I hardly know 'er!

algorithms and data structures are overrated IMO. No average programmer is manually writing sorting algorithms or reversing linked lists. And if you do need something like that, you can just google it

edit: People have raised some VERY good points about why DSA is actually really helpful, and I guess I have to agree. I think this comes from my disappointment upon entering the professional programming scene and realizing that readability, maintainability, organization and structure are 10x more important when it comes to collaborating with others on production-grade codebases.

With all the myriad problems I’ve had with linux, audio was never one of them. Hell, my android is worse with audio. Looking at this thread, I’m apparently very lucky

It already is FOSS

https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity

I felt a lot like that too. I still do, but this helped me a lot:

Don’t take the black pill

web devs vs just using a compiled language plus vanilla JS

few times, but it luckily never broke the devices it happened it

I’m confused, doesn’t a VPN help protect against mitm in public networks? Are you saying that governments might use this at VPN exit nodes? That actually makes sense

The implication is not that the German is far-right, but the “who cares how it’s coded” guy

under aesthetics 💅

This expresses quite well how loneliness manifests in modern capitalism. Ecah individual depends more on the society around them than ever before, specialization is at an all-time high, but we don’t actually have relationships with people where we depend on each other. Humans have a desire to be part of a group, and being needed, but we are alienated from the material relationships we have with others that it feels like we aren’t actually part of any REAL social network. Relationships aren’t built on helping each other when in need, but on socializing and having fun. Which means people who aren’t great at that can feel left behind

Not sure if I’m supposed to feel bad for the colonizing nation or the people doing the colonizing on their behalf. I’m gonna go with neither

that’s not really capitalism’s fault

Inequality is baked into capitalism the same way it is in feudalism. Capitalism is literally based on the idea of a two-class society, capital owners and labourers. Social democracy is just the attempt to curb raw capitalism, but the inequality in capitalism is not a side-effect, it’s a core feature.

2 millenia ago, when everyone worked in their workshops and sold to the market, that was ultinately a capitalist economy

No it wasn’t, and also, not even close to everybody did that. The world economy was far more diverse back then, and selling your labor to a capital owner for a wage would have been a pretty wild concept pretty much anywhere.

I’m curious if you can expand on the alienation

Sure! It’s a long topic with books dedicated to it, but here’s two small factors briefly touched on: 1. your workplace is owned by somebody else and you don’t have a say 2. Commodification of culture and third spaces means that everything becomes a transaction

you’re not highlighting any

There’s a long long list, but market socialism or syndicalism might be most interesting for you to look up first. Basically the small step of making companies owned by their workers, while conserving markets.

socialism exists in the US

??? are you writing from a parallel universe or is this just “socialism is when the government does stuff”

Capitalism has always sounded great in theory, just the way you described. But in practice it has never worked, it always results in the accumulation of wealth in few hands, who can then use that power to subvert democracy and get their way.

Why do you think inheritance, wealth, etc is taxed too little? Because wealthy elites have abolished and prevented those taxes through lobbying/corruption. Many countries had the exact social democracy model you describe, but abolished and privatized these systems because rich people paid the media and politics to make it happen.

Not to mention this analysis focuses only on material wealth. Capitalism brings with it a complete alienation, communities don’t own their land, people don’t own their work, and everything that was once a common good is slowly commodified and robbed of its soul. Art, music, relationships, capital fijds a way to monetize it eventually. But now we have online shopping and fast food! Hooray, happiness achieved!

we have not theorized a better system yet

That’s an incredibly offensive claim. You just spat in the faces of nearly two centuries worth of academics and thinkers in myriad disciplines that have worked tirelessly, in the face of often violent or even fatal backlash from capital powers, to create and implement alternative concepts. Not to mention humans have experimented with various ways of living together for our entire history before capitalism.

Was Lovecraft really more problematic? I heard he was racist, but did he become the equivalent of a billionaire from his works, and use those proceeds to fuel more hate?

A good hand drier can fully dry your hands with some patience. As long as it’s not one of the really old shitty ones

People keep saying Mint, and now that it runs on Wayland at least they will be able to watch a movie without screen tearing. But I do feel like KDE Plasma is a much better first impression, since it doesn’t look like a desktop from 2013 (no offense), and has so many customization options that showcase the freedom of a linix desktop.

So for gamers, Bazzite, otherwise Fedora KDE or something

have you tried programming socks?

I think you will for sure see results in 2 months! Keep at it :)