Anon needs to reject technology and embrace luddism. Only then may he be free of oxymoron job roles.

It puts more people in prison, making private prisons’ income better. This kind of shit is never about helping anyone but the lobbyists.

I wonder how long it will be until the Supreme Court overturns this one.

I share the DIY repair sentiment, but the other commenter was right. You saved them money by opting yourself out of their warranty, which is free to you, but costs them money. Now, if you had used the warranty and then repaired things yourself after it’s no longer free, that would be a nice FU to them.

The funny part is that rather than respecting this, they chose to cryptographically pair the parts, so they stop working if you replace them…

You don’t at all see how this could be abused in the exact same way as what you’re complaining about, do you?

For example, maybe Trump relaxes some restrictions on China, and the Chinese government just so happens to decide to host an expensive event at one of Trump’s businesses afterward. It’s not a bribe; it’s business as usual™

In other news, the NSA is soon to be adding blackmail to their income sources.

I subscribe to the theory that they do, but instead take inspiration from them.

The other half are rich pricks. That also checks out. The kind of privileged douche who would buy a BMW is the same kind that thinks they’re above the law.

Two things can be bad at once.

I think we all know that one of those two things will never happen in the land of the free and home of the mass-produced automobile.

Cardiovascular disease is a bitch, eh?

Thinks that water destroys magnets.

No no, you see: water is 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. Hydrogen is a key component of nukes, and nukes destroy magnets. Trump was telling us in code, because the baby-eating Dems are looking for an excuse to have him replaced with a body double so he can’t give obvious messages.

—Some Qonspircy Theorist

^{I hope the satire is obvious}

A reminder: Google added support for and then subsequently dropped JPEGXL support in Chrome. Fuck Google.

But then we wouldn’t have enough budget to allocate to our campaign donations.

—lobbyists

How has nobody mentioned Sonic Colors yet?

Type-safe lipstick :)

To offer a differing opinion, why is null helpful at all?

If you have data that may be empty, it’s better to explicitly represent that possibility with an Optional<T> generic type. This makes the API more clear, and if implicit null isn’t allowed by the language, prevents someone from passing null where a value is expected.

Or if it’s uninitialized, the data can be stored as Partial<T>, where all the fields are Optional<U>. If the type system was nominal, it would ensure that the uninitialized or partially-initialized type can’t be accidentally used where T is expected since Partial<T> != T. When the object is finally ready, have a function to convert it from Partial<T> into T.

With powered hubs and balanced tree topology, you can split a single root controller into 4⁵ endpoints. Your motherboard being able to support that many devices and the shared bandwidth might be a problem, but it’s theoretically possible to survive off of a single USB port.

It seems pretty obvious to me at this point that the DNC would rather lose than have an actual progressive win.

It’s not in their interests to let a progressive win. Just like their counterpart, the DNC takes a shit ton of bribery donations from corporations lobbyists. Bringing in a progressive who would reform the system or push back against pro-corporate policies is biting the hands that feed them.