I reckon this is the correct answer. It’s in a popular wedding venue, so it’s probably to try and dissuade the pissed-up mums from having a crack at the swings and fucking up the surface on the way.
I kind of appreciate the dedication to a game by the developer when they say they’ll “still be updating it ten years from now”, although I’d much rather they release it with all of that extra shit from the start.
Essentially you could take it as the developer saying “you may as well wait ten years before playing the game, because not only will it be far cheaper, it’ll have all the extra content we didn’t manage to get ready for launch”.
Just seems like everything is “this company did this to their employees” and less about “this novel messaging protocol offers these measured pros and cons.” Or similar...
What’s your barometer, bearing in mind you said it had the potential to be a silver bullet? Silver bullet for what?
I don’t want to sound defensive, but please don’t assume I’m not invested in FOSS. I’m on Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and am the developer of half a dozen small FOSS projects on GitHub.
Linux absolutely does not exist “outside the market”, that’s absurd. Red Hat, Canonical, SUSE etc aren’t charitable organisations. These major contributors to the Linux kernel aren’t doing so out of love for their fellow man.
For you, yes, Linux is “free” if your measurement of cost is purely financial outlay.
There’s a great back and forth here, and the original thread on Mastodon, which nicely covers both the evangelism (my original issue) and the “cost” of Linux. There’s plenty of reactions in there from people talking about the same things, from both sides of the coin.
Your response is precisely the reaction I referenced by the edit. Why is it personal? “You don’t understand FOSS” “You clearly don’t use Linux” and now, beautifully, “You’re ashamed of being a nerd”.
Completely agree, hence the reply to lolcatnip’s comment originally. It’s to be expected I guess, given where we are (as deweydecibel said earlier), but that doesn’t make it less annoying.
Which is it? Are you seeing this complaint constantly, or is it a spicy individual opinion?
I’d probably say my preference to have fewer default knee-jerk recommendations for Linux within various tech posts about other systems isn’t particularly unpopular, if only going by the up/downvote count. Even if it was the other way around, I’d stand by it, however antagonistic you might find my “bravery”.
False Advertising (i.imgur.com)
Although by far the best exhibit at Borth Animalarium.
The Shard, London (i.imgur.com)
Wouldn’t look out of place with a Tyrell Corp sign on it.
This balloon we brought to decorate a 70th birthday party wasn't at all overshadowed by the ones left on display from the previous party. (i.imgur.com)
Paxton’s Tower in Carmarthenshire (i.imgur.com)
Pretty sure a wizard lives here
People in their 20s have all the fun. (i.imgur.com)
This dried pear is mildly something (i.imgur.com)
This park is classy AF (i.imgur.com)
This park is classy AF (i.imgur.com)
No Man's Sky lead says Light No Fire will let you climb mountains that are "miles high, taller than Everest" (www.gamesradar.com)
Arkane Lyon announces a new Blade game – Destructoid (www.destructoid.com)
I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz
Just seems like everything is “this company did this to their employees” and less about “this novel messaging protocol offers these measured pros and cons.” Or similar...