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Yeah, the usual argument for not picking GPL with Rust is based on how it applies to static linking, which is how Rust works by default. But the coreutils are executables, not libraries.

Even for the libraries I think it'd be nice with some stronger guarantees. Allegedly the EUPL is copyleft but allows static linking, so probably something to look into.

Ah well. At least it's also possible for orgs like GNU to re-release forks of MIT stuff as GPL. The MIT licensing doesn't only work for the proprietary-preferring orgs.

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As always for us across the pond: Simply fascinating that his party isn't polling in the single digits, or even decimals

uutils is still busy playing catch-up to gnu coreutils though, so unclear how much competition in terms of features they provide

Depends on what's actually in the trade deal.

But yeah, hopefully we can tax the yank tanks out of Europe if we can't ban them outright.

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Nah. If we take the US as an example they have rampant NIMBYism, a suburbanism ideology that isn't sustainable financially (or ecologically or socially, for that matter), and rather strict zoning, with the worst stemming from the city of Euclid, and thus being named "euclidean zoning".

If you're up for some videos, then StrongTowns, CityNerd and NotJustBikes all talk about this at length.

But what did you learn? What are we supposed to learn? Did you get any context, like how he actually went to anger management therapy later?

Or is this just guffawing and gawping at an old angry email from a tech celebrity?

This mail is 13 years old, and doesn't seem relevant for anything? This post seems like a lazy attempt at shit-stirring.

Part of the answer here is also integrated design. To be able to be repaired a thing has to be designed for that, and to have identifiable parts that can be adjusted or replaced in isolation, and non-destructive disassembly.

If you have to destroy one part to adjust another, it's not really repairable. If several functions/components are all one thing then you can't really replace just the one.

To use a bike as an example, you can exchange wires, brake pads, seats and most other things in isolation, especially the things that are expected to wear out and need replacement. But you're not going to replace part of your bar tape or frame, because they're essentially one whole thing.

(Ok, you could probably weld a steel frame if you really wanted to, but I think the intent is readable.)

If usps doesn’t want to deliver to rural addresses, fine, but set up some alternatives. Create a secured remote mailbox, or offer P.O. Boxes for free.

The fundamental problem here is that the US population doesn't really want to pay for stuff where they don't directly benefit. In "me first" politics, rural populations are screwed.

Step one is making sure your union has the collective bargaining power it needs to get a good wage and benefits for everyone. Some striking may be involved, so the strike coffers should be robust as well.

Beyond that, wealth taxes and exit taxes on those who want to flee to tax havens with no wealth taxes. Public ownership of some stuff like utilities.

So more or less joining a union if you're not already a member and voting no further right than social democrat.

Mitigations like spending less might also be a good idea or even required, like wearing dust masks in polluted areas, but just like how the dust mask doesn't make the pollution go away, spending less individually doesn't really tackle the fundamental problem of distribution and wealth extraction.

We need actual politics for that.