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- Comment on Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass 1 year ago:
Can’t see the wood from the trees.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
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”.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
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.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
Nah mate, you can have this one. This is where I drop off. Jumping into a topic with “you must be ashamed of being a nerd“ is never going to provoke a worthwhile discussion.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
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”.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
is your shame of being nerdy so deep that you prefer to try and shame others for not being ashamed?
This response couldn’t be a more perfect example of what I’m saying. Thank you.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
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.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
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.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
I’ve been reading about its potential for a long time. Maybe next year will be the year of Linux ;)
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
I wouldn’t disagree, and I’m not saying FOSS is inferior, I’m just whinging about the Linux evangelising.
There is no perfect OS that can have universal approval. However if I’d I said “Windows is a data-harvesting nightmare” or “Being locked in to Apple ecosystems is constricting and expensive” then I’m sure I’d see the upvote button hammered on Lemmy. But to seemingly question the validity of Linux as a silver bullet for the vast majority of desktop users is borderline heresy.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
This is the standard response I’ve heard from Linux advocates for the last 20 years.
I know it’s easy to assume off the back of my initial comment that I might not have, but I assure you, my frustrations with Linux are not borne out of inexperience.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
Since when do people need to take into account if anyone else cares when posting to social media? They’re not content creators serving an audience.
I mean, this whole post is about what content is preferable in this specific community.
- Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz 1 year ago:
My bugbear is all the Linux circle-jerking. I get that the fediverse has a high nerd-count (I’m one of them), but the “switch to Linux” sentiment is so tedious. Yes, Linux is great for those that have the time or inclination to learn swathes of new terminologies and procedures just to achieve the same level of productivity that the equivalent commercial data-harvesters offer in a more readily-accessible UX, but the vast majority of users simply don’t care.
This old meme couldn’t be less appropriate on Lemmy. Operating systems
- Comment on Great! I like getting tracked by 766 third parties! thanks Outlook 1 year ago:
Same here
- Comment on Great! I like getting tracked by 766 third parties! thanks Outlook 1 year ago:
In their defence, that is the correct term for this kind of data processing. Legitimate Interest
- Comment on Great! I like getting tracked by 766 third parties! thanks Outlook 1 year ago:
Agree this is bullshit, but at least there’s a Reject All button which is far more than we probably would have got prior to the introduction of GDPR.
- Comment on [WSJ:PAID] It is Time to Rethink Your Media Subscriptions 1 year ago:
The irony of this article being behind a subscription paywall.
- Comment on OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity 1 year ago:
The next time I make the same joke?
I reckon I’ll just keep it to myself instead. I already feel ridiculous for having to explain it. Lemmy is harder than real life.
- Comment on OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity 1 year ago:
Whoosh
- Comment on OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity 1 year ago:
Was the prompt “Woman from China”?
- Comment on Do you mind if I ask you some personal questions Andreja? 1 year ago:
Yeah, except when she stood up everything apart from her head and neck was visible. You can see in the screenshot actually - the background where her head should be is all wavy because of her Predator camo that’s still active.
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- Comment on Son of Ken, House of Dream 1 year ago:
Kilngon
- Comment on Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK 1 year ago:
The UK is like that - GDPR was adopted by the UK as well as the EU - but yeah, it’s not privacy related regulation that’s the issue here.
