While they don’t refute it, enough of those do prevent better science from happening though, especially when it’s needed.

I’m in Malaysia. Our politicians and a good segment of our adults encourage this kind of chat, esp during the lockdown, for fear of offending the spouse. They call it the ‘doraemon voice’ and it’s as annoying as it sounds.

He should just become vegan. Same outcome.

Just imagine how many of these were first consumed on a drunken bet.

Who tf is cutting onions?

Not a dishwasher, but may be related. I air dry my clothes indoors, sometimes overnight, and used to get that damp rag smell on my clothes as a result. Solution: toss in a tbs of baking soda - no more smell.

Ok, serious question: were the moderators offered share options, or are they hoping that the company would eventually compensate them? Or is this discussion blanketed by an NDA?

When you pick a degree based on what you think will pay out, versus what you love, or even what you are inclined towards…

I never said you did. I just said I’d keep my Firefox as an expression of my choice. Gun to my head? Really? You seem awfully sensitive at all of the comments here. Is everything ok? Just keep your chrome and uninstall Firefox if it doesn’t work for you. Jeebus! Chill man.

Firefox is like the faithful buddy who, while not perfect, does his best to get things done for you, unlike the popular kids or the TikTok cogniscenti, who expect you to play ball or get dropped like a hot brick.

I’ll keep mine, thanks.

Heh. I use Firefox with DDG as my search engine exclusively now. No ads for me.

Bitmap brothers ftw!

Yeah. I suppose this is also bidens fault. /s

Oh this’ll go down well with certain demographics… /s

Like my USB mouse working with any computer, I used to be able to pick up a phone and text anyone on the planet without having to check which app they’re on. Sure there are the ‘de facto’ apps, but these vary by country and social group. The reason for the proliferation of the third party apps lies squarely on the proprietary, ckosed protocols by each of them and viral growth during the early days when the telcos were still figuring out data-based text and voice - players were playing up their features like ‘security’ and ‘privacy’ and creating the walled gardens as you mentioned. The current leaders grew due to rapid adoption and a person’s social clout. Just try dating nowadays in Asia, where multiple texting apps reside on a typical phone. Don’t kid yourself - the messages mentioned earlier serve only the marketing goals of each app and just lock you in with FOMO or the hassle of switching. The companies don’t give a shit about your privacy, as long as they can monetize your data, feed and activity.

RCS, to me, wants to take us back to industry standardization, so any provider can follow the standard and immediately be connected to everyone, instead of having to deal with different platforms, protocols. An iphone should be able to communicate with an Android and all the flavours without degradation or the color of the bubbles. Sure, the current implementation of RCS is google’s, but the standard is not. Hopefully, managed by a (neutral) standards body, the shortcomings people point out will be patched and adopted by the app developers. Desired featured will be folded into the standards and make their way into then apps. This, again to me, while slower, is preferable than being tied to the whims of a provider, e.g. Whatsapp, iMessage and telegram, does away with the market fragmentation (not competition) and gets rid off all the artificial bullshit like blue/ green bubbles, security lapses and image degredation between apps.

Just my 2c. Do with it as you will.

Did… Did the bubble finally burst? I can has home now?

*until the next food crisis

Because profit. And weak consumer culture just accepts it as normal. Smart consumers are left to look for other means, or are left to sail the high seas.