heavydust

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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 hours ago

They can take the salary of the CEO to fund the browser, they can ask for donations that go directly to the browser, they can make subscriptions with useful services. So many ideas that they didn't try in the past 10 years. But it's easier to get free money from Google and do nothing.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Same for my last job. My bosses and managers harassed and insulted me. They said I was useless and stupid.

I quit with 3 months of "notice" (standard in France to help you find a new job). They didn’t care during those 3 months. In the last week they panicked because they could not find a replacement that did everything I fixed every day.

I also interviewed my replacement, a junior out of school with big diplomas. When I asked if he knew Linux, he said "not really." I thought "they are fucked with this guy." They wanted to hire him because he was the son of some guy. I said to my boss that he would be a perfect fit for the company.

Unknowingly I was the kill switch. I sent them one last email with all the information they needed and told them to go fuck themselves in a polite way.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 hours ago

Yes. Tim Apple gave the $1M bribe to Orange Donald.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

He's a teenager, not a toddler. I would say 11PM to give him personal time before sleeping, but no more than midnight (it's a very bad habit for everyone, even adults).

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Make sure that the aftermarket brand is fine with your model though. I have been buying recycled toners at half-price for years and never had any problem.

Also yes, I've seen it a lot but playing with toner is described as getting instant cancer, don't do that.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can't sing well, but I see singing as mastering the flow of air in your body, the control of that body, and the recreation of emotions for an audience. That's a job that is already difficult enough and exhausting.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yes, Sinatra too. He is obsessed by the 60/70s first rock music (the real kind, not the fake stuff of the 50s) and he's stuck there.

You know what's worse? He is listening on a regular basis to singers he hates because they wrote their own songs. Having pure principles is more important that liking something. Yep, he's fucked up in his head somehow.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

No one ever asked that question about an opera singer

I actually have asked this specific question to my idiotic boomer father recently (not MAGA but almost). He "knows" (or religiously believes) that people must both compose AND perform, otherwise they suck. I had some free time with this moron so I kept on trying to find examples until I went to your question.

An opera singer cannot "write" lyrics because they sing Mozart stuff and Mozart is dead. My father answered very seriously that, yes, even the best opera singer is still a failure because he's singing songs from dead people.

Now you know, Bocelli and Pavarotti failed at life.

Let's say that we have a complicated relationship, he never was a father to me, and I'll grieve him for 30 seconds when he dies, but some people do believe that. Sorry for the rant.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"You're scammer and a liar, you're a disgrace, you failed at being a decent human, you disgust me," said no one ever.

No one gives a fuck, making music, arts, singing and stuff is about having fun or expressing your emotions. Keep on doing that, and remember that the opinion of others do not count unless it comes from loved ones or friends. Trust me, I'm old enough to have wasted way too much time on wondering that kind of thing.

Also I'm a computer programmer but I've never written an operating system. I know a billion other things though, I still have fun every day.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

I'm not Polish but I do remember that TVP is a regular TV station.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago

It's a great combo between 1984 and "this place is fucking boring."

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

They could have left 10 year ago. They didn't and never will.

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