General nerd, programmer and sci-fi reader and writer. Neurodivergent, ADHD.

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  • It’s worse because the more bored you get, the more stimming you need. You need to stand up, move around, focus on anything that is NOT the conversation because it’s driving you insane and you NEED to get out. If at least you could fidget with anything but nope! It’s bad manners. It’s even worse if you’re sandwiched between two guests and you need to SIT. STILL.

    And then I end up stimming with my foot anyway until a close relative nudges me hard to stop doing whatever I’m doing because it’s “not polite”.

    Fuck that shit. Since then I don’t go to family meetings anymore, let them say anything but unless I’m really getting something worth it in return, I’m not. Doing. That. Anymore. Fuck that shit, sue me.



  • I understand devs being busy. What I can’t stand is their fan club who keep shitting on every user asking questions or not having the time to do a deep search on every single solution and the problems that come with it.

    Maybe this is news for you, but FOSS communities are incredibly toxic. Every single suggestion or legitimate complaint is taken as a personal attack.

    Then they wonder why people don’t pay enough attention to Linux and Open Source Software in general.

    Perhaps they should realize there’s too many assholes in the community who keep driving people away. Normal folks have a limit. They just leave and hope their Windows doesn’t crash away, which is less frustrating than having to personally deal not only with tech issues but the shitty attitude of peple who are knowledgeable enough.

    Worse, when you want to point out a flaw, you need to build an exhaustive list of reddit posts, archive org pages and so on and face trial because unless you give every single piece of evidence then your complaint is invalid. And I’m sorry but normal people just don’t have time for this shit.

    Remember that joke? Ask for help and you get no response; Say linux sucks because you can’t do X and you get dozens of apologetic posts explaining step by step how to do stuff.

    Turns out there’s some truth behind that joke.


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    9 months ago

    Ah yes, end users have no right to point out a software’s flaws unless they’re better than the developers who made it.

    Don’t tell me you forgot what a “non technical end user” is?

    Users can’t even add a feature request because they’re met with a storm of insults and snobbery.

    Well, I have some news for you: You can’t hope for the year of the Linux desktop and keep treating end users like shit.




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    9 months ago

    Wayland is still too immature. I couldn’t get it to work on my Kubuntu distro.

    And then there’s this list of problems with Wayland.

    https://gist.github.com/probonopd/9feb7c20257af5dd915e3a9f2d1f2277

    BEGIN RANT

    “Move fast and break things” may be fine for software gurus who love to experiment and have no problem hitting their head against the wall every few days while believing in the promise of a free-to-fix future, but this isn’t true for poor or busy people who are NOT middle class folks living in their own house in a suburb with a garage full of computer parts. There are single parents, caregivers with disabled and/or elderly, folks who need a reliable computer for their studies, and in general people who simply need something that JUST WORKS.

    I’m a caregiver, and unfortunate I’m poor enough that I don’t have money to buy a commercial OS. Heck, I wish Windows just worked instead of making old versions obsolete. I was perfectly fine with Windows 7 ten years ago until Microsoft started doing planned obsolescence bullshit with their forced updates. I had to switch to Linux because Windows became very unreliable and I needed a stable platform that wouldn’t ruin my work.

    (So if you’re one of the persons who reply to “Help my Linux is having problems” with “well you should know Linux is like that, you should have thought it twice before switching”, then you’re part of the problem because that’s a very, very shitty answer to give to a non technical end user with limited time and resources)

    The year of the Linux desktop will never arrive if developers keep pushing incomplete and buggy software to the end users instead of actually fixing bugs and delivering their stuff ONLY when they’re ready.

    Wayland is NOT ready for the end user.

    END RANT.














  • The year is 2020.

    Covid was in full force, and we were suddenly assigned impossible tasks in very little time. Not to mention we hadn’t been given a raise in more than 2 years, not because the company finances were bad, but because the owner was a greedy bastard.

    Then one person decided to quit. And another. And another.

    What did the owner do? Raise salaries to keep the personnel? No, he let them leave and loaded all the work onto us.

    I decided I wouldn’t be the one crushed by that load, so I was the next to leave. Bye bye.