Yeah, I’m not panicking, but I agree with everything you said.

I want to believe that someone at IBM realizes what they lost if they fuck up Red Hat, but I’m sure we all know better than to count on it.

It’s just a bummer we have to have this conversation at all. Even when a corporation tries to start out on the right foot, odds are stacked in favor of enshittifying.

Yeah, I agree. The big picture is concerning, though this latest instance just happens to not be a red flag. We’re not enshittified yet, but it’s a short jump depending on IBM’s next decisions.

Considering Red Hat’s core is development, it’s not necessarily a bad thing to merge things like legal, HR, finance, and accounting with IBM’s own departments.

The trouble is, once the parent company starts merging some departments, shareholders often push to merge more departments.

If the right people hold sway at IBM, Red Hat won’t continue that route to the point of fucking up the OS. But that’s a big “if.”

Probably no need to rush into anything. It sounds like the reorg is moving a data security team into Red Hat, and isn’t necessarily enshittifying anything.

A backup plan is always good, but this could wind up being a nothingburger.

Came here to post this, as well.

It’s certainly possible. Especially if you’re good at microsoldering and own a 3D printer, it’s possible to build a respectable hand held on your own. But it’s a hell of a lot of work.

Sadly, it’s a custom.

Who cares? He’s dead now.

That has nothing to do with the question of being a bad person.

If you happen to be Latino, perhaps “Angel” pronounced like “ahn-hel”?

How you treat each other is what makes you good or bad.

Time is a human construct. Numbers are just for measuring things. And the older you get, the less important many numbers are.

Be a good person and you won’t be bad.

That’s in terrible taste. I love it.

GIF is way too short to be German.

We throw out massive amounts of food every year, often because it sits too long and rots.

We have the technology to fix this. Corporations just don’t.

Or… It underestimated him.

Never. I’m never going to do it.

Paul Thorn - Bull Mountain Bridge

Jonathan Coulton - Shop-Vac®

If your eyes turned yellow, that’s jaundice. You should go to the emergency room.

No. Roof.

Someone here has never cleaned out a litterbox.

He’s clearly a dog.