Ironically your reaction paints you as the reactionary with a broad brush.

That may say more about you than them. Make of that what you will. Plenty have though.

What do you mean? Musk worked hard to get where he is. How easy do you think it is to steal emeralds from your father and pawn them to get seed money to start your own wealth? /s

I got a Wii for Christmas years ago. Never used it much. The last Nintendo console I bought was a game cube. You can easily live without Nintendo. They’re definitely decent games. Just not for that price.

GPS is very time oriented as well. That’s part of how the calculations are done. Using the difference in times, triangulation Etc to figure out where you are. Which is exactly how this system will work as well.

Yes it’s not global. But then it was never claimed to be. Yes it will likely only be a North American deal. But it will provide a usable alternative here to GPS. Other regions could adapt it to their broadcast standards as well. As you pointed out it’s just timing information. So any broadcast system could make use of a system similar to this. Functioning similarly to gps.

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Little l Dejacque libertarian?

Most people who regularly, openly identity as Libertarian aren’t.

I think Neison could do it. But if those are good gags etc. The writers need to be taken out back and shot. That was just awful. Outside the nordberg bit. I will admit. I did get a small chuckle on the OJ diss.

This has nothing to do with “Jews”. You differentiate Hama’s and Palestinians. Why not the other way. Most Jews aren’t even in Israel. Many in Israel don’t support it even. I’m all for calling out Israel.

He who controls the past. Controls the future.

That’s a good question and something that is not going to be easy to find out. You’d have to figure out who inside Google works on it their hourly pay and how many hours Etc they actually spend on it.

They unfortunately I don’t think will ever have the kind of money required to do something like that. While Google doesn’t make tons of money from Android itself. It has immense value. Consider Also that large portions of Android already are open sourced. The main problem being Google play services. They keep moving OS functionality from general purpose open libraries into their proprietary ones to maintain control.

All they really need to do is work on undoing that and giving other groups and equal voice on its future and development. Then there isn’t much the fascist government can do. Not that they won’t try and throw a fit. But they’ll do that regardless. But yes pull out as much from the Google Play services as possible and open it up app store wise. Putting other app stores front and center with their own and giving them equal billing. Like F Droid Etc. Which I already use for all of my apps that aren’t needlessly made proprietary. Google would do this if they were smart. It’s a bit of scorched Earth. But that’s the best kind when it comes to fascists. The administration will work hard to get it sold off to an ally and last thing we need is Russia with control over Android LOL

Only if you consider Marxist leninism Etc as far left. Which by all accounts you shouldn’t. They have very little issue working with the other authoritarian groups such as fascists. And even straddle the line with fascism in modern day with countries like China . They are authoritarian more than anything else. I don’t see actual far left groups like anarchists or left libertarians advocating any sort of authoritarianism. Just authoritarian groups.

Progresses have never outlawed language or those that use it either. I really got to say it seems like you don’t know much about what you’re talking about. Instead just trying to both sides things. And create some false Center. In which to feel better about yourself.

There is one possible bright spot. Google could and should, completely open source all parts of Android. Bringing in all the nature handset manufacturers into a Consortium along with Google to guide and maintain the development. No longer having sole control over it. It’s Google did that they would still retain some control, and be able to stick it to the current administration, while the average user would now have a fully open source Android that would benefit them. But you’re right I don’t really see that happening.

So, there can be no consequences for speech? That’s bullshit.

Are some overly zealous in their response? Sure. Is that authoritarian? Hell no.

Yes some of the arguments they make are completely absurd and tone deaf for keeping them. Like somehow the cultures that made them wouldn’t take care of them and it’s far too important for them to have have it and preserve it. Than the people they stole it from

Yep. Enshitification behavior doesn’t cease once you’re technically a paying customer. If they hadn’t made a habit of enshitification. Clawing features away to put behind a paywall I’d give them some support. But I prefer foss anyhow. And for myself, I’m not missing anything.

True and while they are both enshitifying their services. Somehow in this one area Google seems to be going slower. And making slightly less bonehead moves

Definitely a fun fact🙂