abrasiveteapot

@abrasiveteapot@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EnteAuth (and a bunch of other FOSS) take Microsoft's "free" money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  …wikipedia.org/…/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

  OP has a reasonable concern, Microsoft has had a troubling past history, and embrace extend extinguish hasn’t gone away, just look at the office file standards shenanigans.

  It’s certainly the case that the purchase of github is intended to create a platform that has network effects (making it hard to leave).

  Microsoft has proven many times that their participation in FOSS tends to come with a catch or an intent to subvert.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but the business case for a nuclear plant straight up doesnt stack up unless you’re weighing some parameter other than the best interests of the public. The facts on the costs and timelines are sitting right there.

  Build out renewables - you get faster power on the grid (a couple of years vs a couple of decades) AND the power is cheaper. LOTS cheaper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is exactly why this is a bad choice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet Hinkley C was approved in 2010 and is still not finished, current cost is at 3 times the orginal budget and ETA is now 2030 from originally 2023 (and may slip further).

  What’s worse is they contract in a fixed price for the power generated which is way higher than renewables can generate it for. So we’re paying more for our electricity.