Forgive my pessimism, but while this is the sort of thing that could sink a “normal” campaign, the cult of personality around Trump has been weathering stuff like this since 2016 or even earlier. I’ll believe that this is impacting voter sentiment when I see it reflected in the results after election day. Until then, it just feels like more wishful thinking.

As noted elsewhere in the thread, they do support MTP transport, so it’s definitely not as user-hostile as it first sounded. Things like Calibre will still work. However, the fact that Amazon also removed the ability to download ebooks in the browser for offline transfer suggests where things are heading. IIRC kobos have some anti features of their own, but I don’t recall the details. I wonder if something like the Daylight DC-1 could be even better. It’s not just a nice reader, but a proper computer. At least, if it actually exists.

I’ve owned two Kindle devices over the years, and the ability to directly load content, without involving a third-party service, was a big part of what made them usable for me. If that feature is gone, these devices will no longer be viable for my needs.

And the enshittification continues…

Your username raises questions. I’m not sure any of them need answers, though…

That was my reaction, too. I feel like I’m aging at an accelerated pace with these guys in charge.

Quoting the article,

The reason for the long list and the short letter is because the letter itself was not written to convince the general public to vote for Harris.

Instead, its purpose is to serve as a well-timed political show of force for Harris, who is locked in a very tight race, with the first presidential debate just four days away.

Bush’s 2000 campaign is largely responsible for mobilizing the evangelical Christian voting block in the US. So in no small way, we have him to thank for the rise of Christian nationalism that we’ve seen over the past 20 years.

I won’t judge him as a person, but there’s no rehabilitation possible for his presidency.

But the term is his, and it’s what he’s using to rationalize his plans. He’s not declaring that he/Trump are declaring a post-constitutional doctrine, but that we’re already living in one and thus he’s justified in his radical reinterpretations of it.

VMs provide a meaningful security boundary between applications. Containers (docker, etc) do not.

That’s what we said about Roe as well. They will always find some new way to manufacture outrage even after they get their way.

Maybe you should poll people outside your social circles?

Turnout matters, though. Biden in 2020 won more votes than any presidential candidate in history, but the second place winner was Trump in 2020. There will be similar loyalty to Trump on the right in 2024, and if Biden can’t match that, he loses. So I’m not afraid of the youth vote either, but I am afraid of the lack of it.

How much does their paid staff cost?

State government doesn’t operate on a volunteer basis.

They don’t want this! Control comes with responsibility and is expensive. Twitter is already there, has been there for a long time, and still has the users and the mindshare. It’s still the logical choice for organizations wanting to reach the widest audience.

Fortunately that last bit does seem to be changing. It’s not happening as fast as many of us think it should, some prominent organizations have left X. Hopefully more will continue to do that, but calling the stragglers fascists, as was done earlier in this thread, is not a productive way to engage.

Want a new law? Repeal 2 others.

Mindless platitudes like this accomplish nothing but to trivialize the legitimate complexity of the large scale organization.

It’s a perfectly reasonable career. The fact that you’re even saying this just shows how successful the American right’s undermining of the government has been.

Hiring non-profesionals for a job is not a recipe for successful execution of that job’s responsibilities.

My goodness, Dennis Hastert doesn’t even make the list?

It’s not discontinued. They backed away from that plan in favor of a battery tech refresh. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/gm-announces-a-new-ultium-based-chevrolet-bolt-during-q2-report/

People on lemmy really seem to spend a lot of time thinking and talking about reddit. Why is that?

Every enlisted knew it would go to shit, because eventually everything breaks. And if the people on it only knew how to press buttons, no one would be able to fix what broke.

I think you’ve just summed up modern civilization right there.