Answeradams

@answeradams
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Musician, education junkie, fan of the planet.

Dear #Business. Here's a reminder to you who rely on #OpenSource in your software and services.

Your digital infrastructure is cheap because you CAN get it for almost no cost.

How cheap?

Look at the Harvard Business Review study from 2024: The ROI of Open Source is 2000 ×.

THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE.

That's a 99.95% rebate by using #FOSS.

You are paying 1/2000th of what it's worth.

How about you start paying a reasonable part of it's value? Go ahead. Do it.

https://www.thestack.technology/open-source-value-trillions-harvard/

#FOSS

Open source software valued at $8 trillion in Harvard study

"Any time you spend on building that software to operate is time taken away from building the services that customers really want and will pay for. Open source software helps companies get to their goals faster..."

The Stack
The walls are closing in on infinite-scroll feeds and other addictive design mechanics. I wrote about how lawyers and regulators may have finally found a way around Section 230 https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigation/

MN Judge: "ICE has violated nearly 100 court orders."

ICE Fascists: "We're acting on orders of DHS Secretary Kristy Noem."

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen."

Nuremberg Trials: "I was just following orders is not a valid defense to criminal behavior.'

Abolish ICE. Impeach Noem. Prosecute every illegal action by this regime.

Anything less is unacceptable.

Here’s to 2026, more privacy, and less surveillance. 🎉✨

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂

💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹

Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree