At least the hackers are having as bad a time as we are, then.

They would be willing to reopen it if people show up to develop it. The problem is that seemingly noone is invested enough to keep it going.

I’ve always taken issue with this “master” v. “main” argument.

People think it’s “master” as in “master/slave”, but forked branches are not “slaves”.

Instead, it’s “master” as in “master/proxy”. The forked branches are altered copies of an original. We have remastered movies, music and games, and I’ve never seen anyone complain about the word in this context. Why should version control systems be any different?

Does anyone have an archive link for the original Wired article?

was designed to impose tax relative to the prosperity of the taxpayer, but without the controversy that then surrounded the idea of income tax.

So nothing has changed in 400 years. Cool, cool cool cool.

Outside of PeerTube, you mean?

I still would rather have the possibility of no banners, not even the first time I open the page.

Oh that’s entirely possible, even with the current law as it is. All the developer has to do is to stop using cookies for anything that is not related to the functionality of the website.

But of course, the adtech bros won’t give up on their precious tracking, so they’d rather try and shift the blame with an empty argument along the lines of “Hey, the bad EU law is forcing us to bother you.”

The law only concerns cookies that are not strictly necessary to provide a service.

So the cookie to remember that you denied all non-necessary cookies could be seen as necessary and thus not require your consent.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

So, it’ll still help you commit suicide, but only if you’re over 18?

Based af. 🤣

Sir, this is 2025, we don’t do nuanced opinions here anymore.