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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t even believe the trump admin is going after tech giants.

  I share the disbelief. I think it is mostly a power play against not just Google, but all tech giants, which must be watching this closely, given most of them operate in a similarly anticompetitive manner: kiss the ring or else. The Trump administration could give Google reprieve in exchange for axing DEI further and helping push their political agenda.

  I can’t imagine anything the admin does will be good for society so maybe its safe to assume they will be broken up so elon can buy a chunk?

  I think so too: if Google doesn’t satisfy Trump and his administration, parts of it will be forcibly sold as private equity, outside of shareholder scrutiny and beyond the reach of the SEC. Such a private company would be easier to control than a publicly traded one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan hacked and taken offline. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that the average 4chaner?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ProStar: The Portable Gaming System And Laptop From 1995⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL Epson made laptops. Having had to deal with some of their printers and scanners, I’m not inclined to learn more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is unironically what they are going for everywhere: delegating regulation to industry, as is the case to some extent in aviation. If they get their way, they won’t need approval from the NHTSA or any other agency, because they will self-approve and likely even shape regulation themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  /s Meanwhile, in some Signal group: “Should we suicide her or do you guys figure she might have some ICE-worthy tattoos?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the one hand, I share your doubt, which is justified in the face of all the deceit and mismanagement that Merz in particular and the CDU and CSU in general engage in. On the other hand, the fact that the Sovereign Tech Fund / Agency survived the German budget crisis gives me some hope that it will at least stay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Although they could do more, I wouldn’t say they don’t care. For instance, Germany established the Sovereign Tech Agency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone who doesn’t know: this is a clever reference to the myth of Midas’ Touch that I’m totally stealing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, do americans just want to take a break from normal politics for a bit and focus all our efforts solely on the wild boar problem?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hogwash! Capitalist pigs will end us. I for one root for roo committees.