I think we are in a key moment for change to happen at a big societal level. As others have said the problem isn't any of the technologies listed, it's how they are being exploited and the perception of them maligned by said exploitation.

Capitalism is a big part of this problem. As is the messy elastic way that human society implements change over time. tl;dr - some people will pull society forward, others pull it back a bit. That's the "elasticity" at a macro level.

For most of my life I've witnessed a gradual degradation, a reduction, entropy and resignation. Balance requires that we now leap forward again. I remain hopeful that a great correction is not just inevitable, it's coming in my lifetime.

Meanwhile the Chinese government have their own Linux variant Kylin which is developed as part of a national resilience and strategic initiative. It's wild to me that in this day and age few governments will spend even $100,000 on open source expertise but they'll throw billions at idiots like Microsoft because some politician was wined and dined by their sales people. If more people knew how broken the procurement system was and how their tax dollars were wasted on corporate welfare they would riot.

China didn't attack Iran and send global oil prices sky high. China doesn't bully my government into bad defence contracts.

I'm so tired of racist fear mongering about China. They aren't a perfect country, but the suggestion of the United States judging any other nation right now is mind boggling.

That's so unexpected and weird, did the severed dead raccoon penis not help at all??

As an Australian I am horrified at this. What kind of city forbids public barbecue?

What's next, forbidding public displays of joy?

Oh no, exploitative capitalists don't wanna fuck over Canadians. Must suck for them....

My non Linux savvy spouse is currently dual booting Linux Mint because Windows has become so frustrating to use.

Mint isn't perfect. We've run into a few bugs and shortcomings. But there's a big difference between dealing with genuine issues in an OS and using one that feels actively hostile and designed to exploit the user.

If both experiences can be frustrating, why choose the one that's frustrating by design (unless you absolutely have to) ?

Strict parents also love to promote intellectual pursuits while allowing none of the freedom that allows for intellect to develop. Literally torture.

All my email addresses are perma-banned for replying to right wingers. I had death threats, people questioning my sanity and calling me slurs. When I tried to respond with even an iota of the same energy - banned. On Reddit, the right wing is king.

Singapore loves to pretend it's a modern country with it's gardens and fancy buildings.

But beneath the surface is an overworked population ruled by a family dictatorship.

To fascists there's no weapon more frightening than the truth itself.

It's also the end of the world seeing the United States of America as a credible national partner on anything in the future.

Is that why the company is becoming more thuggish? Desperately searching for scapegoats?

100% mate, we got drop bears and other venomous mammals. Shits crazy down here!

I find Neelix really difficult to watch in the early seasons. His stubborn attitude, jealousy and overall inappropriate relationship with Kez... Makes me sick to me stomach watching him.

Context: I am biased. I've been underage and been with men like Neelix. They are pathetic, narcissistic and not worth anyone's time.

When I used to have to go to church as a kid, I'd imagine I was starting a new save file of Zelda Ocarina of Time. By the time mass was over I'd usually be up to one of the first rooms in the Great Deku Tree, in my head. It was only decades later I learned I was also autistic, but that's a story for another day!

MAGA are busy creating and watching Child Sexual Abuse Material on Elon Musks X.

The worst part is all our data is stored on American servers run by megacorpos. ID information scanned by venue terminals is one, but even private health records and sensitive government documents are being chucked into Amazon S3, Azure/OneDrive and Dropbox.

The government should be prioritising secure, independent digital infrastructure but they're too busy giving our tax dollars to foreign consulting firms so they can build bad websites.

Imagine if you pirated a bunch of movies, and then went to the cinema and bragged about it. That's what Altman is doing there.

I think this is one of the biggest missed opportunities in education.

We put "technology" in front of students, but mostly in the form of locked-down devices, prescribed apps, and step-by-step workflows. That teaches compliance, not understanding.

There's a huge difference between using software and understanding how it works, how to break it, fix it, or build your own.

Basic exposure to things like Linux, hardware setup, networking, and programming would give kids agency instead of just familiarity. Even if they don't pursue tech careers, they'd come out far more capable of navigating (and questioning) the systems around them.

Digital safety is a big one. Not just "don’t click bad links" but actual operational awareness: privacy, tracking, permissions, data ownership. The stuff that matters in reality.

I get that there are constraints like funding, vendor lock-in, teacher workload, curriculum pressure. But the current model feels like it's optimised to produce competent consumer users of systems, not people who can shape them.

Feels like a massive wasted opportunity.