Endymion_Mallorn

Yup. We probably have different use-cases and different kinds of BS tolerance. Your satire is my truth.

I can respect the value of point 1 - that's nominally why we have .DLL files and the System32 folder, among other places. There are means to share libraries built into the OS, people just don't bother for various reasons - as you said, version differences are a noted reason. It's 'inefficient', but it hasn't hurt the general user experience.

To point 2, the answer for me is simple: I don't trust upgrades anymore - that's not an OS-dependent problem, that's an issue of programmers and and UI developers chasing mindless trends instead of maintaining a functioning experience from the get-go. They change the UX, they require newer and more expensive computers for their utterly pointless flashy nonsense, and generally it leads to upgrades and updates just being a problem for me. In a setting like mine where my PC is actually personal, I'm quite happy to keep a specific set of programs that are known to be working, and then only consider budging after I'm sure it won't break my workflow. I don't want all the software to update at once, that's an absolute nightmare scenario to me and will lead to immediate defenestration of the PC when any of the programs I use changes its UI again. I'm still actively raging at Firefox for going to the Australis garbage appearance, and I first moved to LibreOffice just because OpenOffice switched to a "ribbon". I've had that same thing happen to other programs. I'm done with it.

Once I decide I'm going to continue using a program for a purpose, I don't want some genius monkeying about with how I use it.

And as far as security, I can use an AV software or malware scanner that updates the database without breaking the user experience. I don't need anyone else worrying about security except the piece(s) of software specifically built to mind it.

• Fatboy Slip
• Iran Maiden

In a blind setting, I don't believe it would be possible for me to prove my humanity in the sense of a Turing test.

A human being.

Almost like she's willing to nearly kill you to make sure you have a better life than hers.

Mbin (rip kbin) reminds me of TweetDeck and the like from back in the day, when I could monitor feeds across Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. That's part of why I like it. It puts everything in one place.

Somewhat selfishly, I'd suggest she try Mbin instead. It allows her to interact with both the microblog side of the fediverse (including bridges) and the thread side, from the same interface.