bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@social.cleverlibre.org

@thor the point is that i use linux exactly because i don't have to use a shitty ui someone else thought is great. i can customize it the way i want it to be. you can't do that on mac or windows.
i know that's not what most people want, but it's the main reason (aside the free software part) i use it.
the linux-desktop idea always has been a pipe dream. kde plasma is nearly there, you might want to try that(, and something else than mint.). the problem all desktops have is that they are so complicated that you almost can't fix problems. combined with drivers being 90% reverse engineered, because vendors don't give a shit about linux leads to all kind of weird bugs.

@pleb@hunk.city

@thor maybe it's a bit bit clichee, but i think hunter thompson was onto something with gonzo journalism. if there's no way to be really objective, you can as well go full subjective and get better results.

I really would like to read what he might have to say about our times. He was right with his predictions about what happens after 9/11.

@thor sometimes here in germany you have the exact same wording. It's literally cut&paste from agencies :)

@leonidas @mangeurdenuage is that gun jesus? 😻

sarah-lee heinrich kommt mit der "das ist doch so lange her!" ausrede. sie würde wahrscheinlich andere für weniger canceln, müssten nur ekelig weiß sein.
politisch retten wird sie jetzt ihre hautfarbe und geschlecht. positive diskriminierung.

@saxnot
> it presents a more robust framework for evaluating the necessarily of meetings

the assumption there is that meetings are necessary.

i still stand by the point that almost every meeting (really many nines) is unnecessary. often they are dominated by people who like to hear themselves talk, not the ones who have the most knowledge about a topic. someone has to note all the major points discussed for reference to be distributed later. some of the issues with meetings may be circumvented by e.g. good moderation, but it's essentially a broken system. the higher the level, the more bullshitty the meetings are. the most productive exchanges are possibly small informal team meetings with few participants. there you _might_ have a "warm magical human interaction".

with an email thread (or whatever textual form) everyone has enough time to reply, and the discussion itself is the reference. hell, it's even easier to create a summary because it's all text. classic big free software/open source projects (linux, bsds, etc.) all use mail because it works.

@saxnot i'm not sure if david allen is a more authorative source than my rants :)
also, the warm magical human contact is hell for introverts.

@ulintl i think it will just end with "it was a software error!" if something goes wrong. nobody is to blame then ;)