I think that’s the distinction between an expert using a tool diligently and responsibly, and a lazy person using it haphazardly as a crutch.

If that tool ever gets ripped out from under you, you’ll possibly suffer a loss in performance, but you’ll still be able to perform and do your job.

If their crutch is kicked out, they’ll crash.

Maybe bricked the user too

Another 13h later, still nothing

Linux has made great strides to being approachable for new users. The agony of choice for so many things (distro, editor, nearly any tool family with more than one option) and the factionalism around the options is probably one of the few big obstacles left.

I don’t have a solution for the factionalism. I’d put forth a suggestion for a simple “standard” choice (Kate/gedit for GUI and nano for CLI; I personally use vim, but I think nano is more approachable) but I’m sure someone will disagree and we’re back to square one.

Man, the guy just can’t help being a dick, can he? Like, if you don’t like the image and make a fork to replace it with one you prefer, it’s literally quicker to just say “replaces the mascot” instead of wasting extra words insulting it.

Let’s add dialects to the mess:

While not written in “book” German*, colloquial German may feature des, dat, det or dit instead of das, shorten der to dr or elide parts (like the French l’, except it may be attached to the previous word): Das ist das Problem mit der deutschen Sprache -> Des isch’s Problem mit dr deutscha Sproach

(“That is the problem with the German language.” Bonus: notice how the demonstrative pronoun “that” is also
das? Just in case you were hoping it was restricted to “the”…)

* Hochdeutsch or Standarddeutsch (“High German” or “Standard German”), originally a written form slowly evolved over centuries to be most widely understood and has since been formalised. Informally, the term is also used for a spoken counterpart properly called Bühnendeutsch (“Stage German”), which isn’t always quite as “pure”, hence my distinction.

I bloody love my language.

Also, that’s a thing Systemd is (more or less) infamous for.

I’ve never heard of it before. I don’t know where it is infamous, I’ve never had that issue and of all the criticism I’ve seen levelled at Linux in general or systemd in particular, that has never been one. Maybe there was some configuration stuff, as the other reply mentioned?

I don’t think I’ve ever had that issue. My PC shuts down within a few seconds. What kind of things would refuse to terminate?

Anyone who doesn’t post their rants via curl is a poser

Why are you talking to yourself? /j

Tesseract users losing access to your comments is a realitaetsverlustverlust 🤪

Now I’ve learned the Dubvee admin is the tesseract dev who did all this

Oh, that’s why they’d exclude modabuse communities

It’s not who gets to run it, but who they get to interact with that’s the bad part, without even telling them makes it worse.

Using software made by people who hate you and are willing to put that hate into their code is a bad idea for sure. If their software seeks to isolate you from communities and people that believe you have a right to exist, what’s left?

Man, fuck Herodotus. That guy’s full of shit and has been taken too seriously for too long.

For the pedantry: when that term was coined, “good” also meant holy. The day was effectively named “Holy Friday” which makes much more sense.

Alas, the term stuck even as the word’s meaning shifted.

There’s a weird dynamic to arguing online, particularly when it comes to political topics. Most of the time, you won’t convince your counterpart. Maybe some point sticks with them later and you’ll never know, but either way they’re not really the target of the arguments. It’s the (potential) audience that the argument is supposed to be for: People less emotionally invested in the conflict may take away something useful from the arguments, people on the fence about an issue might come around to your point, and people sharing your opinion will see that they’re not alone and feel affirmed.

Essentially, it’s a performance on an public stage for the sake of discourse. Phrased strongly, you don’t want “the other side” to dominate the public opinion, so you engage them. In the process, you may hone your own arguments, or you may find them wanting, perhaps even see them start to crack.

Mine is a large German bank; I’d rather not say which one specifically.

Lineage runs mine just fine, though it does require the google services addon

A little whimsy to make the world more bearable. Idk where I heard the advice, but:

When you walk past a flower, stop and appreciate it. The weight of your worries will wait patiently, so take your time.

Valve invented the “we can violate copyright laws because it’s on a computer”

That stunt was invented by the music industry first. It was a hit with publishers. Valve helped the publishers do the same shit with video games and it’s still awful, but they weren’t the inventors.

It boils down to the same issues of predatory copyright laws that have been perverted into a twisted mockery of the good intentions they were initially supposed to serve.