The Google app is often used as a web browser by the tech-illiterate.

It even has tabs.

This is how my grandparents use it.

Ha, I see.

Yeah, sarcasm over text forums is sometimes difficult to pick up on.

You are wrong.

DRY has been applied to written code at least since the book Clean Code, which has been widely recommended to programmers for nearly two decades.

I’m not making a stance here about whether or not that is the right recommendation, but saying that DRY was never meant to be applied to “the code you write” is simply wrong.

(I remember DRY being pushed before that book, but it’s the only primary source I have at this moment.)

To be clear, the right of free speech given in the first amendment is the right to express any opinion without fear of repercussions.

There is no inherent right that your opinions must be given a platform, or that any particular platform has the right to exist.

The first amendment is entirely orthogonal to the question of whether or not TikTok should be allowed to operate in the US.

The alternative to IPv6 is CGNAT.

CGNAT is really annoying for users, since the entire ISP looks like a single IP address. This can lead to situations where the entire ISP accidentally gets classified as a bot or otherwise blocked. It’s not too hard to find these kinds of stories from StarLink customers.

We are at the point where we are are legitimately out of IPv4 addresses. Household NAT isn’t enough and CGNAT has too many problems. IPv6 code was written ages ago and is very stable in all OSs these days.

It really is just these legacy middle boxes holding us back.