Rhaedas

“I’ll remember THAT, it’s such a trivial thing.”

All history does, not just the US.

The original hypertext proposal was even more complex than what we ended up getting, connecting ideas both ways.

I am indeed using Gnome. I had uninstalled the Snap LO and found the more current version because of some issues, and I want to say maybe the older one did have a floppy and that’s why it stood out. Or it could be theme-related. So many apps now don’t even have an icon, so I can’t say I’ve seen many that have a different icon than the old save version.

I’m (un)fortunately old enough to remember the green screen terminals, mainly in the university library to look up books, new tech that would replace the still-existing card catalogs. Good breakdown of the wording. A bit parallel with the save icon, although some software has migrated from that, I noticed LibreOffice has a generic down arrow implying it is being downloaded to something, I guess.

I immediately thought, no, terminal. But apparently, console is correct depending on what it’s displaying/being used for?

And occasionally the curtains.

Some might say thumbs up works for that, but there’s also an up or down arrow, which suggests a vote either way.

WIndows will install it. Running it correctly… different story.

It works, but it’s a lot slower and clunkier. And looks worse. Probably could improve with some tweaking, but I don’t use its special features and addons that much, and gedit works quite well for me.

See, tariffs do help some people. Just not the ones that need help.

I barely remember WinMe…

As I installed over it with 98SE on a laptop. Didn’t even hear the screaming.

“I’ve seen things.”

“I have no mouth and I must scream.”

That goes back to my point, that there’s choices out there with Linux, from the OS distro on up to the applications. That’s not being different just to be different, it’s trying to fill niches where there are needs. And things change, even the tried and true sometimes go obsolete for newer approaches. Stagnation is a killer. But if it works for the needed purpose, then great.

I just don’t get the internal arguing within Linux. Embrace even the “crazy kids”, after all that’s where Linux came from.

So you’re saying diversity is a bad thing? That seems very anti-Linux. The very fact that you can choose not to change for so long instead of being forced to accept the next version is diversity itself.

Everyone has different needs and preferences. Finding something early on and being able to stick with it is great, but many don’t find that right away, or things change with their needs or the distro.

Plus it depends also on how long you stick around each time. I know I dipped in and out of dual booting for a long time, only now in the past year settling in well. And each time I tried Linux again, lots had changed so I couldn’t just go back to what I used before.

Isn’t part of being in the Linux culture to experiment with things, even if it’s just the window manager, settings, or particular apps?

Or Exxon and climate change. (who uses the same PR people Big Tobacco did to spread their lies)

I saw a video of someone who (for YT purposes) did a marathon watch of all of Andor, both seasons, back-to-back. She was so tired when she got to the pivotal parts in season 2 that she missed a lot of details and was confused. The marathon idea is a cool one, but only for something you’re already well-versed in and enjoy rewatching. The first time deserves full attention. And if it’s well-made, probably a few more watches also need that same alertness for all the nuances. Then your numb mind can enjoy it to the fullest in a marathon.

Where the peak is depends on how you measure it. Wavelength or frequency gives different curves. If measures as a perfect blackbody the peak is green (which is connected to why chlorophyll took off, even though it’s less efficient for energy capture). But we get all visible light to some degree, so its color is white. Classification has a different meaning than what it looks like.

It’s not necessarily garbage, but it sure isn’t curated either. Throwing everything into the blender and hoping the mechanism will usually spit out good info is a scientific spinning of the roulette wheel. Sometimes the odds are pretty good. Sometimes they’re horrible, and you should know better than to expect anything but.

But AI has become the shiniest hammer, and every damn thing is a nail now.