leisesprecher @ leisesprecher @feddit.org

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"Freedom of exclusively my speech"

I didn't say Ubuntu isn't used, but it's by far not as clear cut as the previous comment made it look.

Opposed to the Chinese corporations which are famously basically charity organizations?

What exactly is your point? Your moving goalposts to completely different planets.

Producing literally hundreds of a single type of airplane with orders for the next decade or so isn't exactly "nothing to show for".

And even if you discount the actual sales, getting billions in development budget from the US government is pretty good for business.

I wouldn't say that.

RHEL/Centos/Alma and their derivates are very popular in enterprise contexts. Unless you count docker images based on Debian, I've literally never seen a non-RPM based distro being used by the companies I worked for.

Redhat isn't worth billions without a reason.

That the average reader actually pays attention is a bold claim.

Ask any of the "mass readers" in your vicinity about the last book they read. There's a good chance, they barely know the outline. They didn't pay attention, it's just a narrative being pushed through their brain without actually being processed - which is fine, it's just entertainment.

BTW: a few thousand years ago it was argued that reading would destroy our memory because you weren't forced to memorize everything anymore.

There's a really annoying subgroup of developers who are convinced that typing itself magically produces good code and the only bottleneck in their productivity is how fast they can smash keys.

These are the ones who are hellbent on not using anything graphical, a mouse or any tool they deem too advanced.

It's super annoying, especially since they often spend more time "optimizing" their setup than actually working, and even more time talking about how efficient they are.

You didn't get the joke, did you?

I don't use mint, but the serenity of a reliable platform to work on by far outweighs the boringness of the system.

My computer is a tool, not a hobby (anymore).

I read it. And I still don't see how wanting accountability from a business is that bad. Businesses have no data protection for a reason. You can't shame a business into suicide or blackmail it. So what exactly has a business to hide?

I'm not arguing against the need, I'm saying that the economic incentives for private investors are not really great.

In these locations cost of living is usually also pretty high. Making 100k in San Francisco is not a very good salary.

The thermos approach is unfortunately almost the best we currently have, because every storage solution would have to pay taxes twice, once for buying, once for selling. Not VAT, but Stromsteuer.

Also, these dips don't occur that often, are usually not very long and it's kind of a reverse game of chicken. The more storage we have, the less profitable each one gets. All that makes it rather unattractive to install grid scale plants.

The reality is, that most reading is just as mindless entertainment as soap operas or tiktok doomscrolling.

All those crime, romance and drama novels that fill book shelves all over the (western?) world are essentially garbage. It's just that reading has a higher social prestige than TV or gaming.

Credit cards are - as the name implies - credit. That is, loans.

That's the same as having outstanding debt, and thus negative.

The Schufa isn't perfect, far from it, but don't act like it's the financial Stasi.

Again, it's a business. Not a person.

Have you ever heard about the concept of a Handelsregister? Every business with address, owner, and financial statements is publicly available. For a person that would be atrocious, for a business, it's standard practice.

Seriously, do you really think a business and a person are the same?

My brother in law has a business

...and you don't see how that's exactly what I wrote above? It's a business, not a person. That's a difference. Data protection does not refer to businesses.

Do go on and talk out of your ass and be the ignorant person you strive to be.

Again, I worked in the industry. I know how it works. But sure, 5 years in the engine room of risk management is obviously less informative than having a brother in law!

Again, Schufa only really cares about negative data, they're not allowed to use much more than that.

That means, unless you have unpaid bills stacking up or relevant loans on your name, the Schufa knows hardly anything about you.

I've worked in that business. I personally looked at hundreds of datasets and for most people, the Schufa knows only that they exist and where they live.

There's a lot to criticize about these organizations, but the Schufa is by far not as pervasive as some here like to imagine.

Yet, you spout innuendos as if you're knowing what you're talking about.

You have no business data unless you're a business.

Are you a business? Thought so.