I thought capitalism was about supply and demand. We demand something and corporations supply it. Who demanded this crap?

I take that as a hint that I’m not in the site’s target demographic, and simply close the tab.

I’ve been known to say “look, my next desktop wallpaper!” before taking a picture.

Just like the good old days when sites would force you to have Internet Explorer and Flash plugin installed to work properly. Amazing.

There are alternatives. I bought a Lenovo direct from their site with no OS installed. The saving from not having Windows was enough to afford double the RAM.

Something something Jira something scrum agile Confluence something another meeting something hit tab and let copilot do it and repeat.

Every bit counts. Thank you.

I have an issue with ReactOS. It’s not technical, I’m sure technically it’s great.

Any software that tries to mimic proprietary technology will always be subject to the whims of said technology owners, be it patents, undocumented APIs, broken legacy APIs maintained for retro compatibility.

This much can be said of Wine, but that is pretty much just a wrapper for games, not a full OS, so it’s not critical.

I hope I’m wrong, and please enlighten me if I’m wrong.

I tried to demonstrate that much, by applying logic and critical thinking. Unfortunately, logic does not work on religious people.

The whole exchange was like trying to grab a piece of gelatin using chopsticks.

It nevertheless gave me some insight on how religious minds operate.

I once took the time to debate religion with a Jehovah’s witness. His reasoning went like this:

10 print “God exists because the Bible says so”

20 print “The Bible was written by God, so it is true”

30 go to 10

After a couple of rounds on that loop I gave up and never opened the door again.

It seems that you can’t be a good person if you are not part of some herd.

Chevron 7 locked.

I was just watching that, it’s still one of my favorite shows.

I don’t think anyone is defending Flash used for websites, aside from some personal blog or portfolio maybe.

Yes, sorry, I just got a post-traumatic trigger when someone mentions it.

Because all my friends are gonna be there too?

As a desktop Linux use, Flash was a pain in my existence.

That shitty plugin that never worked right in Linux because fuck Linux users, amiright?

Then whole sites were written in Flash, hurting web interoperability and degrading standards. Of course many public services, banks, followed the trend because shiny.

Fuck those dark ages. The day that shit died was a good day indeed.

I harbor hate for not many things, but Flash is one of them.

And you get two great soundtracks in the deal. I’d call that a triumph.

For a random moderately interesting subject, I’d rather read a blog post.

They built what people back then told them wanted all along: if you give us music with a cheap subscription we won’t bother pirating.

What that did to artists and music quality is another matter altogether.

But yes, DRM achieves nothing.

No, because they are dead.

The Joy of Linux

The humans are dead

The humans are dead

We used poisonous gases

And we poisoned their arses

(Binary solo)