I wonder if this may mean we will see the Terraform dogmatic approach to declining to implement much requested functionality in the name of "it doesn't fit our ideals" go by the wayside. I hope so, otherwise, OpenTofu here I come; or well, I'm sure someone's got a ML infra tool in the works by now.

I always have mixed feelings when a software company like this grabs their bag and leaves the community that helped build them, high and dry; good for them but still bad for everyone else nine out of ten times.

we'll see what the courts say with this. American government used to decry "the great china firewall" yet here they come all holding hands to raise up an American one, against the American people. This is not a Ban on TikTok, it is a blockage and suppression of our freedom of speech, and to freely associate.

The US government suddenly can find common grounds to do something and it's to restrict US? no thanks.

It's not a ban on TikTok; they are proposing a restriction that will be applied to American companies in order to try and block American's access to an online web service.

I do not agree with such restrictions nor would I if the role was reversed; in my opinion, any politician that supports such an encroachment on our rights will never have my support or vote. I would additionally be open to boycotting their corporate and wealthy donors since they seem to only listen to money.

I do however, wholeheartedly support enacting legislation to protect our data, require security around it and to block the sale of it.

agreed, such as Equifax; after it was breached and our, coughs, "stolen data" was stolen from them.

i second this approach, it's a good practice to meet people where they are at and as it is an "open minded" environment, this should be the expectation, not a conformity to the norm.

i'll take one of each, for science; will report back in a few years how i'm getting along.

surprised no one mentioned, give them a promotion.

reminds me of the convo i had with the ceo randomly after an episode of Silicon Valley and he asked about security because they hacked a fridge...i said yep, super easy; we had a bigger budget the next week :D

at least they survived Y2K :D

i suspect they meant the CIO; i agree, it was their role to relay the real need here not just push a request over without already securing approval from the rest of their c suite peers.