I’m going to assume that no education in microeconomics have gone into this post. I’ve worked for monopoly and non-monopoly companies and, even without thinking about the very basic supply/demand graphs, I can tell you, pricing of the product is very different.

Here is s hint, price-point is very different for each. One will screw you over way more than the other one. Im not trying to sound snarky but please, honestly, educate yourself on the subject. Once a company reaches a monopoly status, price for consumer is very different beast than before.

Not sure if true, but a very interesting thought. Wheels within wheels, sort of. I’m not sure people are that “good” at planning though.

Read up on ducks. They were /screwed/ before the FBI showed up.

Brown wood pantry doors.

This, I think, is what bothers me. I understand the reasoning but still… The pardoning, no surprise. The lying, makes me a bit sad. I understand the reasoning but it still makes me sad.

It is “corrupt” (within quotation marks because it is also legal). But it can also be understandable. Given his circumstances, I know what I’d do. The same. Without a doubt. What would you do?

Of course he can be criticised, go right ahead. I don’t care. But let’s also be honest. We are no saints. No matter what, he will never be elected to anything again ever. Just huffing and puffing is fairly pointless and makes people look blustering, not principled.

To be fair, it is only volatile because you view it from the perspective of something you feel is stable (perhaps USD). If you instead viewed other currencies from the view of, let’s say, bitcoin then the other currencies would be fluctuating wildly. It’s a bit like Alabama and time: it’s all relative.

Did a quick search. Didn’t find it. Please enlighten us. Sounds fun.

Curmudgeon. I aim to please.

I didn’t think there would be a pun in there but, man, you found it! 👍

It might well be. Thing is, no-one wants war. If the west wanted war, they wouldn’t need a broken cable for it.

It passes on to both producers and consumers. It’s not perfect but it might be made to work enough.

I do. The exact reason this legal framework is in place

But (s)he is doing the microphone!

I’d assume the ruling would also stipulate that they don’t develop a new browser for X years. Otherwise they could be right back in a day by forking Chromium.

I’d assume they would be willing to pay even more.

Paraphrasing: what is a hot dog but meat in an intestant. When you consume a hot dog, you do not eat the hot dog, you become the hot dog.

If the state were to fund it adequately… I find little flaw with it.

Nor did I.

We can be dumb together.