An attack on the brand is an attack on them.

Thus it ever is with Conservatives. They make $whatever their whole identity, and so take any critique of $whatever as a personal attack against themselves.

I blame evangelical religions’ need for martyrdom for this.

Yes, but a corporation complying with the law is sadly what passes for good news in the US these days.

As the saying goes, “orbit is halfway to anywhere.”

Getting into and out of gravity wells takes far more fuel than moving between planetary bodies. A space elevator that can take cargo from lunar orbit to the surface and back removes one difficulty, while being slightly less sci-fi-ish than a terrestrial elevator.

And now Firefox is requiring you to hand over your data to them.

If you’re talking about the most recent news about the Terms of Service, that is a gross misreading of what they said.

Hadn’t been invented, or just hadn’t been discovered yet?

For what it was spec’d at originally, I think more people would have been willing to consider it than would like to admit,

I’ll admit it: a $30k EV with 600 miles of range? You’d be an idiot to not consider that, until it was proven to be bullshit and Elon was proven to be a full-on fascist.

Man who never earned anything a day in his life continues streak by not earning video game achievements.

You mean like they did when Windows 7 went EoL?

Or when Windows XP went EoL?

Or when NT 4.0 went EoL?

This isn’t the first time Windows has gone EoL in a corporate environment; what makes you think it’ll be better or worse than previously? Some will begin the Win11 transition, some will pay for extended support until Windows 12, a few might switch to Linux, and the rest will run unsecured until circumstances force them to fix it.

Reality is left leaning

I know this was a joke Colbert made, but the truth is the reverse: the left is reality-leaning. It’s truly terrifying to see how divorced from reality the right-wing is, and how gleefully they just keep storming in that direction.

Ever heard of the glass cliff? You might even see a name or two on that list that you recognize.