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I don't think that is necessarily out of the running yet. OS development is expensive and low profit. Commodification may be inevitable. Control of the shell and GUI, where they can push advertisements and shovelware and telemetry on you, that is profitable.

So in 20 years, 50? I predict proprietary OSes will die out eventually, balance of probability.

They also tend to have linux support. Where the AAA companies want to eat the entire mammoth and scorn the scraps, small companies can thrive off of small prey and the offal. :)

Also, the shirt pull.

True, though it might be a temporary advantage to create an acute crisis at a key time. Something to keep in the back pocket maybe. NCD stuff.

Genuinely, though, I wonder how centralized their vodka industry is. A few bombs could cause a fairly major crisis if as many people are alcoholic as rumoured.

I'm sure he'll be happy with the Sudetenland!

This is why I say 'metre' for the measure and 'meter' for the measurement device

That was my theory too - the Gems are a von Neumann probe, created by a possibly-gone species.

Beans lots of beans lots of beans lots of beans yeah beans lots of beans lots of beans

She did the Goblins webcomic animated trailer allng with Phil Lamarr! Super stoked for that.

Saw that from the Lion's Gate a couple hours ago. Looked pretty nice!

We try not to sexualize Annie...