Well except they’re not asking poor people are they? They’re asking everybody. And it’s just an ask. If you don’t want to accommodate the request then you don’t have to, but going on the internet and publicly discouraging people from advocating for the needy just because they’re wealthy is not helping anyone, especially the needy.
Yes exactly it’s about their power to influence
Friend of the Instance Karim Diané…
I have been extremely disappointed with the broader Linux ““community”” at times, but never Linux.
There was a Ted Talk a while back (I can’t remember who) where they said “I have always wanted to give a Ted Talk… but when I got selected to do this I realized that what I really wanted was to say I had given a Ted Talk”. Meaning they want to be known as someone who had given a Ted Talk, not actually go through the process of writing and delivering the Talk.
People who write open source code do it because they like the process of writing, just like an author enjoys writing books. LLMs are for people who just want to be able to say they have written a book. People who slop-code aren’t actually interested in learning how to code. Which is a fine toy for them to play with, but not sustainable (or reliable for others to use).
Yes exactly and I always consider Steam (and to a lesser degree the Kindle ecosystem), which make it obvious to me that interoperability and convenience are something consumers are willing to pay for.
Why doesn’t Odo just put up a sign that says “nobody I don’t like allowed”
Plot twist: I will use the holodeck to simulate being a starfleet captain
“Space vampires” is such a turn-off of an idea for me that I’m glad I didn’t know about it going in but WOW was it a great concept!
My secret shame is that I lowkey love the Rama sequels, though I fully acknowledge that they are political soap operas in space and tonally absolutely nothing like the original.
This was my exact journey, though I eventually landed on immutable Fedora with KDE. Zorin is a great OS but it’s in a weird space because it’s probably already too simple for anyone who knows what Linux is.
Because nobody has suggested it yet, Blindsight and Echopraxia are excellent.
I really liked The Gripping Hand though I agree it’s difficult to reach the level of excellence that is The Mote in God’s Eye.
That’s an awesome story and I agree he was great in that role.
Oh fun I will have to check it out
everybody needs to be on their best behavior for the next few weeks ok
He should have won best actor for his performance as “Ian” in Jungle 2 Jungle.
The fact that it lost to American Beauty that year is a travesty
Colm Meaney’s performance in Layer Cake is simply astounding!
I say fuck it let’s give him another 10 spinoffs we have nothing to lose anymore