Is it really? I’ve always understood the cult around it as a joke.

But seriously, RTFM.

Old Testament Jesus

Is ignoring robots.txt considered “honest”?

It’s the first thing I think of when I see that creepy shriveled windbag.

Package metadata isn’t stored in text files because there’s an amazing technology called the database.

All you have to do is learn how to use your package manager. Spend time reading the man pages and learn the options, and you can query everything you need.

Well, updating can cause problems whenever you do it.

Technically, you should check the news feed for breaking changes whenever you update your system. Usually, the worst that happens is pacman just barfs. Then you can figure out why and apply any fixes.

Upgrading an Arch install months or even years out of date is not that big of a deal. That’s one of the benefits of a rolling release platform.

Once after a move, an old desktop sat in a box for at least two years and I had it updated in a hour or so. Yes, you have to review the archlinux.org news feed for breaking changes, but if you follow any steps that pertain to your packages it’ll work fine.

Who said this movie is bad? That’s the hill on which there is dying.

It was a commercial flop until it started airing on cable, though. Weird, I know. I remember seeing in the theater and all of my friends.

Interesting little video essay about it: https://youtu.be/QjlHwoqy_90

Neverball.

So gaming on Linux is obviously amazing now, but back in 2006 or so when I started using it, it was less than great. I probably tried every single game in the Ubuntu repos and Neverball entertained the hell out of me.

I spent hours rolling this shiny ball around. I loved Marble Madness on NES as a kid, so it was a natural fit.

A close second was Freeciv, as I had also grown up with a copy of Civilization.

Honorable mentions to Nesticle and Snes9x.

just do the same for:

• Hospitals
• Universities
• Utilities
• Waste management
• Infrastructure

And in a couple of decades, you can undo everything your parents worked for, pull the ladder up behind you, and leave your children a dystopian hellscape!

Sure! My point is that hosting doesn’t really matter, though. Malware and vulnerabilities are introduced at all points of supply chains.

• PyPi
• npm
• Maven Central
• Docker Hub
• Artifact Hub
• PPA
• AUR

The problem isn’t specific to anything. It’s also not specific to malware. Vulnerabilities are just as dangerous, if not more so.

I’m not a game dev, or really a dev at all, but I started writing a text adventure game called Weird Woods.

watabou continues to be my favorite developer ever

They could call it “sparkling deportation” /s

Omg stock markets are casinos too

This is not about intelligence. People, in general, are really fucking smart. Think of the dumbest person you know, who is not cognitively disabled. I’d bet they are intelligent enough to hold down a job and live a meaningful life. Of all the things I’ve seen that hold people back, lack of intelligence doesn’t even rank.

I think high levels of bias are to blame. Current media and culture encourage the embrace of bias because it makes people easier to sell to; more suggestible to marketing. It doesn’t matter how smart you are, if your navel feels good when someone sings your tune, you’ll believe whatever they tell you. Especially if you aren’t even making an attempt to understand your bias tendencies.

Lol thanks for clarifying your sarcasm. 😂 I can be an airhead at times.

I was actually interested in trying NixOS on a laptop that is gathering dust. I did see a few months ago that there was some drama surrounding the project owner, though. I never investigated enough to understand what that was all about, but I’m less excited about digging into something if it may suddenly end.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am interested in nix, but haven’t explored it yet.