Comparing Andy to Peter Thiel is wild.

Valve remains committed to an open PC ecosystem

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If we have the will to fight this every 5 minutes, we should have the will to make it so we don’t keep having to. Winning the same battle over and over isn’t victory; it’s just giving the enemy more time and opportunity to define the terms of your defeat.

This is getting comically ridiculous and I’m tired, but I suppose that’s the point.

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Listen…

CVS (working to compile a medical database on all USAmericans)

Can I have a source for that?

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https://deflock.me/

If it was hosted outside the US and not on AWS, would you use it then?

Unlike Whatsapp, Signal doesn’t store your network of contacts. They have your phone number, time of registration, and time of last connect to their servers. They go to great lengths to keep the rest private. In Signal’s case, I don’t see an issue at all, but I do see all the benefit.

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Year of the Linux phone in 2026?

Knowing Google, they care more about blurring the lines between AI and reality to confuse and force it onto people than they do about saving a few dollars on storage costs.

Not to mention the firewall is itself AI.

In the words of Miyazaki:

Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is whatsoever. I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

Personally, the open source community’s aversion to algorithms is what’s holding me back. Say what you will about them, but I’ve found many great songs thanks to Spotify’s algo.

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