EnsignWashout

joined 3 years ago

Put any person who has zero computer experience in front of a windows computer or Linux computer and I doubt they would say the windows computer just works and the Linux one doesn't.

I did this experiment on my own kids. They find Linux more usable, and find it hard to believe people tolerate Windows.

There's also some indoctrination involved.

But they have access to both, and they prefer Linux. I think that the "Windows is genuinely easier" argument doesn't hold any water anymore.

Sure, but it's not quite the compelling argument it used to be.

Today, I'm not sitting here pining for old Linux software that stopped working. And the small amount of old windows software that did finally stop working actually works now only works on Linux with Wine.

That's another of the decision points that finally switched to fully favoring Linux, for me, in the last decade.

There is such a law, but many of us feel that Microsoft has proven malice a few times, when it comes to open standards.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Can I find a broken window and start sanding it with sandpaper, as an extreme example?

Yes, provided you have a way to polish it back to transparent again, after changing the shape.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We can take action. We can grab the die that Joel McHale has tossed into the air.

It also could be they're both liars and incompetent.

I'll wait and see if they can add some AI to it. But if they can, I'll invest my entire life savings.

Yes. That's what AI actually adds - plausible deniability.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago (16 children)

My partner and I used to use location sharing pretty much 100% of the time. We just felt better knowing we could find each other.

But today, we do not, because the trust is shattered.

Google just cannot be trusted with our locations.

kindness seems pretty exclusive to white people.

I suppose big portions of history would nod quietly at this, if they could.

With maybe a clarifying note that the real goal was classism, and racism was just a convenient way to achieve more classism.

Exactly. My phone is for texting and calling out. Receiving calls is an unfortunate bug.

Perfect score. Social obligations fulfilled: 100%. Words spoken: 0. Emotional energy cost: 40%.

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