TeamAssimilation

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[–] TeamAssimilation 6 points 5 hours ago

We also want Proton to become better, and the survey is anonymous and very transparent. I always participate gladly.

[–] TeamAssimilation 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Your comment made me remember how 25 years ago it was unthinkable, even illegal, for a company to spy on you without consent. Tech isn’t the problem, regulation has also become a joke, that’s what gave tech bros free reign, as long as they make loads of money fast so rich investors can concentrate even more wealth.

[–] TeamAssimilation -1 points 5 hours ago

Would you care to complete your statement? What exactly does it say about me?

[–] TeamAssimilation 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yeah, handwriting sucks. I used to type my homework in a mechanical typewriter, holy cow even that sucked. Going from that to an electrical typewriter that could hold a line in memory was amazing, but still nothing compared to a proper word processor. Wordstar in MS-DOS anyone?

I still like to sketch my ideas from time to time, but all my permanent notes are stored in Joplin, encrypted, in local backup, and synced to the cloud. I can’t afford to lose them, and I can’t afford to lug around with me a heavy suitcase of papers.

I’ve seen young people wishing for simpler times, kids using Polaroid cameras, hunting retro consoles that were already ancient when they were born, longing for music that was way before their time, etc. I get they’re disillusioned with the current state of things, but romanticizing the past is not a healthy way to cope with the horrible today.

[–] TeamAssimilation -1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Those are terribly inconvenient things IMO. We shouldn’t become Amish to reject tech bros, because tech makes life easier. There’s enough talent to make these same services in a non-exploitable way, but the incentives are misaligned with the common good.

That’s why I love the Fediverse, proof that tech can be used without tech bros.

[–] TeamAssimilation 6 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

Yes, add to the third panel ordering food by phone call, going to the store when you want every small thing, buying your groceries in person, stopping taxis on the street, no file sharing, etc., etc.

[–] TeamAssimilation 3 points 15 hours ago

I suppose common users will have marginal improvements, as we don’t move a lot of data. High load because long I/O waits in VM farms is a big deal, though, so this is actually great for companies with self-hosted VDI.

[–] TeamAssimilation 3 points 16 hours ago

If you think Windows/Mac heuristic scanners can detect all malware, especially new malware, I can see why you think Linux is at a disadvantage.

[–] TeamAssimilation 12 points 16 hours ago

Naw man, Linux is too much work

[–] TeamAssimilation 17 points 17 hours ago

Hecking yeah

[–] TeamAssimilation 2 points 19 hours ago

Sincerely agree. Explicit is better then implicit, that’s a general engineering axiom.

Instead of overloading and making the next maintainer hunt for overloads, a clearly named function that does the critical steps would make the code immensely more maintainable. C++ is C gone wild.

[–] TeamAssimilation 4 points 19 hours ago

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