I think the issue is that this marketing consultant didn't build anything. They just prompted an LLM to generate output

Yeah which if that's the argument we're having... I kinda don't want to give people that dumb any influence. The fediverse symbol is not a pentagram and if the rainbow giving gay people visibility is somehow wrong, then... Fuck me I guess because I'd rather make gay people comfortable than a bunch of folks who've fallen down some manner of christofascist rabbit hole

The weak argument they make is this doesn't look good at small sizes. Personally I don't think that constitutes a good enough reason to rebrand the fediverse

Microsoft is still who vetted and hired the contractor and who selected the location.

And yeah. Past CEOs of Microsoft have continued to be shitty. They're who's responsible for what's going on. I just wanted to talk about the ways white knight philanthropy doesn't help, it just perpetuates colonialism, and Bill Gates+Microsoft have always been in lock step in this regard.

The point is the true villain here is colonialism

So construction waste is a subcategory of industrial waste. Typical industrial waste includes toxic materials like excess cement, fiberglass, bits of plastic from wires and cables. But once the data center is in place, most likely the waste will be e-waste in nature. Think heavy metals, copper, and yet more plastic. And the thing is... This is why they're putting this data center here. Disposing of this toxic waste will be cheaper because it's less regulated. The long term cost of high tech industries like this to neo-colonialized communities like this is the communities themselves. It doesn't matter to Microsoft they're making the water undrinkable. They don't have to live there.

And realize, too. Bill Gates' philanthropic missions aren't accidents. He may not run the show at Microsoft anymore but he still benefits greatly from their business. His philanthropic efforts aren't about making the lives of people who are exploited better. They're about maintaining that cheap form of labor just a little bit longer. And that may not be Bill Gates' actual intention, but the fact of the matter is he's a billionaire. He could make much larger changes in the world by not being a billionaire. He has power and influence to do things the rest of us can't, but instead of treating the illness he treats the symptoms. His actions sustain the system he benefits from

Only reason I unblocked them was in case I needed to refute their claims anywhere. Suffice to say though, for anyone reading this, a good rule of thumb is if Possibly Linux says it, decent chance its untrue

Correction: yes it will. Source: that's how I installed it

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Super cool that new privates headed to Iraq weren't alive when that particular conflict started. Super cooool

I wonder if its because Beehaw is staying on 18.x while awaiting Sublinks

Lionir is talking about API implementations for everything to go off a single CSS file or a single icon pack. Not about the implementation of your personal desired aesthetic (I refuse to use the term rice, it has origins in racist car and motorcycle culture)

The ad company blocking an ad blocker is totally about security

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