I saw rants very much like yours 30 years ago - before you first masters…
A masters has always to my knowledge been one additional year after you have a 4 year degree. So that they only require 1 year for the second degree is expected - you already have a 4 year degree, a masters is one additional year of advance study on top of it.
While someone can, in practice that doesn’t happen in most cases
What is the practical difference between code not accepted and code hidden?
The source is available but not in a form that will be accepted upstream. Often for good reason, but that doesn’t do you any good.
Those are not exceptions.
You are very shrilly yourself. Plenty of companies have shown it isn’t hard to take GPL without contributed back. There are high odds you are using a chrome based browser to read this - did you know that is a GPL project because once upon a time it was khtml (from the KDE project), but the changes were never contributed back. Many embedded companies have their own fork of linux as well - their changes are all available as the GPL requires, but the changes won’t be accepted to the kernel as is and so the fact that they are available is useless.
Meanwhile there are many companies using FreeBSD who choose to contribute their changes back, just like some companies choose to contribute back to various GPL projects they use.
Don’t trust it until lawyers have had months to examine the exact wording. Loopholes are to easy to hide. Often a other wise good bill will have something awful in it such that you must oppose the whole
Only last year? I’ve been avoiding them for a long time. You can almost always find a “thing.com” store that sells just the thing I need and the blurb is written by someone independent who knows the subject and can tell me why or why not it is worth spending money on the more expensive version.
See a qualified forester for the specific area. There are many different forests and they have different needs so no universal statement can be made.
Most of the forests in north America need regular fires and have been harmed by centuries of white men putting them out. However that means centuries of overgrowth and so starting one now is a too hot fire that isn’t helpful either. The great plains need to burn yearly as well.
A proper fire should leave lots of charcoal behind that gets beat into the soil and naturally permanently sequesters tons of carbon. So this is a factor in global warming.
The problem is a few people have money for lawyers and anytime an expert proposes a fire they get a judge to issue an injunction and stop it until it is too late to safely burn. I’m not sure what to do about this but it is something to oppose.
Afternoon siesta. There is a reason most hot climates have a culture of an afternoon nap in the shade.
Don’t forget to drink lots of water. Not soda or coffee, simple water. Carry a water bottle with you everywhere and make sure you empty and refill it regularly. As the scout camp I was at last week constantly says “Hydrate - or die!”
I know more than one place that uses monitors for safety messages. If they overlay that there will be bug court cases. Likely criminal