Okay, IRC then!
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Even issues are mainly just discussions with some metadata attached and as long as they can be surfaced in a way to be attached to a project, then they could be created by anyone.
Hmm.. Surely there is already effort being focused in this direction?
Modern nuclear weapons seem to be very effective, but as you note, it has only been tested once (when only one side had them).
These are the same "serious media outlets" that repeat that same context in their articles over and over again as if readers haven't come anywhere near a news source in over a year.
It's like they are back in school trying to hit that arbitrary 500 word requirement when it's entirely unnecessary. Modern journalism is neither serious nor rigorous.
No one has ever expected a former President to want to become a VP — a lower office.
In Venezuela it's extremely unclear how suddenly creating a giant power vacuum will allow the US to obtain Venezuela's oil.
On one hand, this seems classic from the Trump Admin in that rash actions have been taken with no future plans in place (cf. DOGE), on the other hand this does appear in line with the promise of "no forever wars" (no sustained US ground presence) and if the US does actually end up with the oil, then it will be at a very low cost (in terms of US blood and treasure).
And maybe that is F-Droid's point: Security through obscurity. If the build infrastructure with the signing keys is unknown, then it's that much harder for Bad Actor to do things like backdoor E2E encrypted communication apps. This is, of course, the weakness in E2E encryption in apps obtained from mainstream/commercial app stores. For all we know, these may already be backdoored depending on where it came from.
However, the obscurity makes F-Droid hard to trust as an outsider to the project.
The goal that you suggest is interesting. It reminds me of Guix, where one can obtain binaries or one can build the entirety of packages oneself. All from the same system.
Perhaps you could share how you are currently building software from source and/or F-Droid?
They also filled a shore bombardment role. But you also don't use nukes for that (rather modern aircraft).
Disclaimer: IANAS (I Am Not A Squid)
The authors of such a feature gave not more than a trifling thought to anyone's perspective but their own.
Yet another argument for copyright being far too long.
People have bought not so well made electric cars for the same reason (e.g.: Tesla).
Your car analogy does not really hold up though, considering that anything but an absolutely awful car is quite repairable and (in the right hands) upgradable.
While they aren't the only manufacturer guaranteeing excellent Linux support, that and the upgradeability seal the deal.
Speaking of the MBP, the fixed disk size is really frustrating. Historically this is the one part that was upgradeable on all laptops.
Furthermore, reading through long winded, dry legalese (or the like) and then occasionally marking it up seems like an excellent way to give the brain short breaks to continue on rather than to let the mind wander in a sea of text.
I am for automating all the things but I can see pros and cons for both digital and manual approaches.
The USA is clearly not prepared to sacrifice any of its own cities to prevent an invasion of Taiwan.
All this sabre rattling and military buildup only serves to put money in the pockets of the military industrial complex and/or build military capabilities for each country to exert its will within its own sphere of influence.