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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Windows 95 had to change the time zone selection map because of disputed borders.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030822-00/?p=42823

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Are tools political?

[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Everything is political. Bill gate's letter to the hobbyist in the 70's is a political pamphlet

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Politics is just another name for the way we decide how to run things. Everything that is not absolutely trivial is political to some degree.

“Apolitical” is just a dog whistle for establishment politics.