I’ve been a developer for decades. I’ve contributed to FOSS code and do a lot of my own development.

I just want a desktop that works. No fuss.

Yes I could compile my own x11 (and have) but I would rather spend my time doing my own shit than trying to stand up a new VM for some edge issue I’m having.

Just…just give me a UI I can use.

It’s why I use Ubuntu.

This is key. And it shows all along the rules are meant for peasants like us.

Not for the ruling class.

How is that top shelf secured? Do you have it screwed into the bench or to the wall or both?

This has the same, if not better, energy of “I’ve never heard of a potato” and I absolutely love it

I have so many questions. I guess I never viewed as “tankie” as left.

Hell, I consider myself far-left to the point of being a progressive, almost to the point of being an anarchist.

But my reality is rooted in actual facts.

I feel like you’re just here to piss into the wind.

Do you hear people screaming to disable the extension frame work or devtools?

No?

If you don’t want those features you can compile your own version of Firefox and remove them.

But lots of people are anti-AI. And there are people willing to provide a browser that keeps it out.

If you want it, have at it. But don’t piss on people just because they don’t.

Maybe you’re thinking of this?

But…I can hate gays and trans people right? Because that’s why I voted for him.

Oh and because I want to be openly racist.

When I first heard the term I assumed it was a psychological diagnosis of MAGAs.

But nope. It was projection.

The compromise is to do cash that’s earmarked for something. My family will give me an envelope and say “this is for bitcoins” or “reddit gold”. And then I tell them “okay…” And then just buy whatever I want.

If there is one force you can always count on is democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”

Also, “That’s just locker room talk.”

These statements are often made in the same breath.

Because war is easy to sell to your mouth breathing electorate.

There’s a big bad guy causing all your problems! Let me be strong and kill him. And while I do, I’ll make sure immigrants don’t take your jobs.

The last time this was discussed, my understanding is that Article 5 of NATO would activate, with the US being the aggressor.

Whether the rest of NATO would actually attack US forces would be the question.

Unless your writing is going to be greatly different from FMHY, I’d partner with them on the hosting so you only have to focus on the writing.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”

I think people like rationalizing their behaviors so that they don’t seem weird. When really they are just being themselves.

Behaviors become mental illnesses when they start to affect other parts of your life. Organizing your books by color is unusual and quirky, but not a mental illness.

If you can’t leave a library because you have to organize their books by color, then it’s a mental illness.