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> See I proved them wrong, they should have gotten into it... Right? Wrong! Nobody cares! Same experience. But now I found having a cynical mentality is actua
by segfaultbuserr 6y ago
> See I proved them wrong, they should have gotten into it... Right? Wrong! Nobody cares!
Same experience.
But now I found having a cynical mentality is actually liberating, it allowed me to mostly ignore arguments and holy wars among people regarding to the platforms I'm using. I can only say, "It's simply my personal preference, and I fully accept any good or bad consequences of my choices. Talk to me only if you are genuinely interested." Now my main computer is not even running a standard distro anymore, but QubesOS, an experimental security operating system. When I first installed QubesOS, I found I was unable to work on my personal projects because some features I needed was missing. Instead of writing an angry blogpost (it sucks!) or defending my choice (this view is unfair for a project with limited resources!), I immediately cloned the git repository and spent a week hacking the source code to make it work for me without saying anything. Objectively, is it a good user experience? Not at all, but I'm personally okay with that, and hacking code is much more enjoyable than advocating the platform in an argument.
I guess this mentality is not good for encouraging improvements, and I fully respect those who choose to actively engage, but for me, I need to have a rest.
- loopz 6y agoHaving preferences and letting other people have their preferences, doesn't strike me as cynical, but of maturity.
- segfaultbuserr 6y ago"Works for me" is the cynical part. For example, the Chaos Computer Club once used the phrase as the catchphrase for the 33C3 conference to highlight the problem [0]. It's defined as... > A commonly used phrase by software developers to indicate that the bug reported by a user is not repeatable on their machine, and will therefore receive no more attention. Usually connotes a dismissive approach, where anything that is not visible immediately to the developer is "someone else’s problem" and is therefore not worth fixing. [0] https://events.ccc.de/2016/11/22/hello-this-is-33c3-works-for-me/ https://events.ccc.de/2016/11/22/hello-this-is-33c3-works-fo...