a couple of things they got right about uthe future:
- sitting alone in a bubble
- depending on over-architectured machines
- having the illusion to connect to others while only looking at them through something
a couple of things they got right about uthe future:
In last 5 years for me:
(sorry it's not single item...)
I think it should always add:
"I am sorry*, Dave,* but i cannot .... "
as said before: backup first. the rest afterwards...
The thing I find hard to convey is that FLOSS software is superior to proprietary software for many reasons, most of which are non-technical: FLOSS software is superior to proprietary software if it isn't spying on you, if it's governance is collective, if it's not build to make you pay for things that should be free, if it lets you decide where your data goes, etc...
we're often missing the point when we attempt at side-by-side comparison of FLOSS and proprietary software.. It's usually one-dimentional, and playing on our opponent's field: these companies racketing their users based on rent-based exploitative business models will always have more resources than independant developpers to improve "UX/UI"... so I think this must not be the only prism through which reading these things.
Inkscape?
archive.org has a flourish of ROMsets for old machines!
All culture belongs to everyone, therefore should be accessible to everyone.
The sale of goods only concerns those who can and want to afford it.
Sharing is not theft.
Pirates are cool.
wait. unlimited access to healthcare? isn't it "communism" when you're not a retired killer-machine over there?
Can anyone point to the source code please? They claim it is "privacy friendly", so it cannot be proprietary, right? right? right?
am glad that https://simplex.chat doesn't even need to touch sensitive personal data strong selectors such as phone numbers or email addresses!