I already have. Long before the threat of tariffs. I shop thrift stores, yard sales, and social media markets. I go to electronics recyclers and find perfectly good laptops that just need an OS installed.
I’ve had the same phone since 2017, and the same car for 10+ years, neither of which were new when I got them.
AI has already stolen everyone’s work. The internet is officially a free for all.
Substack has had a Nazi problem since its inception. At first, there was a liberal backlash, but they all eventually went there anyway.
I can’t wait to get a hold of a bunch of cheap TP Link routers. Those things run OpenWRT like champs.
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Is it wrong to hope it hits the specific city I live in? 😅
Is it wrong to hope it hits us?
I did it a long time ago. The best time to change was 5-10 years ago. The second best time is now.
It’s time to de-Google, de-amazon, de-Microsoft, de-apple, etc.
Just those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.
I borrow them from my library through the Libby and Hoopla apps. If I want to support the author, I’ll buy a copy through some other means. Directly from them, if possible.
We’ve already seen a few crotchety old timers who don’t want to add rust to the Linux kernel.
At some point, a complete rewrite of the kernel in a memory safe language would be prudent. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs will have to go extinct before that can happen.
Except that hard wood has long since turned into coal.
Why is that? The planet will be fine without us. It will probably be better off without us.