did not take away your power over your own source code; you still had a copy of all branches on multiple machines. The world is different now, where github has become a single-point of failure.

(*) Update: Okay, maybe 2018 was not recently, but my point stands. GitHub existed long before the Microsoft purchase.

A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.

Wait for the price tag on the upcoming golden monitor stand.

brain full of lead and microplastic

What’s the Hague known for?

This is only acceptable when Rutte somehow knows that Trump is cracy and this keeps him at bay until arrested.

Fuck. Can we impeach Rutte?

Gates could probably walk into most offices and get a free coffee and an impromptu meeting with the CEO if he wants to.

Imagine applying to work on the youtube team because you enjoy watching videos and then you are expected to make it worse for everyone including yourself.

In the West, this is called a coworking space and people work on their ‘startup’.

i can see myself at the event, but not in Vegas.

It’s this or Google or Microsoft if you want something PowerPoint-like.

Many recommend to ‘pick a javascript framework’, which just like LaTeX Beamer sounds good if you do your own thing, but not ideal if people expect PowerPoint. Building slides through code is fundamentally different from drag-on-dropping images.

Pick Google or Microsoft or OnlyOffice and use their web version. This keeps your laptop free of non-free software while using the same tools everyone else has.

Honestly, i don’t know, but setting up some website that’s vaguely similar to reddit, is not that hard. (Building a community and maintaining tech and community is harder.) Thus, there are probably tons of reddit-like places, some bigger, some smaller.

Before reddit and facebook, there were forums (like bb boards). Some have survived (in niches). Some communities have huge Facebook groups, used with fake accounts for shitposting. Some people use twitter/bluesky/mastodon as a reddit substite.

I guess that Instagram and TikTok have most of the market in many countries. People won’t tell you how much time they spend on tiktok, but they still do.

15€. I was shocked when it went above 10.

Israel or Meta or both?

What’s the reputation of the linked site? Are there other sources?

Sure, this sounds plausible, but you want credible sources and mainstream media attention.

See HiobsTriops excellent answer

It’s not illegal to harvest from your own ground, garden or farm. This is about wild plants picked in the woods. Woods have special regulations.

Have you tried using the Internet in some parts of Germany? We are not going to destroy our last chance for connectivity.

It’s just Musk without cool gadgets

Zuck seems to care what Trump wants.