There are limits to free speech just like there are limits to other freedoms. For example: “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” IOW where harm is done. So the question becomes do messages like this cause harm? IANAL, but I believe that it would qualify as hate speech, which is widely considered to cause harm.

Swamp thing was what came to mind for me.

Flashing back to Red Planet.

Somebody call Tom Selleck!

They have a series on Gates too.

The answer to OPs question is that these people they admired were just as bad, just better at PR. Unless you think that social media has had some kind of positive effect in outing these newer bastards. Being young and naive may also have been a factor (which I can personally attest to since I was a fan of MS back in the 90s before I learned about them).

Ah yes, the ol’ “promoted to the level of their incompetence”. SOP. Or SNAFU, take your pick.

Vivaldi M3 on desktop, K9 on mobile.

Sounds pricey. Discs are cheap.

I’d guess that the down votes weren’t because it wasn’t true, but rather simply that the fact made them unhappy. Not the best use of down votes, but understandable.

Which has its own downside, that being the up-front cost.

“Press Play on tape.”

(makes lunch)

“File found. Loading…”

(takes a bath, goes for a walk, reads a book…)

Ah the memories…

But where to store it all now?

Below the frame looks like to me.

I don’t know, maybe it is like Midas. The things he touches turn into something coveted, and therefore valuable, but also of little to no practical use, just like gold.

Yeah; seeing this pop up on my feed so close to another story about the increasing concentration of wealth to landlords in Canada made me both chuckle and then sigh.

something something wmds…

Didn’t I see that in a cartoon? Sam and Ralph?

First distro I got to work was LibraNet. Easy to set up and use, ran by a father-son team. Died when the father passed away. 😥

Apple making robots, what could go wrong? (Looks up phone number for Tom Selleck)

It’s about love and companionship and everything’s fine! Just give us all of your personal information. We won’t do anything bad, we promise!