Switching to Linux requires a certain level of technical skill and patience that the majority of people don’t have.

It does. However, it was a technical news website so I assumed the audience had a higher than average technical affinity. This seems to have been a bad assumption

That said, installing Linux is easier than people imagine. Most of the time you download the image and follow some short instructions.

Admittedly, the minority of the time you might have to troubleshoot.

Sometimes the word “Interesting” causes my brain to recall the character generation in Morrowind. The guy says something like ““Interesting. Now before I stamp these papers, make sure this information is correct.””

Conservatism, mostly.

Give him the ability to divest his wealth first.

Briefly imagined a world where conservative Christians are hard-line on giving to the poor and hospitality.

“Jesus said give your wealth to the poor and follow him. I don’t see a need to change that!”

Just remove all violent people first

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_without_a_difference

A distinction without a difference is a type of logical fallacy where an author or speaker attempts to describe a distinction between two things where no discernible difference exists.[1] It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.

For example, a person might say “I did not lie; I merely stretched the truth a little bit.”[2]

Some other tech website did an article recently about how to unfuck windows as much as possible. Like four pages of tricks, registry edits, third party tools.

People in the comments were like “you know, Linux is free and is getting very user friendly.”

People were mad. People really want to stick to windows.

No idea why. I’m running basic pop!_os and have no real complaints.

It bugs me when people refuse to acknowledge they’re being a selfish prick. At least have the strength of character to look someone in the eye and say “Yes, I’d rather you die than me”. Fucking cowards.

Gop is like a clock where only the minute hand is stopped and the hour hand is flapping all over. Sometimes it’s kind of correct, but not for the bigger picture.

Reminds me of the “Last Call Cats” art set that I really like.

Not finding the original but here they are in coaster form https://arnamiller.com/products/drunk-cat-coasters

Communication aims at information exchange,

Metadata is data. Skipping small talk is exchanging less information.

I’ve had a couple cases where I didn’t change their mind on the spot, we at least reached a point of “I see what you’re saying and why you believe that” that was better than we started.

It’s just a lot of work, and is doomed if the other person isn’t present in good faith. But it’s nice when it happens. It helps to ask sincere questions, and try to clear up any assumptions you might not share.

My old job was a bunch of… idiots? Class traitors? Cowards?

Management would make noises about arbitrary deadlines and they’d all be like “we better work late tonight and through the weekend!!”

Did all that work and got nothing for it. Most of them still got laid off. Management still owns the company.

Looks interesting. I didn’t really like convergence when I tried it, and the randomizer wasn’t as fun as I hoped for me.

It says it’s easy to install too, even on Linux. Anyone done so?

I think that’s the one I have. They don’t make them like they used to. The Logitech controller I had in like 2008 lasted for ten years. The new one’s right shoulder button stopped working after like two.

The good news is they honored their warranty and sent me a new one for free.

But then the left joystick stopped going all the way up+left.

But then honored the warranty again! That one is still kicking.

So the lesson is: keep your receipt if you buy Logitech.

Edit: it works fine on Linux (pop!_os) too.

Not surprising. Capitalism wants money. Most people don’t care about things like “Art” or “long term”.

I feel like there are a number of ways to close the “oh I don’t have any income. I just get a loan against my assets from the bank. That’s not income! You can’t tax that!” process that rich people use to have money without tax obligations.

Conservatism is a bad world view. Rigid patriarchal authority will lead to abuse.

I also don’t have much patience for “it gets fun later I promise!”.

Guild wars 2 will scale people down for earlier levels, but the majority of content is aimed at the level cap (which hasn’t changed since launch ten years ago).

I don’t know how long it would take a new player to hit the cap. With friends, I think you could get to the cap via crafting in like 30 minutes if they spot you the resources.