It will take work to completely supplant and make redundant the current system.

I feel ya. Collective action would seem to be required, but that’s herding cats.

At this point, I feel the authors and readers need to practice collective action and boycott respectively.

Not a good time for it, but there’s never a good time.

You’re spot on. They’re very much the arsonist fire-fighters in this story.

Maybe time for a different system?

Is the simplest solution here not just to leave the ecosystem entirely?

I had a Kindle type device a long time ago and I decided to get rid of it in favor of something that is much more flexible and can actually handle whatever kind of book I want to put on it.

Cool Reader.

Works on win, *nix, and Android. Probably also Mac, maybe ios

Registered 😁

Exactly. It’s only ever a stark cost benefit analysis with the ghoul class. Also, payroll is really surprisingly costly.

Forum of unfinished projects… Sounds like my basement.

Seriously though, I love this idea!

Imagine all the insecure hardware up there with working thrusters…

https://www.wired.com/story/satellites-basic-security-flaws/ It’d just take a couple of impacts to fill the orbit with debris.

So, next time, don’t add an image. If it doesn’t auto-populate, leave it. Adding an image converts the post into an image post and removes the link.

This has happened to me before. I don’t like that design choice.

Look at a few electron apps and you’ll find your answer. A resounding yes.

At this rate, I’ve found myself vibe coding simple apps rather than downloading them or looking for web tools.

Example: my wife needed a bunch of qr codes. Everything online was shitty bloat with tracking. 10min and I’d built and tested the Python, another 5 and I’d already had it wrapped on an eye wrapper for her.

Foster local community or become involved on your community’s organizations.

I’ll believe they were “brought to heel” if I see change.

Doubt.

…remind me of the babe.

This is the first I’ve seen or heard of this kind of reversal on the internet.

… Of course it was on bee haw!

Thanks for following up.

Stay safe out there.

You do!

I’m definitely guilty of putting it off, but the very second that my operating system asks me how old it I am is the second that I stop using it and switched to something else that does not.

The power of voo-do!