richieadler 🇦🇷

100% agreed. If I see a compliment sandwich, I assume that the person using the technique is lying about the compliments and I lose all respect for them.

They give me more and more reasons to stay on W10 until I give up games and move to Linux permanently.

I’ll miss my TCMD scripting, though. But besides that and gaming, most of what I do nowadays is cross-platform.

“Rules for thee, not for me” and all that.

It isn’t. What are you talking about?

I don’t believe either of those will happen.

Hopefully this will show the world that they are a bad idea. The price will be in blood, of course.

Thank you for your sane words.

Yes, Milei in Argentina.

He copies all the stupid measures Trump applies in the US, including the denial of the existence of trans people and the fact that women killings are hate crimes. He’s literally destroying the state from inside.

John Oliver did a piece on him.

Don’t you mean George Orwell?

And yes, it’s fictional, but it’s a condemnation of Stalinism.

Have a miserable year and get lost.

If you are unable to see the difference between occasionsl notes and full blown programming, this discussion is pointless.

If I really wanted to

Why would you, unless you really enjoy pain? I’m not kink shaming, but I don’t mix work and kinks.

Nonsense. Doing anything beyond minimal scripting in any device other than a full-blown keyboard is painful.

For programming?!

To avoid legitimizing crypto scams?

Damn, we’re refining Fahrenheit 451’s “Families” already.

Adding an image to your post is not mandatory.

You don’t think politics should be part of sf, then? Ursula LeGuin would like a word.

For the discussed situation, you response is so neutered that it verges on transparently hypocritical.

i really expected to make a preamble every ask-post that I’ve searched already?

Yes. You need to show your effort, otherwise your question will be considered lazy. This is specially true regarding technical issues in volunteer forums.

The seminal essay “How To Ask Questions the Smart Way” explains these and other finer points.