Grass does make flowers; they’re just typically really small (unless it’s something we’ve bred to be big, like corn or wheat).

For example, bermudagrass in flower:

That’s because Ace Hardware is franchised. It’s essentially a bunch of small businesses that use the same branding.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. You have to lobby to change zoning laws to make it happen.

How is this not illegal in the EU?

It depends what they’re tweaking and why. For example, a lot of stuff is tweaked to become “Roundup ready,” and facilitating the mass use of glyphosate is dangerous.

You’re right: plastic is just as recyclable now as it was before.

Which is to say, it continues to largely fail to be recyclable.

Not economic decline; spiraling inequality. Which is even worse, in some important ways.

Could very well be. I’m using OpenWRT and basically did the bare minimum to get it to work.

Brody, 20 years older, in a bolo tie.

Ah, so that’s where chupacabras come from.

Look up the story of the Citycorp Center in Manhattan; that’s always a fun one.

Time is a cube!

Yeah, it’s only anecdotal but I feel like hobbyists like us, who do slightly unusual things without nefarious intent, who are the ones who get hit with these sorts of issues the most. For example, I’ve noticed that some websites start throwing captchas at me or even just straight-up refuse to load with 403: unauthorized errors because I have my router set up to load-balance across two Internet connections. (At least, that’s my guess as to why it’s happening.)

Check the part about misinformation.

What Linux infrastructure? The wikis and torrent links?

Package database mirrors (i.e. the things you’re downloading from when you install new software).

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Unless there’s a miracle, it would be:

4 consumer are relegated to DRM’d-to-Hell-and-back smartphones

And that’s honestly why this story isn’t the good news it appears to be. An entire generation growing up used to (or rather, used by) locked-down devices designed for consumption is a goddamned disaster!

My other reply to you was literally entirely composed of a supporting link. Quit being disingenuous.

You are factually incorrect.