I clicked on this expecting some schizo text or something obviously wrong, but I can’t think of a good refutation. Nice thought!

Edit: You still have to emulate the physics/etc which would take an insane amount of computing power (as per our current theories, it would take a computer the size of the universe to simulate the universe). Also, if it were a simulation, what would stop sentient life from independently forming within it? The conclusion that it’s a “single person simulation” doesn’t really check out

snap/ folder in the home directory is so disrespectful. I absolutely despise these apps that think they’re “too good” to follow proper xdg standard

The sandboxing issue is actually an important one that is being figured out at the xdg-protocol level. It affects Snaps, Flatpak, and any future goal of being able to run user-space apps in an environment more like Android or iOS, where it prompts a permission asking to access certain files/folders/cameras/etc on your device.

(If you don’t like that idea, don’t worry I’m sure you’re not alone and there will always be distros that follow the current status quo of “give everything”, but it’s a cool feature to have)

Microsoft is taking Microsoft’s spot as the most hated company in tech

They broadcast all their notifications with priority set to 0, which overrides Do Not Disturb and custom notification filter settings.

Put less kindly, the developers are arrogant fucks. This reason alone is enough for me to package apps on Flathub.org.

(Play Runescape? Check out the 2009 emulation available as a Flatpak!)

Almost like NATO isn’t a one-sided propaganda machine after all

It’s true, if something is closed source there’s no way to verify it’s secure, and if it’s not secure, it’s not private.

I would have switched to Vivaldi years ago if the whole thing was open source, but there’s no way in good consciousness I can support a closed source browser

Time to invade Ukraine!

History shows people do the exact opposite.

Ehhhhhh… You don’t hear about the cases where the aggressors win

Really hoping this doesn’t get NATO’s involvement.

Ukraine fighting off Russia with solely financial support was a message to the world to not declare war on other countries. If the goal is less war, NATO going to war is obviously not a solution.

Doesn’t help your news link came out before the missile was known

New source from the AP: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-kherson-9202c032cf3a5c22761ee71b52ff9d52

For people wondering how wealthy Jeff is: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

And for the cynical, Bill Gates - As much as he hurt Linux and FOSS - has done a tremendous amount of help in the world through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

In a six-month experiment, people who received cash transfers of $10,000 generally reported feeling happier than people who did not receive the payment.

Lmao

You know all the laws of France, and know you haven’t broken them? Damn, I’ll call you instead of a lawyer next time

People were recommending SimpleX as an alternative messenger that’s encrypted-by-default, but falls back to SMS when the other person doesn’t have it

Can I be a beta tester?

Kherson was one of the four regions annexed by Russia in September. The remaining regions are Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts (and of course Crimea).

If people didn’t like it they would downvote it