A-fucking-men.
Been bitching about this for years to deaf ears.
Old enough to remember when folks took pride in how few lines of code they could write to get something done. Not unreadably dense undocumented code. Just lean, clean, and efficient.
There's still a place for large complex software, but 99% of business apps that just move text strings, datetime values, and decimals around from point A to point B aren't that place.
I'm really bad at remembering how to drive places, and always have been. Zero sense of direction. Pre-GPS life sucked ass for me in that respect.
But I do miss pre-internet socializing. Phone (voice) calls, cocktail parties, cookouts with the neighbors, and work mixers could all be very pleasant experiences.
Also miss not being tracked and recorded every minute of every day. It's creepy AF how we leave digital trails everywhere we go now.
I mostly agree with you.
But I also think it's important to think of the neighbors we disagree with very differently than how we view right wing politicians and corporate executives. Our neighbors may have some shitty opinions and ignorant positions, but they might be decent people at heart. No right wing politician or billionaire CEO is going to be decent at heart.
That will work for now. But the open web is under attack.
More and more content is being locked inside of apps, pay walls, etc. Google search sucks because they only show you paid promoted content. Thus WEI bullshit is just another step in the direction of taking away free and open access. If this shit is left unchecked, mainstream websites will stop working with open web browsers like Firefox.
Their goal is to charge fees and subscriptions for everything. And to take away freedom of choice and open access. They don't want to compete with value or quality content. They want to remove our ability to even use the competition.
Please be careful, as YouTube is owned by Google, and getting banned by Google is potentially devastating for some people. Google's products and services dominant the web and mobile, unfortunately.
I'm not saying you will get banned, just pointing out the potential risk.
The whole thing is a cluster. Ad blockers are a necessity IMO.
The people who charge $300 for textbooks are surprised people don't want to pay $300 for textbooks. Typical.
I have stopped using Brave. Fuck those guys.
I just wish Firefox would update less frequently. It's way too often.
"Disagree and commit" = do what I say or quit. Worker exploitation has many douchey buzz phrases.
There's a theory that societies experience 40 years of progress followed by 40 years of regression in an endless cycle. I hope the theory is wrong. I can't take decades of these idiots running things.
Cringe is far too overused IMHO. Especially online.
If something is "lame" it's probably unoriginal, derivative, boring, or annoying.
I was only vaguely aware of this guy. When he released his ratcheting driver gadget a while back, it popped up on a YT review channel that I do watch. Out of curiosity I looked into it.
This Linus guy immediately struck me as a weasel and a d-bag. I don't have any super powers of observation. People should trust their instincts better. Human instincts are bad compared to animals, but one thing we're all pretty naturally good at is detecting scumbags. Listen to your instincts, folks. His "charm" is as real as CheezWhiz.
So their cynical move is to send more traffic to reddit at the same time reddit's quality has gone down the toilet. Sounds like Google alright.