Hm. I started using Linux (Ubuntu) somewhat around 2007. And I was quite fascinated how flashy it was with all those desktop effects compared to the rather boring XP. Only problem I had back in the day was wifi, but I didn’t play a lot of games at that time.
But yeah, once I solved that wifi problem I had internet, so there was a difference.
Around here most companies just have subscriptions or get to them through university libraries. It is still annoying, I aggree. It is funnier once you realize that they completly rely on free work as well.
That said, standards are imo one of the greatest t achievements of humanity. And if you’ll ever be involved in that process, you’ll quickly see why this whole thing is expensive.
If you don’t want to pay that much, don’t curse at ISO, put pressure on your government to provide it for free. Imo well invested tax money.
My personal main problem is that companies sometimes infiltrate the process.
Yep. I use Gimp, digiKam and Darktable for literally decades now. I am utterly lost on Adobe software.
We have ISO standards. Fuck every single company that ignores those (Microsoft, Apple, …).
Nah, that is not really true. There has been a significant bump due to covid, but before covid IQ test results have shown constant improvements.
That said, I don’t think IQ and political idiocy are that strongly correlated. I’ve met a lot of highly trained people, who would doubtlessly get great IQ test results, who are politically extremely gullible.
That also said, IQ tests are a quite flawed way to assess intelligence.
My personal believe is: This is not about people getting dumber, but about propagandists getting better. I also think that unsteadiness is a way better catalysator for fascism than low intelligence.
Nope: “very bad”.
That was pretty much what I meant.
It was.
Lots of the money comes from the US and US companies. But as you said, it is open source.
Linux was awesome 15 years ago. They probably just had driver problems. Those used to be much worse.
Yes, lemmy is not mainstream. But man, you are complaining about 1.4k upvotes on non-corporate media. This is extraordinary.
Kubuntu is great nowadays.
I still.like fortran better. (And I am not even lying.)
In Germany Brita is quite good.
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@yahoo.com is still somewhat popular among us old farts.
I’d say here in Germany it is mostly a unpopularity contest.
It’s floor 0. Like you aren’t 1 year old, when you arr born.
The brits got it right.
Why do they measure your feet as an adult? Is that common in the US? I don’t think i had my feet measured since I was 15 or so.
Edit: I also want to applaude you for wearing Spiderman socks in this specific post!