Horrifying, yet accurate description of global politics right now. Just needs the part where governments any corporations are trying to get AI to rule the world.

You’re really expecting France to come to ANYONES aid? They’re useless in a war.

Thats not just Australia. That’s all of earth. EVERYONE sees trump as a global threat, because everybody has eyes and a brain.

The fediverse has algorithms?

None of those make me think the viewer is likely to be a rapist, just because of the porn they watch.

What kind of fucked up porn? Because the context varies the answer wildly.

See, I’m torn here. Is it better to take a 100% anti stance on this, and not allow it whatsoever?

Or is it better to allow the dolls, knowing it’s better these freaks get their rocks off on a hunk of plastic where no actual humans will be harmed?

But if you allow the dolls, will that directly lead to sexualization of actual kids?

These past few years have really fucked me up. I used to think the internet should be fully uncensored. Freedom for everyone.

Then I found out pedophilia is WAAAAAAAY more prevelant than I thought. I thought it was like 1 in a billion people were sexually attracted to kids.

I hadn’t considered to censor child porn, because I didn’t think it existed. The fact that they were kids made me think “well, no one will produce child porn, because it won’t sell.” I THOUGHT that was a reasonable train of thought. And then Epstein happened. Now I realize that the only thing seperating people from being pedophiles is wealth and power. Apperently once you can do ANYTHING, and buy ANYTHING, you get attracted to what you can’t have. And thus they become pedophiles.

So now…do you sell them a piece of plastic, and basically give them an inch to protect actual children? Or do you realize if you give them an inch, they 'll take a mile?

I don’t know about australia, but for the united states the OTA broadcasts in my area are 1080p. The tv shows are at most recorded in 4k, but most are 1080p.

Why buy an expensive 8k tv, and then have virtually no content to play on it?

Then fucking get a different job!

They’re still a little wobbly but they’re good enough.

This is what drunk dads say about their 1 year old son who’s just learning to walk.

I only have one laptop so my hobbies have to coexist on it.

And yet I see no pornhub sticker…

So, good job to those of you who voted for trump because Kamala was pro-Isreal.

You voted for the guy who’s even MORE pro-Isreal, AND now we’re getting murdered in the streets.

Because people want what they want, and it doesn’t hurt you.

I am the only posting in the Cleveland subs. If anyone else is from Cleveland…where the fuck you at???

Burger King does.

At mcdonalds? Well…I AM old, but when I worked there as a teenager, we just ripped open an unmarked brown paper bag, and poured them straight into a metal basket.

Then we dropped the basket in oil, pressed a button, and 3 minutes later DING FRIES ARE DONE!

…what’s the spoon for?

I’m also a big tech guy

Well you’ll be happy to know that we don’t body shame here.

We will however relentlessly mock you if you use Windows 11.

It’s ok. Literacy isn’t for everyone.

He says, as he replies to someone who just spent 30 minutes typing out a 14 paragraph message on a cellphone with no physical buttons.

Ok. You seem to understand the basic concept I’ve been screaming for years. That is that not all users are the same.

I’ve been saying for a while that linux doesn’t face a usability issue. It faces an image issue.

I know a friend who will not even LOOK at Linux, because she asked me “how do I install software?”. I answered that there’s two ways. The first is going to a software manager, and using that to download the program. Just like googles app store on android. If it’s not there, you type sudo apt install (program).

The second I mentioned that second part, she said “Ohhhh no no no no no. I won’t remember all that…”

For her the software manager is going to be the absolute best way. HOWEVER, the image of linux is that it’s only for tech gurus who can navigate terminal.

So she has a point here. Yes, there are alternative ways to do things, but for people, it’s all about image. Just look at Coke ads. There’s nothing special about them. Red can, white classic logo, maybe a polar bear or santa during the holidays. But it works because of image.

So, my question is, why doesn’t linux collectively NOT DISABLE terminal, but instead de-escalate the prominance on which the platform is defined. Why not make it in image closer to what cmd prompts in windows are?

If you search “how to _____ in windows 10”, you’ll get a tutorial with photos, and step by step in how to solve your issue, using only the mouse. Almost 100% of the time.

But if you search “how to ____ in (distro of choice)” you’ll be given a tutorial almost 100% of the time in terminal commands.

If you “get” terminal, you’ll understand the errors. I’ve tried using terminal off and on for about 17 years now. I have a 0% succsess rate of it doing the thing it needs to do. I’m sure these errors are simple. If I knew what it was telling me, I’m sure theres probably an easy fix.

But a good example is, there was some program I wanted. Its not in my software center. In order to run it, I need something called “python3”. I attempt sudo apt install python3. I get a message saying python3 is already installed. I try to install the program. Program says prerequisit python3 needs to be installed. I sudo apt install python3. Python3 is already installed. Sudo apt update python3. Python3 is already latest version. Try to install the program. Still doesn’t think python3 is installed.

I don’t know how to fix that. I don’t even know what python3 is. That was 4 years ago. I don’t even remember what program I was trying to install. I just remember it was during the days I was recovering from cancer, so for 3 months, all day every day I tried to solve it.

I never solved it.

So, why can YOU easily see that normal every day users use these machines differently than experts, with different needs?

Just make the IMAGE of Linux easy enough for toddlers. 12 years ago my 2 year old niece was using an iPad. Even today her dad says she’d never understand Linux. She could…if she tried it. Because a lot of distros function user friendly. But it has that image problem. And until Linux becomes mainstream, the software will never be 1:1. It will be “gimp vs photoshop”. And as long as thats the case, usability isn’t 100% for normies. Theres still tons of rough edges. And those rough edges become easily solved through terminal. And now we’re back to the image problem.

Why don’t the distro makers get this?