"Inequality of bargaining power is generally thought to undermine the freedom of contract, resulting in a disproportionate level of freedom between parties, and it represents a place at which markets fail. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality_of_bargaining_power

The obvious solution is to require libraries that are no-GIL safe to declare that, and for all other libraries implicitly wrap them with GIL locks.

> in a painfully way too HD recreated set.

That does make me wonder if anyone has started shooting in SD again to make things look "nostalgic". The only ones I'm aware of are some art films that used super 8 for that effect.

I make a point of downloading sitcoms in SD, creating my own DVD rips if needed. There's something wrong about watching Seinfeld or Friends in 1080p.

You're still reliant on the centralised bluesky BGS.

Only if you choose to use bluesky PBLLC's relays and it's super trivial to not do that. Plus you can run your own relay super cheaply.

Side note: it hasn't been called BGS for a very long time. Nowadays they are just called relays and since sync 1.1 the cost for running a relay decreased by multiple orders of magnitude.

ODF is just XML.

This is like saying that HTML is "just" ASCII/UTF-8 text. Lots of formats are based on XML, but they're not compatible with each other and their schema require complicated parsers.

The only time compatibility falls apart is spreadsheets with macros don't work in libre office

Programmers and engineers should never be allowed to name things.

I say that as a programmer and engineer.

"We suck at naming things" -- Bjarne Stroustrup, in a talk about SFINAE

On one side I agree. On other side I look how marketing people name things and I think we're still better off

Imagine if next edition of GCC, released in 2026 was named 2027. Then it was GCC One. Then GCC 720. Then GCC XE. Then just plain GCC. Then GCC Teams

And then finally…GNU 720 AssistantDriver.

(Tip of the hat to Microsoft’s marketing teams.)

And that the corporations using their work should donate if they actually want it maintained.

I prefer copper and not having micro plastics in my water.

If the water main was installed in recent decades it might well be PVC so having copper instead of polythene in your house won't make a meaningful difference.

One of the underlying issues is that punitive damages seem to be the norm in US courts.

In the UK you can only claim for the actual damages incurred, which at most will be the profit you would've made on the sale of that book. Which makes most claims for private infringement uneconomical for corporations.

Note though that the court can award more than this in some circumstances. From the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988, section 97 [1]:

  (2) The court may in an action for infringement of copyright having regard to all the circumstances, and in particular to—

    (a)the flagrancy of the infringement, and

    (b)any benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement, award such additional damages as the justice of the case may require.

I think most copyright systems have some provision for damages beyond lost profits, because if they did not what incentive would there be to not infringe?

[1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/97