.gov.uk actually exists. So yes, countries outside of the US use .gov.

https://legislation.gov.uk

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

.gov (.gov.us) is used in the US to distinguish between commercial sites and sites run by state, federal, and local government institutions. It helps cut down on fraud. There are a few fucked up government sites in some states that use.com because ICANN isn’t doing their fucking job.

There’s also .mil for military sites. And .net for internet service providers. These were the original oldie domains. I’m not opppsed to adding .blog to the list, but I despise all of these confusing random cash grab domains that ICANN approves these days. “.social” is really just an org, and “.biz” is really just a com.

How about we just go back to .edu .gov .com .org?

Hmmm. His appearances at Trump rallies are starting to make a little more sense.

Proliferation of bots ≠ popular.

If that’s the case, then why does the wireless keyboard have the port on the back?

Most computers go into a deep power saving mode when they aren’t in use. Far less than a light bulb or power brick.

“640k is enough for anyone.”

It’s a subtle hint that you don’t have to power off your computer between uses. Most modern computers go into an ultra low power mode when not in use.

Whaaa? The charging port isn’t on the bottom of the keyboard? 😂

Set your energy saver preferences in System Settings to automatically restart the computer after a power failure.

The military had a similar problem with fitness apps for a while.

https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy/

See also first sale doctrine:

“Lending of physical books held by the library is permitted under the first sale doctrine. In other instances, such as making copies of articles and checking them out to students, libraries may rely on fair use to justify course reserves. A recent landmark case related to electronic reserves is Cambridge v. Patton, in which a group of publishers sued Georgia State University for their liberal e-reserves policy. The courts held GSU to be the prevailing party, finding fair use in the majority of alleged infringements”

https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/copyright/libraries#:~:text=to course reserves%3F-,A.,use to justify course reserves.

See also Ben Franklin:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-ben-franklin-invented-library-as-we-know-it-180983983/

“Fair Use” is a thing. Someone needs to go back to law school.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

Thinking of all the cool products this CEO has killed off. I would love to see this company split up so that maybe they could innovate again.

Not disputing what you said — just clarifying that other upgrades are not part of the $212 mil and what is meant by “whole system”. The $212 is just to replace the floppy based system with something newer that includes a service contract.

“Beyond the floppies, though, the Muni Metro needs many more upgrades. The SFMTA plans to spend $700 million (including the $212 million Hitachi contract) to overhaul the light rail’s control system. This includes replacing the loop cable system for sending data across the servers and trains. The cables are said to be a more pressing concern than the use of floppy disks. “

Supposedly the new system is five gens ahead of the old system and would have additional features. Some would say “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” but whatever. I’m sure it will be as fancy as upgrading to Windows 11 at that price.

According to the article, the other improvements are priced separately from the $212 million de-floppy-ing.

The loop cable and other non-floppy improvements are priced out separately according to the article.

T mobile going downhill since merging with sprint and losing Legere.

Sounds like a grift. All you need is an emulator and a disk image.