theoldways

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   by theoldways 2y ago

   I'm sorry, but I learned on a garbage Windows 98 machine when I was like... seven, and I actually got quite far without someone padding the entire computer and handwringing about f*cking _typos_. My god, what happened to this industry?
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   by theoldways 2y ago

   Hey, at least those of us who can actually hack it will never run out of messes to bill time and a half to clean up!
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   by theoldways 2y ago

   Should we get rid of the keyboard, too? After all, it's so complicated.
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   by theoldways 2y ago

   People who don't care can continue to not read the things they don't want to read. But those same people should be prepared to pay money for someone else to care for them. This is not a new situation.
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   by theoldways 2y ago

   We need freedom, not paternalism. And yet, somehow, despite this nanny state utopia, my data gets leaked approximately once every 17 minutes. Security my entire ass.
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   by theoldways 2y ago

   This actually used to be the norm: you'd release slowly, and support old versions for years (which still isn't that long, all things considered). It wasn't until relatively recently that six months became some sort of unconsc