Yeah, you might as well not vote. You're never going to sway enough people to vote independent to challenge one of the big two, especially since the choice right now is between old people or people trying to establish a fascist theocracy.
kittenbridgeasteroid
Good riddance. Less bullshit to uninstall when I get a new phone.
Goodreads is probably what you're looking for
A few months ago I was tasked with translating a script from one IBM emulator program to another because the owners of the first program wouldn't respond to requests to purchase a new license.
The scripting language used on both was unique to the software, and the documentation was basically non-existent. Plus, the script was written over a decade ago, and the guy who wrote it was long gone.
For weeks I banged my head against the wall trying to figure out the logic flow before I realized that it was essentially BASIC, which I haven't touched in over 20 years.
Chevron paid them a lot of money.
Any company that becomes publicly traded gets turned to the dark side. That's the factor that does it because they have a legal requirement to do everything they can to maximize profits.
Trying to sustain perpetual growth will always lead to companies fucking over their customers and employees.
I really think we need to amend the constitution to allow a true democratic vote of no confidence for all federally elected positions.