English but not in a Brexit way.

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  • WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlGamedev and linux
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    1 year ago

    Reflecting on my first year running solely Linux (as opposed to dual-booting), I think that this culture comes from the fact that, on Linux, problems can more often than not be solved. If not solved, then at least understood. When you want to change something on Windows, or something breaks, you have far less room to maneuver.

    When I was a Windows user, I’d barely ever submitted a bug report for anything, in spite of being very tech-literate. It felt hopeless, as my entire experience with the OS was that if a fix would come, it’d have to be done by someone else.

    Linux treating its users like adults, produces users who are more confident and more willing to contribute.






  • I agree with you that I don’t look to Lewis for his take on geopolitics. However, I think you just have to accept that in the body politic there are many people (a majority in all likelihood) who have a say in their democracies but don’t concern themselves with situations such as Israel-Palestine.

    Lewis has the attention of these people, and he feels he’s doing the right thing by bringing attention to the plight of innocent civilians in the region. If his post has inspired at least one person to be more aware and sympathetic to the human suffering, then hasn’t it been worth the effort?







  • I do very much get the impression Lance is pressured by his Dad to keep racing. I can’t imagine that Lance is being compromised for Nando though. Lawrence’s dream has always been for his son to be WDC, so I imagine Lance’s car is on-parity with Nando’s.

    I can’t imagine he gets paid nothing. I’ve always presumed he gets a nominal salary. Regardless, Lance is going to always be unfathomably wealthy unless his Dad cuts him off completely, which I presume wouldn’t happen. Even if he was cut off, Lance now has the experience and the contacts to make a large amount of money independent of his Dad.






  • No, no, don’t you understand? His Dad bought the team. He owns all that equipment that those hard-working individuals who don’t get to see their families produced. Hell, he owns those individuals. They don’t get to be upset if he wants to throw his toys. They don’t get to be upset if he physically abuses them. They wouldn’t even have a job if it weren’t for him.

    (/s to defend myself from those who missed the tone)