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I know nothing about pizzacake but this particular comic strip is good

If the safeguards can be so easily removed, what's the point of putting them there in the first place

You implied that an egalitarian person doesn't have the goal of furthering equality, did you not?

The Wikipedia article on egalitarianism says:

By promoting equal opportunities, egalitarianism aims to level the playing field and reduce disparities that result from social inequalities.

and

Egalitarian doctrines have supported many modern social movements, including the Enlightenment, feminism, civil rights, and international human rights.

Do you not feel that what you claim and what Wikipedia says are in conflict? At any rate, what I mean by being egalitarian is also to work toward achieving an egalitarian society, and in practice I do work toward that goal.

I disagree and as far as I can tell, so does Wikipedia.

I prefer to call myself egalitarian

The number of assholes calling themselves feminists vastly outnumber the actual feminists. They have lost control of the word.

I love me some multi-meme drifting

What happened?

I hate to break it to you but... millennials are old

Sure, as long as it works. Software has a tendency to stop working on newer OS:es or become subject to security exploits though.

That sounds good on paper, but the chances that someone else will pick up the ball if they abandon it, even if it's open source, are very slim. If you care about keeping it alive then paying them is a more effective strategy than hoping for random volunteer work by internet strangers.

You, on the other hand, have good chances of being able to learn new tools. So I think the need for this security is exaggerated.

The IntelliJ products are not exactly "buy once" - if you want updated versions you need to keep paying periodically.

Not that I think that's a bad thing necessarily - it doesn't make sense to expect devs to continue working on something year after year when you're not paying them for it.