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Cake day: October 2nd, 2023

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  • “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

    I actually hate this quote because idiots around me use this thought pattern to reject the results of rigorous scientific studies in favor of their isolated, personal experiences.

    To them, “Science” is an much an authoritarian imposition as “The Party” and “Scientism” is the worst “cult”.

    Yes, your experience is valid. But, it doesn’t trump shared objective reality, which good science reveals.


  • No, I think more MS users = MS shady shit. So, to discourage MS shady shit, I encourage people to not use MS software. I also think that people who are worried about abuse by priests should not tithe or otherwise donate to Catholic churches (belief matters less than action here; and it’s less reasonable to swap out belief system, I guess.)

    That’s why your analogy seems backwards to me.

    Doesn’t matter anyway. I guess I just don’t get it. Have a nice day.





  • I’m been using Linux full time since 2004, and while I think it is good to let people know it is there, I don’t recommend it to people I’m not willing to personally support. But, I also let them know I just can’t help with Windows problems either, and they should address their complaints to their OS vendor.

    I file Debian bugs if I have a problem with my OS, and have received fixes that way. This is better support that I ever received from MS during my first 2 decades of using MS OSes.