Obligatory xkcd reference https://xkcd.com/37/

And you can still drive 13 hours and stay in Texas.

Most folks who say this don’t realize which side they fall on.

You are right about the current state of CAD/Engineering software being a mess. Crazy subscription models and no real innovation. Buggy software everywhere.AutoCad crashes at least 3 times a day or does weird stuff like the ribbon and menus disappearing. I’d love to find something that worked as an alternative.

It’s probably a mix of that and how CAD/Engineering software is a complicated niche market. It’s not as ubiquitous as something like an office suite or even a phot editor like GIMP. I don’t have anything to back that up other than a hunch.

I do a lot of 2D civil drawings for underground utility construction and I haven’t found anything that does what I need. Also the selection is pretty much limited to Windows. The CAD programs on Mac seem to be limited compared to their Windows brethren.

There really isn’t much good FOSS software in the CAD/Engineering world. I’ve tried the 2D and 3D solutions that I’ve beena able to find and they are missing way too many features or the learning curve is crazy steep. If anyone knows of good CAD software let me know, I’d love to try it.

Being in the right place at the right time and a sociopath = Billionaire

I don’t think you’d want any part of a hospital that Elon Musk was involved in establishing.

I tried it several times and couldn’t get the hang of it. I’d always overshoot the character I was going for. I had a colleague who was amazingly fast with swiping to type.

Redhat 4.? I’m not really sure of the precise version but it was sometime in the late 99 or early 2000.

I didn’t get diagnosed until 49. It pretty much took my wife forcing me to go see a psychiatrist because she couldn’t take it any longer. I’m also pretty sure I’m on the ASD spectrum but I haven’t been diagnosed formally. I’m also constantly fighting with my insurance because I’m now 54 and “too old” for the meds.

I don’t see how Reddit ever becomes consistently profitable. I don’t think they can do it with ads and I can’t see a future where a significant number of redditors pay for a premium version of the service.

That is a type of transition that’s more exponential than linear. As time goes forward the decline gets faster and more noticable. I think you’re right about where Reddit is headed.