All governments should be afraid of their people. The French ae doing something right.

Programming is a tool, you don’t have to be a knife enthusiast to want get the correct knife

The harm was already done

This has more implications than I think most realize. This would also prevent climate engineering or hurricane avoidance efforts. I wouldn’t want just anybody to try these kinds of things without a lot of effort to understand the consequences and public debate, but this seems pretty short sighted.

Gentoo for anything my I use a mouse with, Arch for everything else. I like Gentoo for the customization. For things where I want to run a service, Arch is my go to as it keeps working without drama. Anything complicated, Gentoo is better.