Moving to another country, especially when the native language is not English, that’s a massive challenge. It’s important that you’re going there for a positive reason. Otherwise you could have chosen anywhere, right? So your motivation to be a community member there would be low. So don’t just run away from Musk. Find other goals and reasons to aim for Italy.

Also, every country and city has some assholes loving in it. Not everyone is very kind. That’s life.

How can they catch people who have produced unlocked epubs? There are plenty of ways if they have your device at some future date.

I suppose the easiest predictable thing other than having your device seized when you’re entering the country for example or when you get arrested for example is that back doors could be installed on Android or iPhone that look for unapproved media.

The technology is already good enough for that. It’s only a question of implementation.

It’s interesting when people are put to the choice. On the one hand they could purchase a book with DRM that they don’t actually own. On the other hand, they could look for alternative means by which to obtain the book. And the more the publishers f*** with you, the more you might be inclined to never give them a penny.

Doesn’t that depend on the forums, though? For many organizations, those sites fit the needs perfectly fine. If you don’t care about archiving and you would not be totally screwed if the forum disappeared tomorrow, you’re going to opt for something simple like that.

Step 1: Don’t generalize. Don’t say “Americans” when you mean “some Americans”. As you can see from browsing here and on other media sites, there are a great many vocal people who have voted Democrat for years but are entirely disappointed by decades of failed DNC leadership.

Step 2: Remind people that everyone is on their own side. Politicians might vote the way you want, or not, but their interests will never be exactly the same as yours. Don’t ever believe that the two-party system is an accurate description of our values.

Step 3: Share memes of Schumer.

LibreOffice is solid, too.

Tried? That is boring. Stick with what we kept using.

It isn’t paranoia. I know how many items I have had to discard because of small stains. Light colors are a waste of money.

Of course we tolerate dishonesty all the time, though.

Cost who, my friend? What kind of fraud? Don’t try to be cute.

For example, if someone gets $3 extra on food stamps, FFS good on them. If Musk gets millions (more, but let’s lowball it), he can rot in hell.

I think you can’t use the word cynical in that way. People can be cynical, but corporations can’t. Corporations don’t have that type of thought or feeling.

So I’m really not sure what you’re trying to ask. Are you asking which CEOs are the most cynical?

Sell meth to Musk’s gang? Get them hooked.

This sounds like a situation where the two of them chatted about what was best for the two of them and came to a reasonable decision.