Wouldn’t Google’s crawlers respect robots.txt though? Is it naive to assume that anything would?

You uhhh… you doing ok there bud? Need a snack or something? Seems like you could use a break from the internet for a bit.

I’m going to guess that I’m in the minority here and say that I daily a long bed Ford F-250. It’s big, it’s long, and it’s just generally unwieldy. Yes there are benefits to backing into a parking spot like better visibility and blah blah blah but for me it’s actually more about just being able to get in and out of the parking spot. Especially in narrow parking lot aisles. Backing into a spot takes less room, because, idk, geometry. Similar to why a forklift steers with its rear wheels and that makes it more maneuverable (albeit less stable).

Though there is also the benefit of the tailgate and bed of the vehicle being less accessible and therefore less likely for someone to just walk off with something, if there’s anything back there. My mom had the tailgate stolen off her Toyota once back in the 90s. I assume she pulled forward into the parking spot.

But I do have a big, stupid, oversized vehicle with blind spots and I can’t park normally!

I also had a Mini Cooper that I would back into parking spots for the reasons outlined in many other comments here… because “normal” isn’t always better.

You have to consider that your tone is important when trying to make a point.

It doesn’t help to call someone out in a way that’s callous and without any consideration toward how they may feel about being called out. All it does is elicit a strong emotional reaction which often results in them doubling down and being defensive of their behavior.

If you call someone out gently, and they’re not willing to listen, then you can ratchet it up a little depending on the severity of the behavior… until you reach a point where it’s clear that you’re not going to get anywhere.

So yeah, again, it’s toxic behavior to alienate a subset of Linux users when the community is already very fragmented. But your comment wasn’t just saying the behavior was shitty, it was also implying that the people who engage it in are shitty people. I understand that’s (hopefully) not what you meant, but humans tend to think that behavior==identity and it takes effort to override that. Naturally, when the quality of one’s person is in question, they’re going to be quite defensive.

As a counterpoint to all of the people saying that you’re overreacting:

They’re right.

However, I think the sentiment of your comment is valid and correct. Memes like this do ultimately serve to alienate newer Linux users.

I think people are mostly responding to the way that your comment is worded, which conveys a much stronger reaction than is necessary for something that ultimately doesn’t cause very much harm.

You know a lot of us hate our government too right?

I think that’s what the US government is trying to do.

I can at times; particularly when stressed. It used to be a nearly constant thing, but that’s since improved with stress management, therapy, and diet changes. Seriously, people underestimate how strongly stress and anxiety can affect you physically.

As a US citizen, I sometimes realize how lucky I am to be living here, even with the political climate. I acknowledge that I have less agency than many that are wealthier than I am, but I’m still better off than many who live in other areas or don’t have the support system that I do. Particularly when considering people of similar status in other countries.

It does feel somewhat precarious, because it seems like the agency that I do have could largely disappear in short notice at the whim of the government or economy… but I’m trying to enjoy it while I can, and live life to the best of my ability without fretting too much.

Personally, I’d hate to have anywhere near the agency of the “top 100” people, because I don’t want the kind of responsibilities that come with that. I’m fine with my meager existence as a tradesperson, keeping to myself and my community.

All of the lock screen backgrounds and wallpapers on my devices are photos I’ve taken at various times with my (not-phone) camera.

To be honest, I don’t know how much I trust younger people either with all the plastic in our brains.

Fiat currency like the US dollar is just as intrinsically worthless. It has value only because people accept that it does, they trade with it, and it has legal status as tender “for all debts, public and private”.

People trade bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for goods all the time, without converting it to USD or anything first. I mean, yeah, usually the thing they’re buying is drugs or something but it’s the same as handing your local dealer a $20 bill.

Torrenting can be faster than normal downloads. A file server with a fast connection that’s not overloaded can easily be faster than a P2P download that doesn’t have very many peers, or the peers all have slow connections. There’s no fixed percentage speed boost that you get, because sometimes you don’t.

That said, for things like Linux ISOs or archives of stuff that people just keep seeding forever but aren’t hosted on fast file servers (if at all), it’s great and typically the bottleneck is your own connection.

I recently went to Sonic, didn’t use the app, and ended up with norovirus for free.

They say welding fumes can cause neurological damage…

Jellyfin Is completely open source, fully self-hosted, and free. With Plex the software still has to phone home to a central server for authentication and some features are locked behind a paywall.

No streaming software is going to find movies for you (without paying for content they’ve licensed) because that would be a sure fire way to get the project taken down for copyright violation.