I understand sentiment after seeing how a lot of tech companies are. The other side of it is this: Developers still have bills to pay. FOSS projects are great, especially if they’re done by a small team and have a supportive community, but there are only a limited number of developers who have a combination of knowledge, skill, free time, and financial capability to truly dedicate themselves to FOSS projects.

If I could support myself by coding for FOSS projects, I would probably try (hell I just might not be aware of opportunities for this) but that isn’t the reality in front of me.

Which means twice the savings when you unexpectedly lay them both off!

They’ll see the sales of the Charger tank and will conclude that people just don’t want muscle cars, which is sad because in the next few years I was thinking about getting one.

Oh well, what can you do.

I mean a lot of it takes place underground

I mean fark.com is still kicking, last I checked. I feel like some of these old sites are the web equivalent of BIFL products.

Yeah, if I leak it’s usually some kind of liquid.

I’d guess “To whom it may concern” would be the most gender neutral/inclusive way to rephrase that.

To be fair, most people who try to copy success fail.

If you’ve got interest in deep simulation mechanics you can check out Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. It’s FOSS and, last I checked, still has an active developer community.

What is your issue with DEI?

I mean some of them did, probably. It’s a diverse group, can’t really lump everyone together outside of being not straight and/or not cis.

I know it’s a bit off topic, but is PlanetSide 2 approachable for new players still? I loved the original and tried the sequel when it came out but didn’t get much of a chance to play it. I’d be interested in giving it a shot

Maybe it’s the interests I have, but those chat rooms may have people but not a lot of activity. Also, the specific people I want to chat with don’t use Matrix.

Depending on when you played the UI changed to be more mouse friendly. Still a game that is keyboard driven but it does have solid mouse based controls as well.

The solution is always more space heaters. There are 0 safety issues with this plan.

That’s a bingo…

Honestly it sounds like you might like some of the aspects of EVE Online

But depending on cost, in my hopeful optimistic universe, that could mean bringing back replaceable batteries.

If/when this happens it will just lead to a rise in aftermarket products to disable the feature.

Hell, since they will probably use AI to parse the audio you can probably use it to fuck with your friends. Like when people would put out hyper-specific FB ads but via cars.

If they don’t call it Chick-fa-licks I’ll be disappointed. I mean as a whole I find the company upsetting already, but I will add disappointment to that.