Whoa now save some for the rest of us

Just skimmed but seems like a decent idea. Not that I’ve knowingly run into issues parsing JSON too much

I dunno something about this type of “entertainment” never sat right with me.

this but ack

Just finishing up Episode 4 of the Quake remaster on nightmare difficulty. Episodes 1-3 were challenging, but my god these exploding bouncy ball “spawns” in E4 are such rage fuel.

Only 3 more levels then I move on to the expansions. First time playing those, so looking forward to it!

I just don’t have time to invest in learning a new operating system.

That’s fair. I got turned on to Linux in college so this is how I feel when confronted with Windows or Mac devices. I just get so frustrated every time I try, and it doesn’t seem like the end result is worth it if I can just stick with what works and not have to worry about some random update radically and inexorably altering how my computer works.

Wtf is this take, don’t even joke

No but you should acquire a friend or two so you can check in on eachother periodically. Yeah I’m a loner too and I know it’s a bother, but just do it. The benefits are many and well documented.

It’s just being pragmatic. I have a pact with a friend that we’ll adopt the others’ dog if something happens to us

Welp, can’t argue with that

I will admit I dumped Firefox on my android phone and went back to Chrome because, good grief, it was taking nearly twice as long …

I’m not doubting you, but I am surprised. My android is 10 years old now. I switched to FF on it recently and haven’t noticed a difference other than the URL bar is on the bottom now 🙃

I wonder why it feels different when “far right” activists disrupt a public event? Hmmm, hmmmmm I guess it’s a mystery

They’re also getting increasingly more efficient at funneling profits to the top, rather to the greatest value producers: labourers. This is wage theft. Get it all the way to 100% and you have slavery.

Though important to note that slavery does not just meant you don’t get paid. Though I don’t think anyone needs a splainer on that.

In my personal experience, yes. There are so many jobs that exist around the Linux ecosystem, being comfortable with concepts like piping, file permissions, scripting, git, etc, will invariably give you a leg up.

Lol been there, and with the -R too

Comments don’t just drop out of coconut trees, they exist within the context of a posting history

Can confirm

Yeah riding the bubble let a couple of nerds and early investors maybe take advantage of a little economic mobility, like, incidentally. But those days are long passed now. Like you said, it’s rigged in favour of entrenched capital, just like everything else now.

The final and often terminal corpo-brain-rot stage is when we convince ourselves we actually like this state of being.

Ack. Very much “Winston Smith loved big brother” vibes. But I understand how someone might get tired of raging and raging and only getting sadder and less happy. I think I flirt with it at times myself, but then feel guilty for being a content little worker cog. It’s a betrayal of one’s human dignity, but easier for some to give in to being one of these “consumer-labourers.”

. It might be really hard to break out of this perverse culture, but you might even find more energy if you allow your inner child to play once in a while. :)

That’s good advice. I’m actually in a game dev book club and a writing club lol, but often these become another reason to feel guilty for not actualising more… Maybe I need to shift my perspective on them… Emphasise fun rather than thinking of them as tasks like I would do with work.

Thank you for your thoughtful comment! This is the second such one from you that (insofar as I look at user names) has truly touched me. Truly, I appreciate it. <3

And it doesn’t have to work perfectly to be worth it. Even if through rich-person fuckery they manage to stuff their (overseas) mattresses with hidden income, I’d bet the net result would be more €€€ in the public coffres.

Ah I misunderstood. I see we’re in total agreement.

Still glad I made my comment, if only as a foil against general doomerism.