Zangoose @ Zangoose @lemmy.one

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The problem with chat apps is that as much as I would like to switch to other ones, I don't really have a choice. The people I know use text, so even whatsapp is a stretch, let alone signal, xmpp, or matrix. When it isn't text it's normally Discord for my friend group, and I'm not going to attempt to explain Matrix to a bunch of non-technical people who just want to play games.

Unfortunately depending on the level of extremism they have a point. When you can't even agree on what's reality and what isn't, it's pretty hard to change someone's mind.

I originally heard this quote about using the Internet but the general sentiment applies to any extremist politics as well.

Generally, people don't log onto internet platforms to be proven wrong

Extremists don't talk about politics to change their viewpoints, they do it to rant and convince others (IMO)

(At least this is often the case for US extremism, not sure about elsewhere)

You can have both though. Just add some random menu in the settings that turns bright red when using a non-certified component so security can be easily verified, but don't needlessly lock people out and charge $500 to fix a $10-50 module on a $1000 phone

Edit: Adding on to this, Ifixit isn't outlawing verification, the above example of whatever red warning is a clear way they could keep it.

If you think keyloggers require software running on your physical keyboards you're in for a rude awakening.

Keyloggers are almost always at a pure software level and are conceptually simple to make. So simple that in fact, it's the same thing as running a regular application with background shortcuts. The only thing that is different is that regular apps aren't saving/recording anything, they're just listening for you to press cmd+whatever.

It takes maybe ~10-15 minutes to make a keylogger in Python that could run on any computer, mac, windows, or Linux. Maybe a little longer if you wanted to use a compiled language and properly hide it.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

• A software developer

No, you can't, because that isn't a good analogy. Those two situations are not at all the same, but I'll humor you.

The analogy you're making is like saying only the company who makes doors is allowed to change the lock on your door, and they're allowed to just stop offering the lock-changing service whenever they want. They also conveniently put a mechanism in so that whenever a third-party locksmith comes, your door falls apart. Your only option is to buy a new door, doorknob, frame, and hinge because your lock is worn out.

Odd examples to pick, Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok were both delayed and the first original Mario platformer for the switch came out in 2017 (Odyssey - if you think 3d Mario games aren't platformers you haven't played them). Nintendo has also been releasing tons of other games as well so it's not like they've been doing nothing.

Also, to be fair, When you have a platform with 10 times the total sales (Wii U sold ~14m, the switch is at ~130m right now) it makes sense to port over the good games from the console no one owned. Mario Kart 8 deluxe, a game originally from the Wii U, has sold ~55m copies, which is about 4 times what the entire Wii U console sold. There's a reason they kept doing it, and it's because most of the Wii U titles were good games that people will enjoy which released on a dead platform.

If you're going to criticize Nintendo, criticize actually valid things like the scummy price increases on the ports (not just the ports' existence), the poor online system that costs up to $50 per year per account, and a legal team who goes after anyone doing anything that isn't directly playing the game. To be clear, a Microsoft buyout probably wouldn't change any of those things because it's making them money. Look no further than American companies like Disney largely using the same strategies Nintendo does. Microsoft is no different.

Most commands will have expanded arguments started with 2 dashes that usually look like '--verbose-name-of-option', they're usually listed in the man page/documentation along with the abbreviated letter version

I may be misinterpreting their comment but I initially read elder as "elderly people" and not just "people older than them" and that the point was about how adults refer to them by first name unless it's in a professional environment (e.g. doctor or government title)

For kids at least formality still mostly applies, I'm Gen Z in northeast US and I grew up calling every adult by Mr./Ms. X, with the only exceptions being family. This could be different in other parts of the US though, I don't mean to generalize.

Depending on something isn't necessarily tied to how many alternatives there are.

For example: I use a heavily configured qtile setup on my desktop. I'm depending on that setup working every time I turn my computer on. Sure, I could switch to i3 or sway or Hyprland, but that would take a considerable amount of time and effort. In this case, I'm depending on qtile working for me, so I can get work done instead of messing with a bunch of config files. The only time this wouldn't happen is when one solution can be a completely (or almost completely) drop-in replacement for the other, e.g. how sway claims to be with i3.

This is especially true with tiling window managers, where people spend many hours configuring setups to behave how they want. Moving to a different alternative isn't exactly simple.

To your point about FOSS: chrome and android may not be FOSS, but as much as I dislike it AOSP and Chromium definitely are, even if Google controls the repos for both. Your definition is a slippery slope because by that definition software like Ubuntu, Manjaro, etc. also aren't FOSS because the repos are controlled by a single company.

To your last point: telling someone else they shouldn't use a piece of code for the same reason you don't is also perfectly valid. It's not like it's an order, they don't have to follow it. People can choose to agree or disagree with you if they want. Ultimately, the decision to install software in Linux lies with the user, and the most any online opinion can do is give a persuading or dissuading argument. Just like I could say, "don't use this software, it's built on some old deprecated library that will probably break in a month", I could also say "don't use this software, the main dev is a bad person because xyz..." and it would still be up to the user to make a decision. If you don't mind disagreeing with the author of software you use, that's fine, but not everyone is like that, and that's also fine.

The developer doesn't owe us anything, but if they're creating an online community like Discord there are inherent responsibilities that come with that. If they don't want to moderate, then they shouldn't create a Discord/Matrix/Whatever server.

Just like how even if the developer doesn't owe us anything, that doesn't mean it's fine for them to push malware as an update to their previously fine code after they've established trust.

You're still giving them a platform by installing their code though?

If you use software coming from someone you inherently disagree with, especially a desktop environment/compositor, you depend on that person for your computer's day-to-day functionality. Isn't one of the key points of the FOSS community that we disagree with large controlling companies like Google and Microsoft? That, even when they make FOSS contributions, it should be taken with a huge grain of salt?

Imo, this is the exact same thing. Even if it's good software, not wanting to rely on code from someone you don't agree with or trust (even if those concerns are unrelated to the given codebase) is completely reasonable and valid

Maybe you're right. Being "daycared" shouldn't happen on the internet, it should be a prerequisite.

People who default to stringing multiple slurs together for a response just to prove a point should just be banned on sight and sent back to daycare. Maybe they could learn something.

Not sure about a Nintendo 64 but I've definitely seen it on the switch and 3ds

Nuclear waste is not dangerous when handled correctly. I'd recommend checking out Kyle Hill on YouTube about this, but when mixed with cement/sand in large amounts it becomes safe much more quickly than that. A lot of the dangers of nuclear power are actually misconceptions

Coal mining kills more people per year than nuclear does. Pollution kills more people by several magnitudes than nuclear ever could. When proper safety measures are put in place it's by far the safest form of energy. And regardless of whether people make nuclear power plants, the technology exists, so it will be used to make bombs regardless

Nuclear is probably the safest form of power when proper protocols are put in place but it's hard to do that when the largest country in Europe (Russia, both by size and population) is currently in a war

How so? I usually find their content pretty interesting

I had a steam dependency on my system break or get uninstalled somehow. It was giving me headaches for a bit because steam wasn't launching and had a pretty vague error when launched from CLI. I imagine using a flatpak version would circumvent a lot of those problems because of the sandboxing

This. Lemmy/Kbin will probably get a flood of PC users when old reddit shuts down, most people came here because of the API changes killing mobile apps

But most of the comments on this post really aren't elitist. Most desktop tools are made by volunteers (with the exception of SUSE, Canonical, Red Hat, etc. who mostly deal with running on servers) and those volunteers only have so much time to work on projects. If they don't have time/knowledge to build GUIs when the terminal is "good enough" for their use cases, why should they?

If someone else needs the GUI, they can develop a frontend separately (which also gives people the choice of being able to cut down on software they don't need if they only use the terminal interface)

Personally, my take on this is that Linux isn't mainstream for a reason. Windows/macOS still exist and (privacy concerns aside) function well. It would be amazing if Linux could become more beginner friendly, but let's not try to act like desktop Linux developers who are already giving up their time owe it to us to do even more.