That is is a special kind grieving.
THANK YOU EVERYONE who recommended PHOTOREC! This community is fantastic.
Perhaps Solus. Not because it is bad per se, I have not touched it in years, but more as an example of glorifying a distro because of the contribution of a single person, which almost imploded when the main contributor could not continue working on it.
Same wirh Void, where it almost got lost because the dude with the github access disappeared.
Slackware is cool, but it will be a sad day when they guy behind it stops working on it.
Or maybe I am bugging. They are all doing fine. Open source doesn't allow for catestrophic demise on good ideas.
I have been rekindling my patronage to my county's libraries and archive.org.
Sure, these are DVDs, but they can be upscaled and are easily backed up.
I buy a crap load of books like I have a spending problem, but I get them used from bookstores and thriftstores. Libraries will always have something I can't find, with the added glory of browsing serendipity.
Sure, I like to pirate, but there is more treasure at your ports than you think.
Bizarre. Not even keep a few editors for... the editing??
I wonder how this will affect the Stuff You Should Know podcsst.
One thing I love to collect are tiny CRTs. I actually grew up watching Star Trek on a boom box with a television built in (what the hell happened to it, I dont know).
They are awesome! All the fun of a CRT without the pain of it being heavy and taking up a lot of space.
Gaslighting. The internets favorite buzzworx that exactly describes this behavior.
You cannot win an argument with liars or the ignorant.
Linus is stellar example of "good is not nice."
He will rake you over the coals because he cares about quality and expects better from everyone.
This. Everyone needs to be mindful about what they post. You are communicating with real human beings afterall, with their own life history and memory.
So be kind and give up the fantasy you can reverse your actions.
Stupid. It is like someone getting mad that I can download a website and have an arvhived copy.
If something is publicly available, I get to have it.
I feel strongly about this for any art. Creators are so desparate to shove their stuff into our senses and get paid for it. No one is ever obliged to spend their time and resources on anything people make.
If you don't want someone to steal your work, keep it to yourself.
If the art actually mattered, if the message was important and necessary, it would be given away, there would be no barrier.
Anyways, the monetization system is fucked and rewards the worst people. Google will never get my money ever again.
Hah! Are we so inured to the death march towards dystopia that it is surreal when something good happens? All of these large social media sites are privacy hating monopolies that actively disrespect their members and misuse their information.
They should die. Let them. We should celebrate!
Honestly a thesis is way higher stakes and value. Yeah, imagine thinking there was an emergency only to find out your roommate will need to spend the rest of the semester using their imagination.