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Zink, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

Talk shit on FOSS, by comparing it to communism like it’s a bad thing, on Lemmy.

Now there’s a message this place will love, lol.

Cowbee,

It’s clearly a red scare parody.

Zink,

Of course, and it’s an old image too, but it still amused me thinking of the contrast between the message and the current audience.

Cowbee,

There isn’t, the message itself is satire. The audience is precisely who the message is for, it’s making fun of Microsoft comparing FOSS to Communism, parodying red scare propaganda.

Unless I’m misunderstanding you, of course.

jaybone,

Trying to explain satire is communism

KreekyBonez,

it seems like a pro-communist programming message to me. the red dude looks super cool and supportive.

riodoro1,

Yeah, he’s probably giving mad tips to the dev and he looks happy, so we know the red dude is not just a dickhead.

M500, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

I was just thinking about why many things on Linux are better. Like the install process on Linux is years ahead of windows.

Then it occurred to me that windows only improves things that can make them money. If you need to install windows, then you can deal with the crappy installer.

Linux devs improve the parts they think need to be better. The decisions are not guided by money and can be made without bias.

cuibono,

This realization somehow amazes and depresses me at the same time

Lmaydev,

The install process on windows is clicking a few buttons.

For the vast majority of users it’s a way better experience.

MonkderZweite,

The install process on windows is clicking a few buttons.

That’s the default tracking experience, if you fall for all the dark patterns. Was a while ago, hunh?

scarilog,

There’s that one screen where you disable telemetry, which I’ve always consider a part of the install process, but is there anything malicious other than that? The process as a whole is quite straightforward in my experience.

Lmaydev,

Again the vast vast majority of users don’t care. And that’s their target audience.

RandomVideos,

From my experience(installing windows 10, 11, linux mint and nobara), installing linux is way easier than installing windows

crispy_kilt,

Linux devs improve the parts they think need to be better. The decisions are not guided by money and can be made without bias.

Sounds pretty communist

avidamoeba, (edited )
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Sounds like the decisions about what to make, how to make it and for whom to make it are done by the people doing the work. 🤔🫢

danc4498,

Most people don’t install windows. It comes pre installed on something they bought. Microsoft probably puts more time into automating the process.

Also, last time I installed windows it was a breeze. I haven’t installed Linux in at least a decade, so I can’t speak for that.

kaboom36,

Try installing debian some time, the installer makes windows’ installer feel like its for a piece of software you got of a sketchy site that wants to install 16 other things not even related to it

hackris,

I mean, sounds exactly like the Windows installer to me

kaboom36,

We must be using different installers then, because between the amount of telemetry you have to turn off, the dark patterns, and the insistence on using a Microsoft account the whole experience reminds me of installing one of those “driver updaters” when I was a kid and before I learned that was a very bad idea

captain_oni,

I trust Bonzi Buddy more than anything made by microsoft at this point.

exocortex, (edited )

Now that you’ve got the idea apply it to everything in capitalist society. Especially if something is owned by shareholders.

RoyaltyInTraining, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes
@RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world avatar

Anyone know how I can program Anarchism?

wheelie,

Open a git repo.

squaresinger,

dd if=/dev/random of=anarchism bs=1024 count=1024;chmod 755 anarchism;./anarchism

malijaffri,

Holy hell, I need to try this in a vm sometime!

0x4E4F, (edited )

The output is not valid, it won’t do anything… maybe write to a file “anarchism” in the dir in which the terminal was opened.

squaresinger,

I think that emulates anarchism pretty well.

0x4E4F,

Well, not exactly. Anarchism is pretty close to what Socialism is, in terms of distributing labour.

PotatoesFall,

work on decentralized technology like lemmy

Cowbee,

The same way, generally. Work on decentralized, open source software. It’s modern Mutual Aid.

crispy_kilt,

Anarchists are just people who think Stalinism is communism and haven’t read Marx yet

ThePhantomGM,

Allow all code merges automatically

oce,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

Anarchy is not absence of rules, it’s absence of hierarchy. So you could still collectively agree to certain rules for merges.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Basicaly democracy on steroids

aksdb,

So we could use a blockchain… (/s)

mcmoor,

But then one person disagree with those rules and we’re back to no rules

oce,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

You can have a majority vote system.

rottingleaf,

Which is not a collective agreement and not anarchism, if it imposes rules on those who voted against.

oce,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

Is it not possible for the people to all agree to respect the result of the majority vote even if they voted against the motion?

rottingleaf,

Which requires a consensus.

oce,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

An initial one.

rottingleaf,

Which can be broken at any moment, and no infant is bound by it until they accept it, and they have the choice of not accepting it.

Expecting some aliens to bring us the end of scarcity is similar to this in terms of probabilities.

Norgur,

Open a GitHub repo with a hello world script and accept each and every commit

sebinspace, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

Hey Microsoft, your GitHub is showing

Artyom,

If github is still showing, you must be logged in.

diemartin,

github.com/rnicrosoft

(At some point that username existed: don’t know when it was killed)

WaxedWookie, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

Based.

slipperydippery, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

This is great, where are the rest?

BeefPiano,

This is a photoshop, the original from Modern Humorist said something like “when you download MP3s, you’re downloading communism” and it was attributed to the RIAA instead of Microsoft.

Source: I owned the print of this a couple decades ago, and you can probably find Modern Humorist on archive.org

slipperydippery,

Thanks!

jimmycrackcrack, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

On an old coloured plastic iMac too.

makingStuffForFun,
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

Herecy

HardNut,

Heracles

Mistrrhappy,

Heresy

makingStuffForFun,
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

Hear say

jaybone,

Hennessy

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

Hershey

FuglyDuck,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Those things were so hideous… and I actually thought they were cool at the time… well. Except OS9 sucked balls.

The power mac versions with the pull-to-open side were cooler. Mostly because there was a space above the PSU had just enough space to accommodate a tub of cottage cheese.

Pop it in on a Friday…. You’d be having class…. Elsewhere on Monday…

chiliedogg, to memes in Almost that time of year

I’ve come to realize adulthood begins when your favorite Christmas gifts are socks and other clothes.

Omega_Haxors, (edited ) to memes in Almost that time of year

You’ve doxed your age with this one. Socks are by far the best gift you can possibly get.

LoamImprovement, to memes in Almost that time of year

Like, bargain bin socks that are 8 pairs for $5, or novelty socks that are so thin you wear holes in them in two weeks? 100% agree. But a couple good pairs of quality socks are a game-changer, pair with a good pair of work boots and suddenly it’s not even that bad being on your feet all day.

foreverandaday, to memes in Almost that time of year
@foreverandaday@lemmy.ml avatar

why are people mad? My socks are always getting holes in them plus it’s extra nice if you get cute socks with designs on them!

ieightpi, to memes in Almost that time of year

Dude have you not tried Bombas??

Pantherina, to memes in Almost that time of year

My mom always gives me food stocks as I literally dont need any stuff. Its great!

AncientFutureNow, to memes in Almost that time of year

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    Bamboodpanda,

    40 year old checking in. My wife once convinced my entire family to gift me packs of the exact same brand and style of socks. She threw away all of my old and mismatched pairs.

    It’s still one of the greatest Christmas gifts I’ve ever gotten.

    pomodoro_longbreak,
    @pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Very similar story here. There really is nothing like a drawer full of good quality, fresh, springy socks.

    AnIntenseMoist,

    I’m 25 and a nice pair of socks and good undies fills the void in my soul like nothing else could.

    GreenMario, to memes in Almost that time of year

    I don’t like it when people get me stuff based on my interests. It’s always the wrong shit or really bad shit.

    Just get me socks lol.

    scrubbles,
    @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

    Yep. I like computer gear. The worst gifts are some niche crap like weird USB drives that I don’t need. Slightly better are gift cards to Best buy - but really the gear I need you can’t find there.

    Socks are universal. Socks are love. Give me socks, then I don’t have to spend my money on socks.

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