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Not talking about using it as a daily driver, just contrasting your claim that you have never used twitter with the people who claim to have never used windows

Not talking about using it as a daily driver, just contrasting your claim that you have never used twitter with the people who claim to have never used windows over a 20 year period of working or hobbying in IT.

exe34 2y ago
I have definitely not used Windows for a hobby for 19 years. Linux (and for a short time OS X) fill my needs. I simply have no use for twitter. if the information is important, it'll turn up on bbc.co.uk, otherwise it's not really worth the effort.
- ruthmarx 2y ago
  > I have definitely not used Windows for a hobby for 19 years I never said you did. In fact, I never said anything about you using Windows at all, yet twice now you seem to have taken what I wrote as though I did.
  - exe34 2y ago
    I did not take it as you saying that I did, both times I was trying to make the point that those people that you don't believe exist include me as one of them.
    - ruthmarx 2y ago
      Fair enough. I guess I'm just incredibly skeptical of your claims. Certainly I can get you've never used Windows as your primary OS, but that's quite a different claim from never having used it, which is the specific claim I was saying some people make. And it strains incredulity to believe you've never clicked on any Twitter links because of how prevalent the platform is.
      - exe34 2y ago
        oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops, which started my hatred of it, and then I was stuck on a very poor laptop and windows mistake edition for 3 months before I switched to Linux for good. yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident.
        ruthmarx 2y ago
        > oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops, So you're definitely not in the amp of people who never claimed to use Windows, which is the group I was comparing you to. > Yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident. That's what I'm skeptical of. Twitter sucks, but sometimes it's literally the only place the source of a story is, like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something. I'm not saying you had an account or anything, but literally never clicking on a link, hundreds of which have been submitted as HN stories alone, beggars belief.
        exe34 2y ago
        > like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege! but seriously, just because most of the tech bros admire him, doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind. even when it's something truly interesting - I watched the space x double landing on YouTube a few hours after it happened several years ago - I don't need to be informed of every single thing the instant it happens.
        ruthmarx 2y ago
        > hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege! That's a really weird reaction. Like, yeah, he's a clown, but he has still made tweets that get discussed in thew news and here on HN. > doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind. Elon was just one example. Plenty of other tech people, hackers, politicians etc post important stuff on twitter. I mean, juts search HN for submissions with twitter or x.com as the domain. There is no shortage of submissions, and it beggars belief you have never clicked on one.

exe34 2y ago

I have definitely not used Windows for a hobby for 19 years. Linux (and for a short time OS X) fill my needs. I simply have no use for twitter. if the information is important, it'll turn up on bbc.co.uk, otherwise it's not really worth the effort.

ruthmarx 2y ago
> I have definitely not used Windows for a hobby for 19 years I never said you did. In fact, I never said anything about you using Windows at all, yet twice now you seem to have taken what I wrote as though I did.
- exe34 2y ago
  I did not take it as you saying that I did, both times I was trying to make the point that those people that you don't believe exist include me as one of them.
  - ruthmarx 2y ago
    Fair enough. I guess I'm just incredibly skeptical of your claims. Certainly I can get you've never used Windows as your primary OS, but that's quite a different claim from never having used it, which is the specific claim I was saying some people make. And it strains incredulity to believe you've never clicked on any Twitter links because of how prevalent the platform is.
    - exe34 2y ago
      oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops, which started my hatred of it, and then I was stuck on a very poor laptop and windows mistake edition for 3 months before I switched to Linux for good. yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident.
      - ruthmarx 2y ago
        > oh I did use windows as my primary OS, it was Windows 95/98/XP on desktops, So you're definitely not in the amp of people who never claimed to use Windows, which is the group I was comparing you to. > Yes, I've clicked on Twitter links the same way I've clicked on ads, by accident. That's what I'm skeptical of. Twitter sucks, but sometimes it's literally the only place the source of a story is, like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something. I'm not saying you had an account or anything, but literally never clicking on a link, hundreds of which have been submitted as HN stories alone, beggars belief.
        exe34 2y ago
        > like if Elon makes a newesworthy post or something hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege! but seriously, just because most of the tech bros admire him, doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind. even when it's something truly interesting - I watched the space x double landing on YouTube a few hours after it happened several years ago - I don't need to be informed of every single thing the instant it happens.
        ruthmarx 2y ago
        > hahahaha! thank you! starting my day with a belly laugh is a great privilege! That's a really weird reaction. Like, yeah, he's a clown, but he has still made tweets that get discussed in thew news and here on HN. > doesn't mean I need to hear every idiocy that comes out of his deranged mind. Elon was just one example. Plenty of other tech people, hackers, politicians etc post important stuff on twitter. I mean, juts search HN for submissions with twitter or x.com as the domain. There is no shortage of submissions, and it beggars belief you have never clicked on one.