never heard anyone use whatsapp in sweden, everyone is expected to use something that supports sms as a fallback. Usually facebook messenger or whatever the iphone thing is called.

Far as i know the only popular truly separate platform would be something like snapchat or kik or whatever, which is used by teenagers.

nature’s own 8766-hour energy

and this is why i make sure any phone i buy is supported by a reputable project like lineageos.

what? are you being pedantic because it’s actually “su”?

this is like complaining about tractors being outdated and clunky, buddy you’re not the target audience

because a fucking depressing amount of computers are still running old windows versions for compatibility reasons, and it would be really nice if we could eventually replace it with something that isn’t a leaking sieve in terms of security.

lobotimizing operating systems

i mean, you’ll be able to write things in that language, which i’d say is somewhat useful 🤔

It’s kinda like asking “is it worth doing long hikes before training to do 5km runs?”, you probably don’t need to go on hikes in order to start running, but it’s less intimidating and if you then realize you’re just not into running then you’re still left with a useful skill.

as a non-american stuff like lunchables fucking baffles me, just give the kids some clementines?

so… long nuggets?

counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbw-veYYd5M

are you serious?

i care less about how popular it is, than i care about how good it is.

Blessedly it won’t even take 10 years for linux to become hilariously better than other operating systems, i’d wager more like 5 years.

(Content warning: Swedish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNHrWLkZJI8

Have you missed all the people who are quite vocal about this being shit? It’s not the death of human progress, it’s the well deserved death of corporate progress.

“computer person lazy” upvotes to the left

eat an extremely large plate of spaghetti

for small devices half the appeal is that you don’t need a big fucking rectangle taking up space on the device.

Personally i think a GOOD trackpoint (one that isn’t miserably stiff, and is well-calibrated) plus a touchscreen is perfection for something like a laptop. The trackpoint lets you do most things without taking your hands off the keyboard, and the touchscreen is a touchpad but… Borderline objectively superior in every way.
Like… There’s a reason phones have touchscreens, the idea of using a phone with a touchpad is insane.

assuming we’re not talking about sparkling water, which some people call mineral water: Is it really that common outside of america for tap water to not taste fine?
I’ve never had bottled water where the taste was in any way remarkable, except from some brands that just taste like stale water where the plastic bottle leeched into it…

i don’t think it’s out there to say that flatpaks can be a bit fucky wucky, but yeah it’s not some massive issue, they just need to make packaging harder to fuck up