Scripting News: Thursday, December 12, 2024

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Possibly the last moment when the Dems really kicked ass.#
It's a big enough umbrella but it's always me that ends up getting wet. #
BTW, I hear that Safari now defaults to using HTTPS. Not sure exactly what that means. But if they ever actually stop showing scripting.com, which will always be plain old HTTP, I'll probably ship an Electron product that browses the web, and doesn't care if it's HTTP or whatever new fad Google is promoting. I'm going to hold the fort for the original web. I can't change scripting.com to HTTPS, it would break all the images and probably a lot of other stuff. #
I'll keep my Tesla, thank you#
I saw a pundit suggest people harass people who drive Teslas.#
When I bought mine, it cost $70K, a large sum of money that I will not throw away just so a pundit can make a point. #
Here's my rebuttal. I'd like to see you get on without buying Exxon products. We all agree they suck, but evil companies have a way of building dependence, that's how they stay in business while openly doing despicable things.#
When I put down $70K for what is, btw, a fantastic car, no one knew how evil Elon Musk was going to turn out to be, how little he would care what you and I think.#
And I don't believe anyone can live a pure life and extract all evil from it, and still participate in civilization. #
PS: I wrote this initially as a post on Bluesky.#

Linkblog items for the day.

Scripting News: I'll keep my Tesla, thank you. scripting.com
Senator John Fetterman interviews are 100% gotchas. No wonder journos are surprised. He doesn't care. dailykos.com
A Democratic media strategy to save journalism and the nation. pluralistic.net
10 biographies and memoirs recommended by NPR critics and staff. npr.org
Trump's nominee to lead NASA favors a full embrace of commercial space. arstechnica.com
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