We even had to walk up hill in the snow, both ways, to do so

So wild

I'm so glad that we've progressed to the point that most common languages have standard libraries for this and they are mostly good enough

15+ years ago, I could probably write a mostly spec compliant regex off the top of my head, since every library/framework I used would reject valid chars

For sure, but even that is intentional

I get upset with all the comments about dementia and intelligence for this exact reason

They know exactly what they are doing. They didn't forget what they said. Any appearance of ignorance of facts, process, policy, laws, norms, etc are either purposeful or intentional

What happened was mass layoffs, RTO, restructuring, massive AI adoption, ...

Ah yes, the centuries old practice of successfully funding government through charity

The courts can only help if you don't pass legislation to support the cuts and grant additional executive discretion of the appropriated funds after the fact

Pretty sure that email regex isn't spec compliant

6 months, though

The call volume and protests against the Dems calm down to focus on more pressing issues

Then rinse & repeat

That would have played too much in the Dems favor, too much actual leverage to block the agenda, consistent public outrage and they might not actually cave the next month

And there it is bsky.app/profile/sahi...

Not a Concorde, but you may be able to fly supersonic in the future boomsupersonic.com

Also going after services for the homeless, minority businesses, and community development.

The cruelty is the point.

And hope those who negotiated in bad faith previously won't do it again

I was going to say something similar, my bet is on straight up misogyny

The struggle is real