Pointless discussion.

No wonder no new nuclear power plants have been built in a generation when the ones coming online now were all delayed by a generation.

I encourage you to take a look at any infrastructure project.

Going over budget and past deadlines is normal.

They... they could've done this the entire time?

The artificially-inflated price of the diamonds should be irrelevant in this calculation.

SteamOS is better than, for example, macOS and Windows because of licenses.

Since you're new (welcome!), I should let you in on a little secret: pretty much the entire free software movement is built around licensing. I know, it's boring and seems insignificant. But the outcomes are profound.

Because SteamOS is built to function within the free software ecosystem, it means users are never beholden to the decisions of one centralized entity (usually the company that owns the software patents.)

If Valve ever decides to, say, include candy crush ads in SteamOS' start menu (they'd have to make their own start menu, since right now SteamOS uses one that's already made by the free software community), then users can choose to remove that part of the menu or replace the menu altogether without having to start from scratch.

For wealthy people who can always pay the "proprietary tax," this might seem like a non-issue. Practically speaking, these people only want their software to work without hassle. They don't care about the true cost of that software, such as only one entity being able to modify/distribute the software. It's not until, say, photoshop starts charging a subscription (which they can always increase the price of) that people start to see the value in free software and the importance of licensing.

Good.

We should not let acts of violence like go unpunished.

We need to set an example for anyone else who may be thinking about committing the same thing.

Is it because they disagree with you? I've found way more intelligent conversations and fewer memes on Lemmy compared to reddit.

Make it easier to immigrate legally, then.

What the fuck is this rent-a-center propaganda?

How stupid are we?

The constitution is toilet paper for the ruling class.

They'll do whatever they want, whenever they want.

Since they're not breaking any laws, they shouldn't be getting their code taken down anyways.

This could be grounds for a lawsuit.

Nah. It's what happens when you support the growing disparity in wealth for generations.