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Is That Bad? Windows 11 Start Menu Edition

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Is That Bad? Windows 11 Start Menu Edition

Free software advocate Richard Stallman having an existential crisis after learning Windows 11's Start menu is a React Native app that devours CPU cycles. Microsoft really said "let's make clicking a button as resource-intensive as possible" and shipped it anyway. The irony of using a JavaScript framework for a core OS function is just *chef's kiss* perfect. Your 32GB RAM gaming rig struggling to open a menu that MS-DOS could handle with 640K. Progress!

Apache 2 Attack Helicopter

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Apache 2 Attack Helicopter

Whoever wrote this FAQ has clearly ascended to a higher plane of software licensing enlightenment. They've taken the Apache 2 license—normally a boring legal document—and transformed it into a manifesto for digital anarchism. The beauty here is how they've weaponized open source ideology into literal weapons. "Put it in your ballistic missiles" is peak programmer fantasy—imagining your code has such power that it could display a multilingual "FUCK YOU" before nuclear annihilation. And the final touch—mailing bricks to Richard Stallman while taunting him with a bullhorn—is the chef's kiss of free software rebellion. It's like saying "I'm so free I'll use your freedom against you."