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the fascists are running tech
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this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2026
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Or more like some dumbass back in 1986 made an arbitrary decision and it's now hardcoded into every system on the planet, and the improvement is not enough of an improvement to justify breaking backwards compatibility.
What happened in 86?
I don't think they were refering to anything specific, but it might have been Bill Gates when he was still doing the actual programming.