Well the founding fathers and the powers at be are directly opposed. If I ran a tyranny, the first thing I would do is push propaganda to heavily stigmatize anything that could jeopardize it. The result I’d be aiming for would be a dynamic where firearms are only in the hands of people who support the tyranny, while making sure anyone who would oppose it is piss scared to even be in the same room as a gun. I’d make sure to instill a complex stigma, such that the opposition not only feels a primal fear of guns, but also a fear of social consequences, since there are plenty of people for whom social outcast is worse than death.

listen man. you think i’m trolling you, i think you’re trolling me, we can just not talk.

I really don’t think my mistake, which I admit, and I’m sorry for, warrant this response. I’m not interested in continuing conversation with you

computer programming 17 years hobby 5 years professional

you are really in a mood today

Take a wild guess

unintentionally misread your comment because this thread has diverged into so many different branches I’m having difficulty tracking it. damn man

While I believe everything I’ve said I also believe that 90% of graphical applications are dogshit and 99% of closed source software is dogshit and I don’t think these things can change due to conflict of interest. I very strictly use only open source software in my workflow and because of this, when I have a problem with the tools I just fix them myself.

I really dislike this sentiment in this context. This sentiment is about applications made for people who barely use computers. It’s for like… iPhone apps to order food. This sentiment is just incorrect when it comes to technical tools made for professionals.

Apply this to like any other profession and it makes it obvious how nonsense it is.

If you need a manual to disassemble this engine, it’s a terrible engine.

If you need a manual to pilot this helicopter, it’s a terrible helicopter.

If you need a manual to operate this electron microscope, it’s a terrible electron microscope.

idk I’m not trying to say I’m built different or anything but I’ve done the manual reading exercise so many times that I usually just need to read it once and it sticks in my head long enough that it doesn’t hinder my productivity. This workflow is cozy to me

If it’s a terminal application, the UI is essentially the same for every program. and it’s a UI i’m comfortable with and enjoy using. GUI apps though, I honestly hate 90% of the time. Almost every graphical application is utter dogshit. So we agree… kinda?

UX only people who are willing to read the manual understand*

i learned pretty much everything about the vast majority of tools i use on a daily basis literally just by reading the manual. i know that attention span, and well, literacy are both high bars but if I can do it you can too.

not everyone wants to give up control of their life’s work in exchange for funding. funding comes with stipulations.

blender is obviously an exception, they have the resources to do it. the vast majority of projects this post is about do not.

if people want to feel special for using difficult software, that’s dumb, but that’s not why the software is difficult.

“the exception proves the rule” and so on

I don’t think this is right. It’s more like:

This software is so obscenely powerful that UX is irrelevant. If you want that power, you are going to learn how to use it. We’re too busy making the software powerful to waste time making it accessible to people who can’t be bothered expending the effort.

This is especially relevant in open-source. It’s free software bro. Pick two ONLY: Free, Easy, Powerful

probably a lot less performant than doing it the old fashioned way. sometimes that matters. you should have the non-grid non-flex method half committed to memory. abusing flex or grid to save 2 lines of code is not a great practice, and having only one child element is usually a pretty clear sign that flex/grid is the wrong tool for the job

at the end of the day though do whatever you want, in fact why not just write a javascript function to recenter it every frame at 60fps cause 99.9% of the software 99.9% of people interact with is pure shit made by developers who don’t care for users who don’t care.

we live in a slop world, made by and for slop people who love slop. can you tell i’ve been awake for 30 hours? anyways…

You don’t know what a joke is. Lmfao

KDE is objectively the better DE from a technical standpoint (in my objective opinion) but sometimes GNOME just feels right in the moment. I have both installed and switch between them all the time

At this point, if we were smart, we would recognize that this thing is going nowhere and leverage it to drive the renewables market. The planet will be sterile before any revolution happens. Capitalism is another thing that is going nowhere. But you can fold it in on itself to trick it into actually doing something good for a change.

Gotta play the hand you’re dealt.

A couple years ago I was playing around with an RTL-SDR and I had it scanning a wide range for any voices. I found a police frequency and they were having a standoff in the park. A mother had a knife and her child with her, I assume it was some sort of hostage situation. They apprehended her, and when they transmitted her ID info, they scrambled the transmission. So I was able to learn about the situation but not who specifically was involved, and I agree with this approach honestly. It never made the news btw.

I’m not sure how it works exactly but I assume they have two transmit buttons on their handsets, regular voice and encrypted voice.

I was just poking fun, I agree with you that they are dangerous lol