bilb

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[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 6 months ago

That's not unlike youtube really

[–] bilb@lem.monster 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Completing the ethnic cleansing of the region is a long-standing goal and it isn't yet complete.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was let go somewhat recently and I noticed just yesterday that I still have admin access to their facebook app.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Anyone else get free Ubuntu CDs shipped to their house? I think I had 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon) shipped to my house back in 2007.

Otherwise, Mandrake Linux was my first "good" distro. I first tried one called Lycoris which claimed to be an beginner's distro with it's own DE, and it was impressive how well it handled setting up a dual boot installation and at the time it was a revelation that I could use a computer without Windows. I didn't begin preferring linux until I tried Mandrake with KDE 3, though.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 6 months ago

It's not as if they are holding themselves up as supporting Free Software philosophies (as opposed to Open Source), so where's the pretense?

If somehow it ever makes strategic sense for them to stop making use of the open source model, yeah, they'll stop. That doesn't mean they were pretending.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I have the special edition that will include all of the DLC (It was a promotional gift from AMD) and you would have to pay me to play any of it.

More of this game is not something I'm interested in!

[–] bilb@lem.monster 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I don't think they're pretending. Open source software is a valuable resource for basically all major tech companies, and a lot of it is driven by major tech companies. Some kind of combination of open source and proprietary software will always be a thing for them. This isn't some major contradiction, they use either model based on the specific needs of the project.

This is why some think "Open Source" is too permissive since they see it as free/cheap labor to be exploited by huge corporations.

I'm not sure that I see it that way, but I can see their point.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 35 points 6 months ago (8 children)

No selection pressure after the age at which our adult teeth fail

[–] bilb@lem.monster 2 points 6 months ago

Almost 30 years and still basically useless.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The last time I tried that getting google play services working was a long, annoying process and did not work. I don't expect google to make any of that easy for us.

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