I'm curious what you're referencing. I suppose it could infect the drives controlling chips, but a decent drive should be fine. And if you scramble all the bits I don't see how there could be malware left

Yes, they used to, and still do, do next day delivery depending on the item and where you live. It is certainly not the norm. That forum post is also not the evidence you think it is.

Regardless, you said when Amazon started it was next day delivery. That is simply not true. Perhaps you were talking about when Amazon was first available in your area it had next day deliver, which would be fair, but it's not when it started.

Again, idk what you're talking about. You keep saying people are "sleeping" on these other companies. That generally means you think something is underappreciated, and you want them to get the credit they deserve. I don't think that's what you're saying here though, it seems like you're saying we aren't giving them enough negative attention.

I already said we don't like other mega-corps, and literally specified Walmart. This post simply is about Amazon. Otherwise, I would've posted this article instead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart

I see, I misunderstood your comment saying "I guess the experience of Ebay in the US is completely different from the experience of Ebay outside the US." was you saying your experience is from within the US. You didn't specify which one was your experience, nor did the person you replied to. I was thinking your experience was from within the US, and theirs was from outside the US.

My experience with eBay in the US is also, more often than not, with free shipping. I'm not sure what items you're looking at but there are tons of options with free shipping

Walmart is, unfortunately, not better.

Idk, Aliexpress has plenty of the nonsensical names still. At least on the product listing, often the name isn't bothered to be put on the product itself. However, for American's Trump is wanting to handicap the de minimis for China.

Idk what you're talking about, honestly. But I don't think anyone here is advocating you go from Amazon to another mega corp like Walmart or Target. But as far as problems with Amazon, take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amazon

What are you talking about? Amazon started as an online book store in 1994. They were not doing next day delivery, that's for sure. Amazon had a big push for "Prime 2 day delivery" for a long time, but from my anecdotal experience it's more than often longer than two days. Sometimes they offer one or two day shipping, but it's not the norm.

And if anyone magically finds them, they'll dismiss it as a crazy conspiracy

Microsoft isn't mentioned in the text, but the 3rd citation is a reference to Microsoft: Microsoft to Launch Much Awaited Cloud Server Farm in Israel in 2021

Separately, I did a quick search: Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

In recent years, documents show, Microsoft has also provided the Israeli military with large-scale access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model – the engine behind ChatGPT – thanks to a partnership with the developer of the AI tools which recently changed its policies against working with military and intelligence clients.

Of course they're not sure. This is an internet forum. The account being gone must mean it was deleted. Honestly, she was probably getting so much bat shit crazy messages, she deleted it herself. That makes the most sense.

3rd citation is a reference to Micro

Then why make this post in the first place?

The original post is technically correct on the topic of capitalization for "Earth". When referring to the planet, it is a proper noun, thus capitalized. source

However, that is a pretty egregious use of a colon XD

I'm on v136 of firefox and don't see any sign of an AI chat. I have not changed any settings

This, to me, seems like the standardization vs optimization argument. So much of the tech world could be optimized like crazy, but the more complex it gets, the hard it is to communicate with others and keep things consistent. This complexity actually hinders production overall. Standardization, even if it's not the most optimized, allows us to create vastly more complex and reliable systems because we can ensure we are all on the same page. Even if that standardization isn't the best way to do it. I mean, if you want to talk about absolute control over your code, why don't you write in assembly? Are all programming languages not virtually assembly with training wheels?

Writing in code that is not memory safe is going to mean you are substantially more likely to have mistakes that lead both to user annoyance and straight up security vulnerabilities. Having applications written in a memory safe languages, especially when worked on by large swaths of people, is absolutely the best route. It provides a secure standard way to write memory safe code. This will reduce security vulnerabilities, decrease program crashes, and allow for more efficient developers.

Changing a bike tire is something for a single person, maybe two at most. Writing code is often a team effort. And the more people that are involved, the more likely mistakes are going to happen. People absolutely can still learn the complexities, and still choose to use Rust because honestly, it's the smart thing to do. And it doesn't need to be rust. Any memory safe language would accomplish the same goal.

I listen to Steve Gibson's podcast "Security Now" and he was talking about why, for security reasons, memory safe applications should be the way of the future. So many security vulnerabilities come from improper memory management. And while C may be more powerful, giving up some of that power for standardization is almost always worth it. We could make much more progress if we were spending less time trying to make sure the memory is handling correctly in every situation. So while there is no doubt the crazy fans of it, I think moving to memory safe languages in general should be the way of the future.

Of course, he still writes all his programs in assembly and refuses to learn anything else. But when you're at his age, I guess you get a pass XD

Reads more like playful jabbing rather than actually accusatory. People do it all the time, where you may stop doing a bad habit and people ask "Are you okay?" in a joking manner. It could go the other way, but that's not how I read it.

Age of consent is the age you can consent to sex with anyone. If you are under the age of consent, you cannot legally consent to have sex (in the US). IANAL but I believe it is even legally blurry if two people under the age of consent have consensual sex, would technically be guilty of statutory rape (since neither of them could legally consent). However, the law is not really worried about those cases, so by and large nothing comes of it. But technically speaking, under the age of consent you cannot legally consent.