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The upcoming year is going to be the test of strength for many database startups. Nobody wants to be the next MariaDB Corporation,

The link for "MariaDB corporation" points to an empty image with white colour background. Can anyone explain the context here?

There's a survey done by Equality labs which is fundamental to this law and the one in Seattle city. Other scholars have argued[0] that this survey is flawed in many ways.

There was a case against Cisco systems for alleged caste-based discrimination, which also was often mentioned in such coverage in the past. It is noteworthy that the case was dropped. More details with legalese is here[1] and a piece by Hindu America Foundation (that opposes such bills) is here[2].

Not to say that caste is not an issue among Indians (in India), however using this survey as the ultimate truth and a source for creating laws does not seem wise.

[0] https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/09/social-realities-of...

[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u0jxQY_cLti2XP3nEw0d9OBa...

[2] https://theprint.in/opinion/dismissal-of-cisco-case-proves-e...

He wanted Aptos to have the universal appeal of the late NPR newscaster Carl Kasell and the astute tone of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.

What is this even supposed to mean? In the context of font design.

They say that any candidate who does not discuss gender or race must be awarded low marks. The same goes for any earnest classical liberal who “explicitly states the intention to ignore the varying backgrounds of their students and ‘treat everyone the same’.”

What is wrong with treating everyone the same? Isn't that anti-racist by definition?

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Meloni, who was elected in September, is finalising her first budget, which is due to include a rule allowing shopkeepers and businesses to refuse cards and demand cash for payments up to €60.

I am really curious to know her justification for this move.

Maybe Mastodon already handles many of the following concerns. However I can imagine any organization would go through a series of questions before they start running their own server:

1. How much does it cost?

2. Who does it benefit?

3. Who takes the ownership of the deployment?

4. If something needs to be fixed with the deployment, who does that?

5. Why should I prefer this over say slack/teams, where I get support bundled in my contract?

6. What happens if someone puts up something nasty on the internal mastodon network? The legal department hates this one weird trick.

7. Does it create a headache for the HR department if people start violating their corporate code of conduct on the mastodon network?

Maybe I am pessimistic, but OP is probably being quite dreamy here.