I was taking to my sister, who is an artist, about setting up Linux and warned them about poor Adobe support. Their response was “⭐ 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝒷𝑒 ⭐” due to their AI shenanigans and high costs.

So thanks modern Adobe for making it easier for people to switch to Linux.

I mean, I can kinda see it being useful for people wanting to sell a wee box that does nothing but launch a game on steam.

Ignoring the obvious bait in the title, I think it’s mostly a numbers thing. On Reddit you can follow only communities that you vibe with, and the voting system works to keep low quality posts down. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t the same proportion of people on Reddit that you find objectionable, but they’re stuck in the bowels of downvote hell.

Or maybe you’re just surrounded by people with different views or life experiences and don’t know how to process it. Idk.

Because people outside are scary and confusing.

Also, I have a fwb and it would be awkward to bring up.

Just as an fyi: If you want people to read huge blocks of text like this, please break it into paragraphs.

Academia Is Not Law, especially when it comes to subjective things involving marginalised groups. There can be and are massive systematic and institutional failures that mean many papers are misleading.

Most people broadly agree that the treatment of people with mental conditions, black people, lgbt people, etc was shocking and unacceptable even 50 years ago… And yet some people assume we’ve “fixed” that nowadays and everything is above board and perfectly fair and ethical.

“Did you run the formatter on this?”

Bonus points if it’s python code and nowhere in the docs does it say which of the many formatters to use.

I think it’s a bit unrealistic to expect randos online to 100% accurate and correct about what they are saying, regardless of their political leanings.

Been playing Kitsune Tails recently, which is basically a modern version of Mario Bros 3. I’m at a super advanced post-game level where they are trying to teach me how to shell jump. I’m going to give it a break until I can get into a “grind until I learn the mechanic” headspace.

I don’t have any examples, sadly - I’m basing this on what some people on Bluesky have been saying.

Yes, it’s a slur. Especially outside of the US (where mental conditions are less overtly stigmatised).

Supposedly it’s being “reclaimed” by the alt-right on Twitter. But obvously don’t listen to the alt-right’s views on social progressiveness.

Also, don’t call yourself “retarded”, you’re better than that. <3

Edit: I’m in the UK, and I find this list useful to figure out what’s offensive and what isn’t: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-standards/offensive-language

Out of interest, has anyone here been using Kagi? It’s a premium search engine, which means it has reasons and resources to not suck, in theory. Kind of interested in trying it, but not sure how good it actually is.

Standard enshittification: They’ve been pushing features nobody wants and making user unfriendly decisions. I’m sure other people will provide specific examples, but that’s pretty much it.

Another thing is that, due to their market position, they won’t let people use alternatives. If there’s a big enough fandom wiki, google pushes it to the top above any independent fan supported wiki.

https://getindie.wiki/ Is an extension that redirects fandom wikis to other wikis.

That people were magically able to understand, sympathise and accept other people’s lives and lived experiences. A world where everyone was accepted as who they are, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.

This is a bit of a long reach, but I can see it switching to ATProto, like Bluesky. The fact that identity, hosting and moderation are all done by the same person in ActivityPub is a big cause of many issues and drama on Mastodon. I think ATProto would fix it, and give access to everyone on Bluesky as well.

Hasn’t Debian relaxed its stance and now allows you to fairly easily use nonfree software?

Apple devices make sense - how else are you going to deal with the overheating problems?

Vote.

Google cutting off customization and generally being annoying and creepy. I know I can install some other OS on it, but at the same time I don’t want to deal with Google’s “play protect” thing.

In the “about” page linked at the bottom of the instance there is a section for “Moderated Servers” which may have a list of blocked and limited servers, along with reasoning.

https://mastodon.social/about

https://mastodon.art/about