Yeah, but don’t they tend to incorporate any apps in the GNOME desktop if they deem it worthy? Or think that it’ll improve the experience, or compete against other desktops like Mac or Windows?

Huh??? Are they going to bring AI to the Gnome desktop ? Because that’s exactly what I was running from.

I’m sure we can find a middle ground, yes.

That book, along with Animal Farm, should be a mandatory book to read in school.

I really hate what this country has become.

From governments who are doing evening else but the right thing, just to get re-elected in 4 years, to the radicalisation of conservatives, to the sheer lack of empathy all around. I don’t feel like I belong here anymore. I feel like I’m the one who’s crazy.

I understand your point and it’s a good argument. But I gotta tell ya… I REALLY miss having a few months of where I can play and just live my life and do what I love. I learned some important life lessons during that break that you just wouldn’t get being in school all year round.

I think we should leave the kids alone for a couple months per year and let them live. Life isn’t just about work.

Right???

That’s why I buy a lot of used stuff now or repair the ones I got.

Repair shops will be like “a new one’ll cost less” and I’m like “don’t care, fix it.”

I really hope my early 2000’s Sony Bravia 720p tiny ass TV never dies on me. It’s a dumb TV but has all the connections for retro gaming consoles.

Heeeeeyyyy! 😏👉👉

When will people learn to never buy smart devices.

Who controls the past now, controls the future.

Who controls the present now, controls the past.

Awesomesauce! Thank you!

Plus I like how they have the Homebrew packaging system to install pretty much anything you need.

Windows has something similar with chocolatey but it’s just not as complete. It’s not *nix apps either.

The world is so fucked up. I feel just so fucking crushed by the weight of despair from what’s happening in the world.

Why are people so fucking cruel?

That plus probably being exposed to covid. Apparently it has really bad effects on the brain and ability to learn.

I’d reverse Windows and Mac. Mac is sleek, smooth, pleasant, well integrated, solid, stable, and has a good shell. They have great machines with great specs and are well built. They also take some learning to become efficient with.

Windows on the other hand, is cheap, buggy, ugly, unstable, comes pre-packaged with flashy junk, breaks easily, any child can use it and then break it.

What’s the fork?

That said, the estimates from researchers, energy experts and environmental organizations in Canada and beyond are all in the billions — as high as $30 billion and as low as $3 billion, depending on the year.

Fucking hell. All that money could be used to help house and feed people in need in Canada, and then some! But no! We have to keep tossing money to fuel the massive forest fire that’s become our country.

People should be revolting over this.

As soon as the NDP were removed, the Liberals went on full conservative mode and simply stop trying, just to “demonstrate” that it’s not feasible.

Had the NDP given any leverage, this wouldn’t have happened. They would’ve pushed for it to work and the Liberals would’ve found a way.

No! That’s the thing! I’m not trolling you.

My girlfriend wanted to see Bruce Springsteen last year and this is what happened. (Sorry it’s in French, please use Google Translate)

Man… the dude was my friend since my early teens. We were like brothers. We drifted a bit apart after he moved in the suburbs and had a family. It was hard to hang out with work and everything. He was like the central hub of a group of friends from those early teens.

We had a group chat and new people joined in. Friends of theirs. During the pandemic some became vehemently anti-mask, or anti-vax. It was extremely difficult and awkward when we got back together coming out of the pandemic when it was still a hot topic. One of the guys is a far-right religious type and started pushing Fox News and Andrew Tate clips in the chat and the others either became outraged (in the wrong way, like in agreement with Fox News) or started agreeing with Tate.

Then my best bud became vehemently LGBTQ-phobic. Like it became a conspiracy where they were trying to indoctrinate his kids, 2 girls. Became outraged at trans people and anything related to that.

I tried to talk some sense into them, but it was really not working. They very quickly got deeper into this shit through YouTube videos and their fucking algorithms that keeps pushing more far-right content than anything else. Then it went out of control.

When the other far-right guy posted a Fox News clip about the female olympic boxer who could be disqualified because she was failing a test for testosterone or something, Fox saying she was a trans woman, my friend lost his shit. I didn’t have any more energy to talk any sense in him so I just quit the group chat and never spoke to him or the group again.

I spent some awesome times with those guys and have fond memories of hanging out with them. Sharing DragonBalls mangas, playing GoldenEye 007 on the N64 and later playing Halo on the X-Box together. Watching stupid b-movies and awesome anime. Going out to sports bars together. Playing basketball. Etc.

I feel so lonely right now. I don’t have any friends like them any more and it’s really weighing down on my depression. I only have the one friend from high school left who’s normal, but he’s flaky and often cancels on our plans or is always 1h late to dinners and events. He also never calls me. I’m always the one calling him. He’s not doing too well either so maybe that’s why.

Anyway. Thank you for reading through this if you did.