@jestdotty the balance of power. If it's a show with positive gay representation, jokes about them are fine but not every joke and the joke shouldn't be *that* they're gay.

@retoor I think on that basis I'd rather just write it myself.

Wait what do you mean you've refactored 80% of the code? As in the AI refactored your code or you refactored 80% of its code? Cuz they are two very different things

Some nerds installed one years ago. Me, I'm a nerd.

@D-4got10-01 I think art should be contextualised in hindsight. That said you don't have to go back that far for homophobia to be widely considered acceptable in media. And not much further back from that for sexism. Like 2010 for homophobia? 1990 for sexism? That's really recent. Like, that's tv reruns of obscure TV now.

I like garbage. They're a good band.

@sidthepajfuk my mother's dead. That how you like them?

Let's be honest. Your weiner is fun size. Bit smaller than your pinky.

GoTo404? TermiNUL? Anyway I'm done

@Demolishun yeah their faq even suggests using a name that contains the name lua (if your language is a variant of lua) https://www.lua.org/faq.html#1.7

LuaNatic? Stop?

ScriptyMcScriptFace?

Familiar is easier. So for most people if they have a choice between two comparable brands they'll choose the one they've heard of before, even if they may not consciously remember it. They may even rationalise their choice to it being of higher quality, because we assign positive traits to people and things we like. Similar to Eg salary correlates with height in men because it makes you more attractive.

@Demolishun I turn it off too, but I've got like 5 windows devices I use with varying levels of frequency

What about OopScript?

@Demolishun occasional suggestions to use copilot. Adding it to my start bar without asking.
Random notifications for shit like some new game on the Microsoft store. Occasional requests to sign into a Microsoft account. Helpful tips for other software you might find useful. Pop ups telling me Edge is more power efficient than chrome.

Like, they're no where near as bad as internet ads. They're not "frequent". But they're annoying. And getting worse. An OS doesn't need to sell me shit and should avoid harvesting my data cuz I use my pc for sensitive stuff. And sure, you can turn it all off. Then some new update adds some new kind of "helpful" feature Microsoft wants to tell you about in the hopes you'll spend more money with them, or sign up to some subscription, or use some free service so they can harvest your data.

@tosensei I know hardware support has definitely improved over the years, I tried my last laptop (probably 6 years ago) with ubuntu and had problems, don't think I got built-in Bluetooth working. I think every tower I've tried worked really well. I know it's getting better.

I've also had my share of windows hardware problems, mainly WiFi cards when I reinstall. I've spent more time with windows than Linux. I don't know how much it's bias.

@antigermanist cool, I didn't know this. Like this is what I mean, like if hardware gets more Linux friendly what keeps windows going?

@tosensei I agree with the price point. This is what got me thinking about a third commercial Linux distro with hardware support of some sort. I think a lot of people's use case can be met by a chromebook, for spreadsheets and boring shit. I used to think gamers would never move to Linux, but then steam os came along and I'd go with a steam deck. Then it's like software devs needing high end hardware which is what mac meets.

So maybe I think the market will split and windows will die.

It also means there's a relatively low bar to entry for another competitor. Just bundle Linux with working Bluetooth and audio and decent hardware, don't charge as much as apple.

@retoor is new spam? 🤔

I think a lot of unreadable is a fairly stationary target however.

@kiki 😬 I did not, have my updoot anyway

@kiki I googled that to see if they have it in India and I'm sorry what?

I'm no longer bothered by needles because of the time I spent in hospital. Don't have much else.

Let me know if you'd like to take it for a spin 😏

@antigermanist that she does. I inherited her tongue, I can get it in anywhere.

Also, thanks for seeing the light side of my remark. Lot of people flying off the handle here of late. I'm just here to chat shit.

@antigermanist I can't work out how to make "constrained by schedule" sound as quippy as coward so please imagine I put something equally quippy here.

Coward