Could legitimately just be aesthetic non-sexual attraction. But this is a greentext, so…

Left unchallenged, they’ll start inserting ads at your work, where you don’t control the devices. Mark my words. B2B ad and surveillance tech. The profiles will get dumped into the same data lakes, for thirsty ad ghouls to lap at. Just one big web of corporate iniquity, where they sell each other shit no one needs or wants.

Left unchallenged, anyway.

As a service meant to inform people of things they could benefit from, I see it. Like, we have public service announcements about food banks, giveaway days, and fun events. Honestly, if it was done for something other than profit, I’m not even sure the term “advertising” really applies - at least not how we usually use it.

ROFL too good 🤣

Virtual environment? Taking notes of what they did?

Anyway, tell them it’s okay you experiment and mess things up. Show them how to backup their important work. Then walk them through inevitably having to reinstall their distro.

They’ll learn that you can just keep moving forward, fixing and learning as you go.

I don’t really follow what other people think (can’t stand online fan communities in general), but I love Andor so much. For me, it’s like the fruit of Star Wars. I don’t think anything will ever top season 1 for me. It feels like… well I won’t go on because you’re not a fan, but I have a lot of positive things to say about the show. To the point that I think I can just stop caring about Star Wars now, because I can’t imagine it ever getting better for me.

Obviously that’s just my taste.

May the fourth be with you! Related to that, I just came back from a packed screening of Spaceballs the movie and it was actually SO FUN! I was worried that the Mel Brooks puerile humour would be too dated, but I loved it. The crowd ranging from grey hairs to little kids was cracking up. People even clapped at the end!

Anyway. Spaceball. So not a good movie, but it is fun if you like that kind of silliness.

I already prefer them, so I can see it

I love your comparison of where issues come from on Linux vs Windows. That’s so apt (heh). Even after 10 years of using Linux, I never really thought of it that way.

It’s frustrating when any computer doesn’t do what you want; but you’re right, it’s infuriating when the problems are engineered to manipulate you into parting with your money, attention, or privacy.

(( insert anti-capitalist rant here ))

When it was released in 1993, Doom — which was developed for under $1M USD — was earning id software $100k/day immediately upon release, in shareware registrations alone.

It’s no wonder capitalist leeches saw those returns and wanted to insert themselves in the process. Of course the more who latch on, the more value they need to extract by screwing over both the devs and the players.

Obviously the devs and players are actually the only two groups who are necessary in this relationship, and they’re the ones getting soaked.

PS by “devs” I mean anyone who works on the game to make it better.

Little tyke can’t handle their liquor, tsk

If you’re dreaming, we’re sharing the same dream.

No. I don’t even like visible vote count. I think it hurts us more than it helps.

I honestly think it’s objectively the best written game ever.

It’s very text heavy, which isn’t for everyone.

It’s definitely for me. I ate it UP, and was still hungry for more.

Really gave me the feeling of reading a sci-fi novel.

Uhm, oh .

For me it was vending machine peanuts, because that’s what they had in the swimming pool building

In English we say “hunger makes the best sauce” which is startlingly similar.

Haha.

Haha