Fair point.

My educated guess: income.

In the 80’s (I’m that old), many home computers came with the programming manual, and the impetus was to learn to code and run your programs on your own device. Even with Android it’s not especially hard (with LLM’s even less so than it used to be) to download Android Studio, throw some shit onto the screen, hit build, and run your own helper app or whatever sideloaded installed via usb cable (or wirelessly) on your own device.

In certain cases (cars, health related hw etc.) I get why it’s probably for the best if the user is not supposed to mod their device outside preinstalled sw’s preferences/settings. But when it comes to computers (i.e. smartphones, laptops, tablets, tv boxes etc.) I fully agree with Cory here. Such a shame everything must go to shit.

ls -latr

To see where’s the most recent shit cause that’s what I’m interested in.

Debian, since etch. Also, not corpo owned since birth.

While I agree, in this particular case I think it’s a good idea.

A random Awesome WM user has entered the chat

With images such as “fullstack Rasputin”, “Kafkaesque time sink”, “LaTeX-laden elder scroll” and so on? Hell, no.

Did you read the article? Because there certainly is no such argument in there.

Well,

Broadcom released a free VMware again

should be taken as a bait to lure in unsuspecting users before later stage enshit tactics happen. Synology seems to be at some other point in their enshit process, but enshit nevertheless.

I have a love/hate relationship with Nethack’s Sokoban levels.

stoner couch

Stealing this one!

I get it. That’s why I included the part about “the family tech guy”. And I think some sparkle of interest must be had in order to learn about that stuff. Or any stuff, like learning Ancient Greek. One has to be able to use a web search (or write a prompt to an LLM) for “beginner install linux” or some such. If the spark isn’t there, maybe buying a new Windows/Mac is the correct way to go.

Life is a long learning experience. Installing (or asking that nerdy relative to install) a Linux distro is no biggie anymore and when picking a good all-around distro like Mint, for example, pretty much anyone who has some basic experience on computers can do it.

What an absolute cunt.

Became a recluse And bought a computer Set it up in the home Elusive big one On the screen Saw the Holy Ghost, I swear On the screen

Where’s the cursor? Where’s the eraser? Where’s the cursor? Where’s the eraser? G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O H-O-9-O-G-O-H-O

What’s a computer? Eat y’self fitter What’s a computer? Eat y’self fitter

I swear, Mark E. Smith was sometimes decades ahead of his time.

If you mean like slapping a puddle of diarrhea, then I agree. IIRC the movie’s style was so annoying and the plot so boring that it’s a small miracle I managed to finish it in the first place.

Based on this you’ll love Tarkovsky and Bergman.

Well, usually dd is not used as often as cp, so there’s a bigger chance of messing up the parameters, unless you’re careful and rtfm first.

No, but you’re just typing if and of, not infile and outfile, and the letters are right next to each other on a qwerty kbd. One can haphazardly misuse a lot of commands, it’s just that some commands may lead to nastier outcomes than others.