ulterno

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 5 hours ago

In the example, I was implying a scenario in which Larry sold Larry's stuff, which would have included Larry's phone.
Tom then gives Larry's phone to Steve.

I used 'stuff' in the first sentence to prevent revealing 'phone' beforehand, in which case it could have become, "Tom gave Steve the phone.".

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Nice. Now what do you do in case of:

Larry sold a lot of his stuff. ... Tom gave Steve his phone.

Is there another "his" for that?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

This exactly.

I don't want an extra launcher/downloader thing that keeps on running in the background.

When I want to play the game, I want to only have to start the game itself. That on top of the fact that Linux can have significantly less bloat than Windows, is a big +.
I even experimented with turning off plasma and playing the game directly in X11 without even a WM. Though it turned out not to make a big difference since the DE seems to be light enough to not be a problem.

Even in case of Steam, the only times I want to have to run it is when I am opening the store or updating the games. Not when I just want to play it and definitely not for a Linux native game which does not require Proton nor the runtime.

So, if there are enough people like me, the client would be a wasted effort.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

Good that you could.
But I can't. Because the moderator deleted the comment. And the Modlog doesn't show up. 😢

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

I think the actual featureset is: "Made for tomorrow. Here for today."
As in: It is made to become usable tomorrow (hopefully with firmware updates by then) and it will last until the end of today (so definitely before all the updates arrive)

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

Not stronger. Just faster.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 6 days ago

I have muted workgroups for sending "good morning" and "happy birthday" messages. Then given them the reason, when they asked why I am slower to respond on WhatsApp than on e-mail.

If I join a work related group, I expect work related chat. I don't enter social groups.


Reading down, I see OP was in a social group.

In that case, that's just their (the sophomores') way of social interaction.
Don't expect them to be better face-to-face. Remember TV programs depicting bullying? That happens IRL with the same (and sometimes much higher) intensity. We are much luckier now, that we can just avoid them on the internet.

Let's just say you now know one more person you don't want to contact much. There is no lack of potential friends in the world.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

Nice to know.

My language has both kinds of R. One that makes the tongue go all the way back and another one that's closer to the 'L' point but the tongue is kept looser and not touched fully, making the 'R' sound.
I tend to use the latter, ~~mainly because it's more effort to go all the way back.~~ No. Mainly, it is because everyone else around me speaks that way. But now that I know, I'll still keep speaking that way, due to the other reason.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well, that's how it tends to be in most places.
You don't get caught for downloading; you get caught for uploading.

Using a similar logic to distribution via DVDs. Only the seller gets into trouble. The buyer does not.


Another point, opening a web page means downloading it, so if someone wanted to frame someone for downloading something, it would be very easy to make such a trap. This, accompanied with CSAM and network monitoring could be used to easily get any person using the internet, in jail, just for opening the wrong link. So, the laws require much more information regarding intent and such.