bowsamic

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by bowsamic 1y ago
Andreas has made it clear he’s not interested in free software politics. That’s not his battle
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by bowsamic 1y ago
But Ladybird's explicit goal is to work on the "real web", i.e. without blocking all that bloat
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by bowsamic 1y ago
> People happily pay for 10€ beer I would not be happy to pay that much for a beer
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Sure but the fact they're downvoted and outnumbered means I can avoid them
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Indeed. Really there’s no good option. Either you get screwed over by the attention economy and your family members become conspiracy theorists, or you give up and become a furry or something
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by bowsamic 1y ago
I don’t like them but Threads, here, Reddit, Instagram I don’t think there are any good places on the internet. They either suffer from the aforementioned problem or are bad in other ways
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by bowsamic 1y ago
In my experience the issue with these ideas is that they are so niche that it ends up being a network of unstable or odd people who I cannot at all relate to. Of course when there is a selection effect towards enthusiasts you end up losing
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by bowsamic 1y ago
What a load of rubbish. We absolutely can criticise other people's choices. It's insane to think you should only be allowed to choose your own
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Because there’s a huge amount of money behind smearing free software
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Indeed, mainline linux distros aren't free software either
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Yes
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Atlassian actually threatened to sue our company if we didn't move from on-prem to cloud. I imagine they're doing the same to others
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by bowsamic 1y ago
You either have ADHD and so it affects you differently or you’ve never tried it. Anyone who has tried amphetamines knows it’s a completely different story to caffeine
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Not really, it’s more of a brag about how oatly has fully solidified itself as _the_ choice for so many, basically like Nutella
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by bowsamic 1y ago
For me it did the opposite, made me suicidal when I'd never felt that way before. I didn't even have particularly bad trips or anything.
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by bowsamic 1y ago
That's the price of freedom. Freedom is worth giving up all of those things
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by bowsamic 1y ago
> The alternative is worse (Google)
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Apple really are the poster child for "Stallman was right". When things are broken with their software you just have to hope that an update or relogging will magically fix things. You aren't even allowed to write your own sof
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Do you like doing anything? Sorry but it's just straight up bad if you only like results and hate the process to get there. That is not a fulfilling life
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by bowsamic 1y ago
It's not about focussing on what you love but about basic competence and being able to deal with simple programming problems
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Remaining skilled while those around you atrophy is never a bad decision
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by bowsamic 1y ago
> Cons: on macOS I saw slow startup (it beachballs for seconds before showing the opening screen) This is usually related to code signing and notarization
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Why not?
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Most people I know don't drink.
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by bowsamic 1y ago
That wasn't me, that was another user. You are stupid
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by bowsamic 1y ago
I’ve had this experience specifically with Wolt in Germany: sat in a busy restaurant with sit in diners waiting 2 hours for their meals while the kitchen seemed to be catering for a constant stream of Wolt drivers. And the real kicker is th
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by bowsamic 1y ago
Where did I say "Just install Linux bro, it's better than pussy bro. What, u still got dat spyin machine goin on?? [links a 30 minute Mutahar video with him faffing about with some technologically trivial bollocks he visibly barel
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by bowsamic 1y ago
> "Just install Linux bro, it's better than pussy bro. What, u still got dat spyin machine goin on?? [links a 30 minute Mutahar video with him faffing about with some technologically trivial bollocks he visibly barely understan
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by bowsamic 1y ago
It’s called Emacs, not even joking
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by bowsamic 1y ago
If I say yes, you’ll just call me an extremist and make fun of me. If I say no, you’ll call me a hypocrite. So I refuse to answer

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