100hours is quite a bit

just kept on thinking they were the best.

This type of mindset was neatly put by Fnog when Leela was kicking everyone’s butt in the dojo: “But, you see, I have the will of the warrior. Therefore, the battle is already over. The winner? Me! Rematch? You lose again! Had enough? I thought so!”. Though this was about misogyny, the same applies to racism. Any win proves superiority and any loss is dismissed.

Nice to meet you, General Peter Pace 🫡

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 keeps amusing me.

Now, it’s all just bots talking to bots to learn how to sound human.

There’s consent from the shopper and the retailer, so it’s not unethical

Two parties can enter an willingly agreement that’s ultimately harmful for both. For the shopper it will limit choice and for the retailer, they’re signing their own death warrant.

Right up until the moment that Comcast does a deal with Facebook to get its agent to not help you get a better rate and perhaps instead lock you into a more expensive contract instead. Remember Facebook’s business model is ads.

It’s a bit vague as the government didn’t publish all details.

AFAICT the principle of this law is that the minister/department involved can override company decisions and issue instructions to those who work for the company in order to ensure customer orders are fulfilled. No actual ownership has changed as such, though this could be a precursor to that, but even though Wingtech still owns Nexperia, it has to obey the government edicts over those of Wingtech.

Original government publication (in Dutch): https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/10/12/wet-beschikbaarheid-goederen-ingezet-door-minister-van-economische-zaken

Wiki article on this law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goods_Availability_Act_(Netherlands)

Apes together strong.

This is why I upgraded my Windows 10 laptop to a Fedora 42 one. 42 is obviously the biggest. And thusly better than Debian.