Some companies are so default-alive due to essentially building a money printer that risk tolerance has been tuned down severely.

So Google is the new Microsoft but with better software engineering quality. And two decades younger. And they're still slowing down.

(Maybe I should reallocate some of my GOOG stock into ANT after all.)

It's like their system prompts have a line that says, "Use analogies everywhere. Humans love analogies."

“Humans are very stupid so make sure to use childish analogical writing”

I remember those days. Lots of software was also export restricted, but the Internet being what it is, I doubt those restrictions mattered much to folks who wanted effective encryption, who would likely just say they were in the US.

Someone tell me how it would be "in the public interest" to allow one owner to control more than 50% of the market.

What’s good for Trump is good for the US.

Because the US now belongs to Trump

FWIW HDR works fine in Linux. Steam Deck (which runs it) has HDR support, both for its interface and for games. Bit confused by your comment, honestly.

Your bank sucks. The few times I've done a chargeback, it's been totally pain free. I do advise trying to get a refund informally first as that is expected by the CC networks.

Usually it's the Phillipines or an African country or something, but so very many times.

The better scams are now laundering NK through sub-Saharan Africa first.

Isn't that what they did?

Nope. Look at the flight track. They went all the way back.

I thought the same thing but it's still not a good look. The big tech companies offering this sort of thing should probably find ways to give better guarantees about data isolation, even if that requires e.g. clients paying additional fees.

Heya Tom, it's Bob, from the office down the hall