What worries me most is that he plays smart, yet he doesn't even know how to properly feed himself. Whenever I see a supposedly smart fat guy, I cringe. Some base intelligence and lots of luck, sure. Smart? Nah.
Same with any rich guy or politician who is out of shape or voluntarily sick. Not worth following, lacking a basic sense of reality.
This worries me a lot. Why would you want to do any of that? Write a story about that, sure. But doing it? Why? You could seriously harm and hurt people. Doesn't sound right.
It might be edge cases. I've played games on proton just fine with my 1060 and now my 3070. Doom eternal, Tomb Raider, Hitman, Cities Skylines, Guild Wars 2, 7 Days to Die, a whole range of games.
My 960 didn't work at all, and I had to dual boot windows to play any game. Most Linux distros didn't boot, even.
I've been using steam since Half Life 2 released and had the survey pop up twice. And both times major data-points were completely wrong. Like resolution (it apparently used my second screen) and HDD space.
That data is about as relevant as a once a lifetime epidemiologic study about diet preferences.
We are approaching exaxtly this. Got her as a palm-sized mini-furball 17 years ago. A true lap-cat, always on top of us. It won't be much longer; I am absolutely not looking forward to that day.
Well, she will be the most cared for elderly cat in the region. That's about all we can do. It's insane how a mostly asleep tiny creature that never learns anything can affect one's life.
People using an alternative to YouTube are already a very specific minority, and the percentage of those using a plugin on a specific client is even rarer. I wouldn't go so far to call it a ballpark. Or even a rational source.
I would agree with you that the data would be highly suspect. It wouldn't reflect reality at all and should really not be considered.
On the other hand, YouTube likes and dislikes have been a tool for ages, and they were manipulated. It was never more than a silly toy. It was never accurate data to begin with.
Just for my personal understanding. How often have you heard about security issues from missing updates in older phones? In real life, I mean, not in some blog or video? I'm having a hard time finding any information about real cases. There are hundreds of articles from tech-sites and security companies.
To me it feels like selling pick-proof locks, a market without actual use-cases. You can pick them all anyway, but nobody actually does it.
I don't believe I've ever clicked on an ad without having been tricked into it by an overlay.
I also believe that the ad-bubble market is the biggest scam in Internet history. A whole ecosystem keeps the illusion alive that it actually does something other than exiting.
Would a non-linux user visit any such sub-community though? Perhaps Linux news and discussions would be better off in a sub-community? Actual users are more sensible to such distinctions.
Many potential new users have a hard time choosing a distro already. Adding yet another choice might be detrimental to the cause.
Every single story saturates the perception-pool a bit more. The more normal it appears, the more people will realize that windows isn't all-present anymore, and that it's not a weird thing to do to try Linux.
To me, that would be more like "I stopped eating junk" posts. The world needs more of those.
What worries me most is that he plays smart, yet he doesn't even know how to properly feed himself. Whenever I see a supposedly smart fat guy, I cringe. Some base intelligence and lots of luck, sure. Smart? Nah. Same with any rich guy or politician who is out of shape or voluntarily sick. Not worth following, lacking a basic sense of reality.