Greedy because I got hooked on it (which is my own fault). Problem because it creates demand. I compared it to low wage jobs because eco-fascists say, "you're not forced to do it", disregarding that people have to make a living somehow if they don't want to become criminals.
I don't agree with you when you say all the distress is due to "silly taboos". It is stress to psyche per se with consequences like anxiety and depression. I suppose that people engaging in porn industry do not consider or maybe even know about the side effects beforehand.
Apart from that: what's wrong with people that they have to archive pics or whatever from tumblr? As if there wasn't an incredible plethora of sources for that stuff available already. Noone could ever watch all that!
Maybe. But did you ever think about the people who are exploited by their partners posting the supposedly private sex tapes/pics? It's not only money but also power. Btw., like everything else seemingly "free" you pay for porn with your data/via ad revenue.
It *is* part of the discussion. If there was no "demand" by greedy people like you and me, there'd be no money to make with those kind of media. Notice how I see myself being *part* of the problem? People sometimes see themselves in the situation having to sell their bodies for sex. And that *is* indeed a problem although we as a society tend to neglect that intimacy does something to your psyche. You don't get out of abuse without the marks on your psyche even if you believe you did the things you did voluntarily/consentingly.
Setting the bar for exploitation high does not alleviate the problem.
The "consenting" adult actors part is kind of cynical. It sounds like one of the excuses for the conditions people "voluntarily" subject themselves to when they take on a minimum wage job. "They can quit anytime they want to, after all, right?".
How is someone employed as video game programmer (such as myself) expected to reply to this?
Well programming games is a different matter than playing them, I don't see a conflict here. If you program games at work for Windows, you're out of luck choosing the platform (I also have to use Windows at work sometimes but it's in a VM). I hope for you that you don't take your work home with you (o;
Sorry I can't say anything about streaming. I always thought that was either browser-based or using a dedicated device. I didn't think that companies (other than Apple) are really expecting you to use a platform-dependent player. Blu-Rays, as I read, are a "hit & miss game". I won't buy Blu-Rays (or a Blu-Ray player) for that reason and also because I literally don't see the added value. My vision is bad and, at least on my 24" screen, I probably wouldn't notice the difference anyway.
As for non-free JS/SAASS: I don't mind that; I also have no problem using proprietary nvidia drivers although I'd really like to see them open-sourced.
Will W7 stop working in 14 months? I hope not (I paid for it like 8 years ago; well, it was included with my laptop, but still). And if I don't give my Virtual Box internet access, I don't see how security is a problem anyway. And even if it was: as long as W7 stays contained, I can always go back to some working snapshot. Did I already mention I start it about twice a year?
That's what package mangers are for, but it's completely ridiculous to expect an ecosystem to work like it does on Linux. People submit applications to the distro, and the distro people are expected to build and maintain tens of thousands of packages.Try installing something that isn't built into the distro repository and nothing works. I hear the concept of "3rd party" is popular on desktop machines, but you really can't expect anything to work if it comes outside from the distro, and even then things break for the most idiotic of reasons.
Have you ever heard of the open build service? Maintainers can set up virtual build hosts for different distros/distro versions to build their packages. Complete with dependencies. That's one way how you could do it: use one of the community repos. Compiling an application yourself is usually not a problem given you have the correct dev packages installed, but even if you haven't: there are good online help resources and often helpful people on the respective IRC channels.
Try installing something that isn't built into the distro repository and nothing works. I hear the concept of "3rd party" is popular on desktop machines, but you really can't expect anything to work if it comes outside from the distro, and even then things break for the most idiotic of reasons.
If it comes from outside of your distro, you need either the source code or the program including its library dependencies. I personally know snap only from hearsay but I have had good experiences with AppImage.
I could not have imagined using Linux exclusively 15 years ago. But so much has changed for the better since I began using it. Now I feel amputated when I have to use a Windows machine (for the lack of a decent command line, configurability, accessability features, performance, privacy, security and so much more)
Ad distributions and FOSS: yes, but for the ones I know there are non-FOSS repos around which you can easily make use of (e.g. nvidia drivers). I am using openSUSE btw. and would never ever recommend anything that is RedHat-derived (speak: CentOS). And there are many other great distros to choose from. I also recommend using KDE Plasma for its great configurability.
As for games: grow up already. (sorry for that blunt comment)
Players for rented movies? I have no idea what kind of movies you rent that require a special player. Last time I rented a movie it was on DVD and there are players for that (e.g. mpv, xine, vlc). They also play many other common codecs.
Ad income tax: if you *really* need that and there's no web-based service, you can keep a virtualized Windows 7 VM around (actually, that also applies for you games question). I have one myself and I start it up about once or twice a year, e.g. if I need to update my camera's firmware. It's true – there is software that has no linux equivalent (which is not Linux's fault, but that does not matter). Still keeping Windows in its container where it belongs seems to be the right way of doing things.
Lastly, you will eventually find your productivity going up once you change your mindset and with it your (maybe broken) workflows. Profit from the abundant configuration options of your desktop and the power of the command line (e.g. zsh) and also the freedom of not being vendor locked-in.
If you've spent the last 15 years trying to switch to Linux and haven't succeeded, that is not the Linux people's fault but yours. The comment "just copying application files from point A to point B is still a complicated mess" tells me that you do not want to change your Windows-derived habits, no matter how bad they are, to a superior Linux workflow. Why would I want to copy application files from A to B anyway? FFS, please just install them from the package repos on B. If not possible, try to get the application as a Snap/AppImage. If not possible, get the application's source code, compile and install it.
Please consider using FOSS alternatives to the software you think you can't live without, and you might be surprised by how good they actually are.
Another thing: it's in fact easier to copy an application's data/config from A to B, since reasonable applications store that data in (plain text) config files/folders in your home directory. No obscure registry wizardry upon running some installer. That is one of the best things in Linux: I've kept my home partition with the relevant configuration over years while updating/upgrading the underlying system, no need to reconfigure everything (save major KDE version upgrades).
Actually, I do see the (or at least a) point: product placement. I wouldn't have learned that there's a thing like Paint3D. Now I desperately want that. Too bad I switched to Linux like 13 years ago
Don't get me started on VS bugs. The least I can expect from a "professional" IDE is a build to run deterministically, i.e. either fail every time or succeed every time. What's unacceptable is the fact that I sometimes have to invoke "Build Solution" four(!) times for a build to finally succeed. Solution my...
Never have I experienced such annoyances with gmake.
Much funnier, spinwise, than an electron is a 73Ge isotope with spin 9/2, i.e. non-binary spin orientation, if you forgive me that politically loaded term (o;
MeGeCl3 gives an interesting 1H NMR spectrum with 10 mini-satellites around the main signal, but I digress.
I don't know fish but judging from what I've read here (https://www.slant.co/versus/523/1602/~zsh_vs_fish) I'm not convinced. The only benefit over zsh I really find good is a (supposedly) good default config. But I've configured zsh years ago and I'm still using that very efficient configuration today. That's what I call return of investment. Yes, it is not 100% intuitive to configure zsh but it's got a helpful community. I've even written my own completion extensions, so how hard can it be?
Calling zsh obsolete garbage implies you have not really used it.
It's obvious that this guy is acting as a comedian. Why not do the right thing and laugh about his jokes?
That statement with the water running off is super-funny, IMO. I can imagine the tone of his voice he conveyed it with.
Yet, I'll see how the actual sound they deliver compares to my Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 computer speakers. I know it's kind of crazy paying ~$500 for computer speakers but the sound is worth it, IMO.
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Greedy because I got hooked on it (which is my own fault). Problem because it creates demand. I compared it to low wage jobs because eco-fascists say, "you're not forced to do it", disregarding that people have to make a living somehow if they don't want to become criminals.
I don't agree with you when you say all the distress is due to "silly taboos". It is stress to psyche per se with consequences like anxiety and depression. I suppose that people engaging in porn industry do not consider or maybe even know about the side effects beforehand.
Apart from that: what's wrong with people that they have to archive pics or whatever from tumblr? As if there wasn't an incredible plethora of sources for that stuff available already. Noone could ever watch all that!
Maybe. But did you ever think about the people who are exploited by their partners posting the supposedly private sex tapes/pics? It's not only money but also power. Btw., like everything else seemingly "free" you pay for porn with your data/via ad revenue.
Aw, come on! Don't underestimate fetishism.
That's your opinion. Mine is different, I see a clear distiction between those two, as I expressed above. So let's agree to differ.
So what? :o)
Where is "they"? Let's beat "them" up!
It *is* part of the discussion. If there was no "demand" by greedy people like you and me, there'd be no money to make with those kind of media. Notice how I see myself being *part* of the problem? People sometimes see themselves in the situation having to sell their bodies for sex. And that *is* indeed a problem although we as a society tend to neglect that intimacy does something to your psyche. You don't get out of abuse without the marks on your psyche even if you believe you did the things you did voluntarily/consentingly.
Setting the bar for exploitation high does not alleviate the problem.
The "consenting" adult actors part is kind of cynical. It sounds like one of the excuses for the conditions people "voluntarily" subject themselves to when they take on a minimum wage job. "They can quit anytime they want to, after all, right?".
Come on, we mustn't let the wells for proliferating sexual exploitation go dry!
How is someone employed as video game programmer (such as myself) expected to reply to this?
Well programming games is a different matter than playing them, I don't see a conflict here. If you program games at work for Windows, you're out of luck choosing the platform (I also have to use Windows at work sometimes but it's in a VM). I hope for you that you don't take your work home with you (o;
Sorry I can't say anything about streaming. I always thought that was either browser-based or using a dedicated device. I didn't think that companies (other than Apple) are really expecting you to use a platform-dependent player. Blu-Rays, as I read, are a "hit & miss game". I won't buy Blu-Rays (or a Blu-Ray player) for that reason and also because I literally don't see the added value. My vision is bad and, at least on my 24" screen, I probably wouldn't notice the difference anyway.
As for non-free JS/SAASS: I don't mind that; I also have no problem using proprietary nvidia drivers although I'd really like to see them open-sourced.
Will W7 stop working in 14 months? I hope not (I paid for it like 8 years ago; well, it was included with my laptop, but still). And if I don't give my Virtual Box internet access, I don't see how security is a problem anyway. And even if it was: as long as W7 stays contained, I can always go back to some working snapshot. Did I already mention I start it about twice a year?
That's what package mangers are for, but it's completely ridiculous to expect an ecosystem to work like it does on Linux. People submit applications to the distro, and the distro people are expected to build and maintain tens of thousands of packages.Try installing something that isn't built into the distro repository and nothing works. I hear the concept of "3rd party" is popular on desktop machines, but you really can't expect anything to work if it comes outside from the distro, and even then things break for the most idiotic of reasons.
Have you ever heard of the open build service? Maintainers can set up virtual build hosts for different distros/distro versions to build their packages. Complete with dependencies. That's one way how you could do it: use one of the community repos. Compiling an application yourself is usually not a problem given you have the correct dev packages installed, but even if you haven't: there are good online help resources and often helpful people on the respective IRC channels.
Try installing something that isn't built into the distro repository and nothing works. I hear the concept of "3rd party" is popular on desktop machines, but you really can't expect anything to work if it comes outside from the distro, and even then things break for the most idiotic of reasons.
If it comes from outside of your distro, you need either the source code or the program including its library dependencies. I personally know snap only from hearsay but I have had good experiences with AppImage.
I could not have imagined using Linux exclusively 15 years ago. But so much has changed for the better since I began using it. Now I feel amputated when I have to use a Windows machine (for the lack of a decent command line, configurability, accessability features, performance, privacy, security and so much more)
Ad distributions and FOSS: yes, but for the ones I know there are non-FOSS repos around which you can easily make use of (e.g. nvidia drivers). I am using openSUSE btw. and would never ever recommend anything that is RedHat-derived (speak: CentOS). And there are many other great distros to choose from. I also recommend using KDE Plasma for its great configurability.
As for games: grow up already. (sorry for that blunt comment)
Players for rented movies? I have no idea what kind of movies you rent that require a special player. Last time I rented a movie it was on DVD and there are players for that (e.g. mpv, xine, vlc). They also play many other common codecs.
Ad income tax: if you *really* need that and there's no web-based service, you can keep a virtualized Windows 7 VM around (actually, that also applies for you games question). I have one myself and I start it up about once or twice a year, e.g. if I need to update my camera's firmware. It's true – there is software that has no linux equivalent (which is not Linux's fault, but that does not matter). Still keeping Windows in its container where it belongs seems to be the right way of doing things.
Lastly, you will eventually find your productivity going up once you change your mindset and with it your (maybe broken) workflows. Profit from the abundant configuration options of your desktop and the power of the command line (e.g. zsh) and also the freedom of not being vendor locked-in.
You got it wrong: America first.
If you've spent the last 15 years trying to switch to Linux and haven't succeeded, that is not the Linux people's fault but yours. The comment "just copying application files from point A to point B is still a complicated mess" tells me that you do not want to change your Windows-derived habits, no matter how bad they are, to a superior Linux workflow. Why would I want to copy application files from A to B anyway? FFS, please just install them from the package repos on B. If not possible, try to get the application as a Snap/AppImage. If not possible, get the application's source code, compile and install it.
Please consider using FOSS alternatives to the software you think you can't live without, and you might be surprised by how good they actually are.
Another thing: it's in fact easier to copy an application's data/config from A to B, since reasonable applications store that data in (plain text) config files/folders in your home directory. No obscure registry wizardry upon running some installer. That is one of the best things in Linux: I've kept my home partition with the relevant configuration over years while updating/upgrading the underlying system, no need to reconfigure everything (save major KDE version upgrades).
Actually, I do see the (or at least a) point: product placement. I wouldn't have learned that there's a thing like Paint3D. Now I desperately want that. Too bad I switched to Linux like 13 years ago
"Ah, people can come up with statistics to prove anything – 40% of all people know that."
Not even able to quote the sources in the original (superior, of course!) language... what a shame.
Don't get me started on VS bugs. The least I can expect from a "professional" IDE is a build to run deterministically, i.e. either fail every time or succeed every time. What's unacceptable is the fact that I sometimes have to invoke "Build Solution" four(!) times for a build to finally succeed. Solution my ...
Never have I experienced such annoyances with gmake.
Much funnier, spinwise, than an electron is a 73Ge isotope with spin 9/2, i.e. non-binary spin orientation, if you forgive me that politically loaded term (o; MeGeCl3 gives an interesting 1H NMR spectrum with 10 mini-satellites around the main signal, but I digress.
I don't know fish but judging from what I've read here (https://www.slant.co/versus/523/1602/~zsh_vs_fish) I'm not convinced. The only benefit over zsh I really find good is a (supposedly) good default config. But I've configured zsh years ago and I'm still using that very efficient configuration today. That's what I call return of investment. Yes, it is not 100% intuitive to configure zsh but it's got a helpful community. I've even written my own completion extensions, so how hard can it be?
Calling zsh obsolete garbage implies you have not really used it.
No need for a dedicated key if you're using a compose key: Öÿstër – happy?
Catalytic ammonia synthesis?
It's obvious that this guy is acting as a comedian. Why not do the right thing and laugh about his jokes? That statement with the water running off is super-funny, IMO. I can imagine the tone of his voice he conveyed it with.
Yet, I'll see how the actual sound they deliver compares to my Bowers & Wilkins MM-1 computer speakers. I know it's kind of crazy paying ~$500 for computer speakers but the sound is worth it, IMO.
Because of the employees, maybe?
Umm yeah. That's the point of the diesel exhaust controversy, isn't it?