… “and the government doesn’t want them to”?
The last part kinda doesn’t make a lot of sense.

If the government doesn’t want the non-disabled to enjoy taking that for fun, how does that contribute to the problem? It could have made sense if it said “even though” instead of “and”, but the way it is, it’s just confusing.

Why the fuck is a Microsoft account so important to Windows that running it without one is considered a “loophole”?

Australia isn’t just Gina Rhinehart. Yes, Australia’s economy is very mining heavy, and that includes coal mining. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of people there who realize that, in a region with that much sunshine, solar is a bit of no-brainer.

As someone who is in tech… not sure, either.

About 20 years ago, Microsoft was found guilty and convicted, because they forced their browser on their users, driving out competitors by abusing their de facto monopoly on PC operating systems. These days, they are doing the exact same thing again, just on an even broader base. I don’t even understand how this verdict took so long.

Batteries take “rare earth metals” like cobalt.

Some Lithium-Ion batteries use Cobalt, but many don’t. Lithium-Iron-Phosphate, for example, is a popular variant without any Cobalt. There is a push going on to move to battery chemistries without Cobalt or to reduce the actual amount of Cobalt where it is still required.

Pretty sure he just doesn’t want to get doxxed…

Is this article really a good fit for the Technology community?

OP said it happened around the year 2000. Linux was at maybe 2.4.something back then. The kernel was much smaller then than it is today.

Right, the head twit, the one who “doesn’t need” to ever consult with domain experts from his own companies, because he “knows” he’s right about everything anyway…

Not necessarily, more like GoDaddy was the domain swatter that was holding on to that domain until Musk decided to pay the ransom. We cannot tell from the screenshot what registrar he uses for that domain now.

We can, however, tell from whois, and what do you know, it’s godaddy…

In fairness, DNS entries do get cached for a while (usually 24 hours), so you might have gotten a stale version of the resource record. It’s even entirely possible that whatever DNS resolver Musk uses did have the up to date version already while yours did not.

Still, Twitter should double and triple checked that this works even from other resolvers before announcing it like this.

Funny, over here in central Europe, I had no problem at all…

Any employer anywhere can fire you for a legal reason. Employers in at-will states can fire employees for no reason. In fact, that is the main practical distinction of at-will states in this regard, it’s what “at will” means.

Even in an at-will state, an employer can still not fire you for an explicitly illegal reason, but unless they are stupid enough to tell you (it happens), good luck proving that it was for an illegal reason.

@OP, sure contact an employment lawyer, but ask if they provide a first consultation for free. I would not actually pay for a lawyer if I were you unless I were much more certain that there is a chance of success.

Unfortunate reality these days. An employer can be sued for firing people for the wrong reasons, so if they don’t have to, they won’t tell you any reasons, and if they do have to, they will make up bullshit ones.

VS is clearly an IDE, VSCode… is more arguable. For me, it’s somewhere between a heavily souped up editor and an IDE. But that’s just my opinion.

What is your region?

Batches 4 and 5 are also sold out by now.

Meanwhile, batches 8 and 9 have been added to the list. Looks like they did not anticipate this kind of success.