Oracle didn’t even create Java, Sun Microsystems did and Oracle gobbled them up. The only thing Oracle has actually created is a shitty old database system and legions of lawyers.

I don’t understand why people pay so much for this. They just bend over and let that greedy-ass cartel screw them at every turn.

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Also in 2026

Instead of suing each other in front of a judge, both parties agree to have a neutral third party (an arbitrator) settle disputes privately

The “neutral” third party is chosen by the company. So… yeah.

Wolf tells sheep about the best fences to keep predators out

Understood, but I “purchased” books over the years I’d like to keep as mine.

This needs to be an open source script! I would love to use it to actually own my purchased books.

Once (if) this fucking clown show of an “administration” is gone, it’ll be reverted back by the adults.

The game has gotten kind of old to me, but I wanna support them any way I can. Any other things they make that I could buy?

They’re getting far more press than they ever would have had they capitulated like the other companies. Now they get to frame themselves as the “good guys”. They’ll end up doing (more of) the evil shit soon enough, but they just had a huge marketing coup. Smart play by one of the biggest grifters, bravo.

I own a kilt and have the little bag that goes around my waist. When I wear that shit (usually at the RenFest) with no underwear, I totally get dresses. Airy, freeing, so easy to lift it and just piss. It needs to be societally acceptable.

Be that as it may, the time to choose Rust was at the beginning. It existed then, but they made their technology choice. Continuing to develop in C++ while doing the migration just means more throwaway code and duplicated effort. This decision is truly the worst of both worlds.

“Let’s stop halfway through our multi-year project to rewrite it in another language” is peak nerd shiny distraction. I say this as one who resists the urge every day. Way to delay your project by several more years, clown.

Privacy is too woke

Oh trust me I know. They make big promises, and sell these devices dirt cheap to state education systems, and frame it as an altruistic, benevolent act. Meanwhile you can’t install any other software on them and it’s entirely locked into using google’s “education” software

Lots of school districts are beginning to ban phones. The one I live in has, and it’s had great results.

Each textbook can have modules and problem generators, designed to make it easy for teachers to assemble a custom curriculum for their class, to assign problems, and to quickly have generic quizzes graded.

Having worked for three separate companies trying to do just that, it’s not that the technology doesn’t exist. It’s that it’s too expensive for individuals to purchase and school districts had a hard time getting contracts approved due to NCLB and constant budget cuts. Strange though that a company like Google could ink a huge deal with an entire state even though none of the shit did anything it promised.

Ah, so basically French for “6-7” :D

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