I mean obviously they never were. I think what really surprised people is that it turns out that despite it's supposed "libertarian" roots, the tech community has largely broken hard right authoritarian when the rubber hits the road. Kind of reinforcing the old adage that libertarians are just republicans who want to legally smoke weed.
I won't stand for Carter slander: he was a darn good president too. What he wasn't good at, was politicking, and that was because he also was a good man, to a fault. He gave an honest answer to a question on if he had ever lusted after a woman who was not his wife, and reaped a scandal.
No way that created the modern Islamic Iran. Carter supporter the shah. To the extend USA decided the outcome, it was by supporting the shah for too long, and for the US role in the 1953 coup.
But IMO the USa played third fiddle in that story, this was between Ruholla and the shah
I just listened to a the rest is history podcast and he had a few things he was lacking and wasn’t particularly flattering but he was an upstanding citizen at the very least.
I hate dark/dingy basements, so one of my first purchases with my new house was 100k lumen of Costco shop lights. I do find myself cleaning the basement, doing laundry, and working on projects more when the sun starts to set at 5PM.
I still wear one when I'm woodworking and working with harsh chemicals. Yes, I can still smell some of the chemical, but it's significantly reduced and I can spend a couple of hours working and leave without a headache, whereas no-masking it will make me physically sick in 10 minutes.
In other words, don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Barring a perfect option that nobody has ever provided in these conversations, buy the full face mask that everyone is recommending. We're not talking about nerve agent or biologicals here. It's still better to take only 10% of a hit than a full hit.
I have absolutely no interest in expanding the use of Android in my life. I am, in fact, far more interested in going the other way and trying to reduce my reliance on any locked down platforms.
So you may want to consider GNU/Linux phones (Librem 5 and Pinephone). By the way, they have a real desktop mode with desktop apps, not mobile apps on a large screen.
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-955.01
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