They basically did, until the underlying browser became incompatible. That was the point: to have a stable API instead of extensions relying on implementation details, which includes multiple processes.

They didn't just broke them by necessity of rewriting the browser, though – they then actively blocked them on regular browser versions (non-Nightly/Developer Edition/etc.).

Case in point: With some limited maintenance and a compatibility shim for loading them, a number of old add-ons are still working on current Firefox versions: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master...

Which is made all the more difficult when people react violently to your attempts to connect with them, because they perceive your political stance as a threat (usually through misunderstanding). No wonder we clam up and brace for war.

To be clear -- my comment is more about finding likeminded people who you can depend on if shit actually hits the fan. People who "react violently to your attempt to connect with them" are not great candidates for shit-hit-the-fan buddies.

Crossing the aisle is another commendable but unrelated thing.

If you go to another country dressed however you wish, you might be acosted, too. We share our cities.

She is a Democratic hero. There is nothing to cancel in her work which remains.

The Union celebrated General Lee. Maybe we should tear it down, too.

>a cache of pine cones worth $15 a bushel. These woody cones are in steep demand

A bushel, even of lightweight pine cones, is fairly large at eight gallons. For some varieties*, a bushel of pine cones delivers 1.2 pounds of pine nuts per bushel.

$15 per sounds unlike "steep demand" to me, based on my observation of prices of raw pine nuts in areas I've been where they're harvested by locals. But they provide no justification for their idea, or market context. It just leaves me suspicious.

* https://www.fs.fed.us/eng/ref/seedlings/conecoll/determine.h...

Earnest is not the one that wrote the list. He had nothing to do with it until he decided to reply all to the apology email.

Correct. Like I said, he had had no business remarking on their list of associations or dis-associations.

That sentence is about their reaction to the visiting professor's whiteboard though, prior to Earnest's involvement.

He was larping as an EMT, actually, offering medical help.

When GI Joe was fighting, there were also combat medics doing the same with weapons to defend themselves.

Is that the legal threshold for prohibiting acquisitions in the UK?

That sounds like a feature rather than a bug.

Certainly there are different perspectives. I think many people don't trust that we have the ability to change the Constitution to suit modern American culture without ruining it. But it's also arguable that we could do much to clarify modern interpretation of principles that aren't as obvious given the dramatic shift in technology between 1789 and today.