intrepid

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intrepid,

A trillion dollar company demanding 30% cut of revenue of small developers, on top of annual developer fees and exorbitantly priced hardware with zero reparability and severe environmental impact isn’t monetarily expensive enough for you? That isn’t loyalty. It’s stupid fanaticism that harms everyone else. And I don’t want to even start about the petty part.

intrepid,

Those are only secondary politics in software development. You missed the primary politics of software - the power struggle expressed through code itself. It comes in many forms. But perhaps the most obvious one is the attempt by software corporates to wrestle control and freedom away from the user using DRM, Trusted computing, locked down devices, dark patterns, etc and relegate the user to the status of a renter.

intrepid,

They probably started with the inkjets. More so, considering that inkjets have turned into a money grabbing scam. You’re better off with a laser printer if you need only B&W.

intrepid,

So, a dictator doing dictator things.

intrepid,

Remember! The US backed the biggest genocide after the Holocaust - the Bangladesh massacre of 1972, where 30 million people are estimated to have been murdered. The reason was that the Pakistani dictator who instigated the genocide was their ally. And they didn’t like Mujib-ur-Rehman, the newly elected East Pakistani (Bangladeshi) leader, because he was a socialist! The US even tried to intervene militarily to help the war criminals, nearly starting a nuclear world war.

Democratic leaders tend to be pro-people. And that makes them US’s enemies. The antidemocratic tag that the US has is well-deserved.

intrepid,

While I do agree with your sentiment, you’ve to ask - will the rich show the same concern towards the regular or poor folk?

The chances of your survival are significantly higher if you’re affluent. And that’s not because the treatments are inherently costly. It’s because the big pharma and the medical insurance companies have no concern towards the patients’ suffering compared to their profits. The prices they impose are inflated way beyond reasonable returns. It’s rigged to ensure only the survival of the rich.

At some point, you’ve to ask - how much do we forgive before we start considering these people as a threat to the general community?

intrepid,

There are videos where Diana herself says that she’s isolated in the family and denied her privileges for her attitude and charity work. And when she died, she was deservedly mourned by millions of ordinary people. I have serious doubts whether her own family (the royal ones) mourned her as much. But she is a rare exception among rich people. How many others do you know who showed compassion from her position?

I’m not being antagonistic against Kate. I don’t wish for anyone to suffer from Cancer. What I’m saying is that perhaps rich people in general don’t deserve sympathy from ordinary people. The sympathy they show is heavily skewed and at times they’re just sociopathic in pursuit of wealth.

intrepid,

People calling for genocide and murder of children are those who are far removed from humanity. They’re a nasty burden that the modern society hasn’t learned to deal with yet.

intrepid,

What is the fundamental reason why people fall for antivax propaganda?

intrepid,

Let me start with my unbiased opinion. There’s something for everybody in the Linux land. You have to try different distros out and settle with the one you like most. I usually advocate for the path of least resistance - ie, to start with the easiest distro. Mint is a good first distro. Fedora and Debian are also reasonable choices. But I have also seen a rare few cases where people start directly with a high effort distro like Arch - so it’s not impossible.

For a lot of people, Mint may satisfy their needs - a user friendly distro that needs no tinkering and meets all of their needs. Some people though, like to tune everything. Such people can eventually grow into something like Arch.

I personally like Gentoo. Not because it’s compiled from source, but because it’s easy to work with its Portage package management system. Another one worth trying out is QubesOS, if you’re into security.

intrepid, (edited )

That really isn’t true. Debian packages are often heavily patched and tested to make sure it fits into the rest of the ecosystem. While Arch does it too, they prefer to keep the packages as vanilla as possible - often requiring effort of the user’s side to make it work with the rest of the system. It’s a different philosophy. While Debian tries to be simple by being opinionated, Arch relies heavily on the effort of the users.

intrepid, (edited )

Arch requires significantly more tinkering to keep it working, compared to Debian. That’s not because of FUD. Arch has a more hands-on philosophy. It even says so on their wiki.

I have seen savvy users jump directly from Windows to Arch without trying easier distros like Mint. But if given a choice, I wouldn’t introduce anyone to Arch as their first distro. Most people are simply not that patient and are likely to give it up as being too hard. They are likely to give in to the actual FUD that Linux is not user-friendly.

It’s not unusual for people who have tasted the freedom that Arch gives you, to think that it’s the easiest distro around. But the Arch way of doing things is alien to most people around. It’s very important to set the expectations straight and not get carried away.

intrepid, (edited )

If you want to flex your experience, I have twice as much as you do, just with Arch. You are just speaking your perspective and extrapolating it to others. Neither the official Arch sources, nor the regular users’ experience match what you say. The argument you made is in complete disregard of the ability, patience or intent of the vast majority of users.

It’s a common trope that I see that newbie Linux users complaining about how Arch users talk down to them. I can see where that comes from.

intrepid, (edited )

I am tired, in pain and was feeling grumpy when I wrote this this morning.

Disagreement over a distro is nothing worth suffering for. Wish you a speedy recovery and better times ahead.

Corporate pressure led Shoppers Drug Mart staff to bill unnecessary medication reviews, pharmacists say (www.cbc.ca)

CBC News spoke with former Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy employees who believe the company is taking advantage of the MedsCheck service by pushing staff to bill for consultations patients don't necessarily need. The company can then bill the province up to $75 per call.

intrepid,

Democracy and the right to dissent are meant to oppose abuse like these. Why isn’t anyone protesting?

intrepid,

Have you noticed how the modern AI models absolutely tow the line of its creators? Just like this example, there’s another one where an image generator refuses to generate the image of Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie, even though its copyright expired recently. The same model has no problem violating the copyrights of independent artists.

And while these models can strictly refuse to avoid what its creators don’t want it to do, they fail at basic prompts like ‘show a black doctor’. These models are pathologically rife with biases from its creators.

intrepid,

How does GDPR mandate a public audit of the code base? Is there such a provision in it? (Not a confrontational question)

Is gentoo Linux really worth it?

I’ve installed gentoo but there seems like there’s so many sacrifices. I love that it’s all open source, but I really don’t mind closed source software now and then, because after all I would be using it to play closed source games. The biggest compromise I’ve observed is the very long build times. I have a lukewarm...

intrepid,

If customizability is your concern, then Arch might be a better fit. Arch is almost as customizable, without the build step. The recent Gentoo binary repo is also equivalent.

I use Gentoo too. But it’s for another reason.

intrepid, (edited )

She was radicalized on UK’s soil. But they want Bangladesh to deal with the consequences, based on a mere technicality? That’s disrespectful, underhanded and sly, to put it mildly.

intrepid,

That’s still skirting responsibility. Banking on a technicality. I’m pretty sure that this is not what the UN intended when they made such a provision. If the UK wants to disown her, they should be ready to accept responsibility for it too.

intrepid,

We knew his death was certain. But is it possible that he actually died just due to the poor conditions there and not due to a deliberate attempt? On the other hand, they wouldn’t have hidden his body if that was the case.

Or perhaps an attempt at torture that went too far?

intrepid,

Even the bigger ethnic groups are facing the heat under the ruling party’s racial supremacist bigotry. Smaller ones like this one stand no chance.

intrepid,

You are getting obsessed on the wrong point here. I’m not here to defend Putin.

intrepid,

Can you believe this? I don’t understand why people can’t put just two sentences together to understand the intent. And then insisting on stuffing words into others’ mouth.

intrepid,

Since it’s so hard for some people to read two sentences together, let me explain my first reply:

Navalny was most likely killed by Putin’s goons. But the story that his body had injuries is most likely someone’s creation - either for fun or as propaganda. It’s not just Russia who indulges in propaganda. It’s naive to think that the other side doesn’t. As for Navalny’s body, there are several ways in which he may have been killed. Even if it was by physical torture, it’s very unlikely that they would have exposed his body to anyone who’s likely to report it to the international media. This story has an emotional angle - it can outrage the readers easily. That’s why I suspect its source.

I can’t believe that people would reach the conclusion that I’m a Putin apologist, rather than the above from my previous reply. I mean, does it take that much intelligence?

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