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Cake day: April 9th, 2024

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  • Jack Donaghy was a millionaire, not a billionaire, I believe. And iirc, he didn’t have seed money like many billionaires today.

    He still believes in the traditional American dream and actually pushes back at Kabletown when they wanted to just collect their checks and not do any new initiatives.

    He still exploits his workers, don’t get me wrong. Though a lot of CEOs could learn a thing or two from him as he repeatedly showed that you need workers to make money.










  • Switching licenses to future versions doesn’t invalidate previous versions released under GPL.

    I’m not a lawyer but I deal with OSS licenses for work and I don’t know if there’s ever been a case like this, that I can think of anyway.

    Their previous versions, still being under the GPL, would require them to release a change to make it usable on desktops. Again, I’m not a lawyer here but there is a lot of case law behind the GPL and I think the user who made the issue could take them to court to force them to make the change if they don’t respond in 30 days.




  • These are all good points but the biggest reason I HATE gift cards is because they offer ZERO protection.

    Buy something with a credit card and you often get double warranty protection included. That something gets damaged or stolen? Also protected.

    Gift cards offer none of that. Neither does cash but at least I can use cash to pay off the credit card.

    I get that a gift card is more personable and it earmarks the funds for a particular store. If you like gift cards, then cheers and go about your merry way.

    I’ve emphatically told my loved ones that I never want a gift card. You want me to use the money somewhere specific? Just say so and I’ll do it.

    But don’t give me a script that I can only use in one place and might lose.