I supported ACT at the election but they’ve become increasingly unhinged lately and started doing a bunch of stuff I don’t really agree with.

Still, I’m happy that MMP finally worked for the first time since it was introduced to NZ. A coalition of more than 2 parties is a net win imo and at the next election I’m hoping the minor parties get more support

France is a safe haven for foss media codecs because its law does not consider software patentable

TIL there is a country that sees reason about software patents

If I was a bot author intent on causing misery I’d just use the user agent from the latest version of Firefox/Chrome/Edge that legitimate users would use.

It’s just a string controlled by the client at the end of the day and I’m surprised the GPT and OpenAI bots announce themselves in it. Associating meaning on the server side is always going to be problematic if the client can control the value

Every company enshittifies eventually, it’s a fact of life.

It might take a while but it will happen. Eventually Gabe will step down or die, new leadership will come in and the enshittification will commence.

Or they sell to a competitor who will do big cuts to remove now redundant positions and you guessed it - the enshittification will commence.