How’d you do it?

Civ do be like that

Woah, I haven’t seen Charlie since that incident a year ago. Time has not been kind

Unfortunately tariffs make them much more expensive in the US. I bought my barebones (no ram/ssd) framework 16 in 2024 for roughly $1800, but now a comparable 16 is well over $2100. Still worth it imo, but damn does that price hurt. As an aside, I love my 16, but had I realized how difficult it is to travel with it I would have gotten the 13

Woah, this could be a big deal

I’m a trained union steward, I’ve been a “workplace lawyer” against hr investigations in the past. Your first mistake was responding “yes” to an investigation by management instead of asking why. Your second mistake was giving them a time frame for how long you’ve been doing it. But not all is lost, this can be recovered.

First and foremost, do not give any information that is not directly relevant. If they ask yes/no questions, only respond with yes or no. Do not give any additional information unless directly asked about it. If you don’t know an answer, don’t try to explain yourself, just say that you don’t remember. If they ask you the same question several times, tell them that you’ve already answered that question.

Secondly, don’t point to any specific coworkers. Just say that this is a commonplace thing in which several workers participate. The only person you should name is the manager that told you it was ok. Fuck the manager, he’s on HR’s side in all this. But your coworkers shouldn’t get thrown under the bus.

Lastly, form a union so you can get food reclamation as status quo and then formalized in your collective bargaining agreement.

I bet the Simpsons already made that episode

I don’t care what a EULA said, it’s still theft. If I signed away my right to be compensated for my labor, it’s still slavery.

I’m not a legislator, so I don’t know what enforcement mechanisms should be. But what I do know is that anything that eliminates this blatant theft from consumers would be a good thing.

I’m imagining an actually good piece of legislation that requires companies to provide access beyond the lifetime of their platform. Lifetime in this instance refers to the consumer

Can we just get a piece of legislation that requires unlimited lifetime access to digital purchases?

Yes!!! You’re glorious and must be seen by all!

Yes, zine is short for magazine, but the word carries additional connotations such as handmade or low production, anti-capitalist/fascist, and freely distributed

Sometimes I feel like my commute was chosen by random lottery to be the specific areas of road construction in the area

That’s what they want you to think, they just swept all dust in a pile behind Mars

Nah, show them that it’s an expensive waste of time by continuing to let them run wild with useless but impressive tasks

I used to love SToK, but their prices became unacceptable to me

They block sidewalks, they destroy bus stops, they hurt workers

Look, the last thing we need is carcinization of knowledge

I jumped ship over to Linux just in time then. 10 was bad, but serviceable and it got more stable in EOL. They’re going to ruin it even more with slop