The "OMG Apple and Google renamed Lake Ontario in their map apps" discussion is barking at the wrong tree, in my opinion.

[b2c@wien.rocks]

@jwildeboer The grammar police would like to have a word with you

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@b2c I apologise for being Dutch and will recreate the image with correct grammar if you share what it should read

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jwildeboer @b2c i think it's fine. acab.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@aeva I think I can share that @b2c agreed in private that we can live with my version

[gaditb@icosahedron.website]

@jwildeboer I remember that @404mediaco did an article on queer.af going down after the Taliban took over governance & infrastucture of Afghanistan.

I wonder if they'll specifically pull on that to frame this one.

[bzdev@fosstodon.org]

@jwildeboer Google claims they use official government sources to get the names they show on maps (names of businesses are probably treated differently). I'd presume the process was automated.

[blakefox@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer

If you have a Mac. Open Safari. Go to www.mapquest.com. Under the Safari File menu choose: Add to Dock.

[anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz]

@jwildeboer nooo shhhhh don't let the guy know he's likely unaware of this presently

[srazkvt@tech.lgbt]

@jwildeboer not quite, him deciding what names hings have means he can, with enough changes, control not our speech but the very way we talk and think, which is quite dangerous

but it isn't really an immediate danger, and right now DNS is indeed much more pressing

[srazkvt@tech.lgbt]

@jwildeboer but just because it isn't an immediate danger doesn't mean we should disregard it as a non issue