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"Nothing can be done" says the only place on the planet where this happens.



Here's a recent example of a place a very long way from California.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_b...


Nobody cares


Got your attention tho


Cause it works and works good enough. Also, immutability is a feature, not a bug


Sometimes there is just a one point of view. Sometimes you have a company that keep fucking up consistently for several decades.


Yes


Walled garden is not a substitute for security


APPX (the installer format used by the windows store) and its successor MSIX contain decent security improvements, including filesystem and registry virtualisation and a capability-based permission system.

After the limited success of the windows store you can now get the same in standalone installers. It has been adopted by approximately nobody


For 1993 hardware?


>people clinging to orthodoxy for orthodoxy's sake.

Always been like this. Even something as simple as making them wash hands was a pain.


Could you please share how did GDPR help in this case?


Invoking the right to retrieve and correct information helped me to get Google’s attention to my case and unban me.


As a former PHP dev it's fun to see people reinventing the same wheels and hitting the same pitfalls industry solved 2 decades ago.


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