Libb

We will all have learned to control our emotions, use our brains instead of our feelings, and not waste our time on stupid things and mindless activities. Thx to that, we will stop arguing about endless bullshit issues and focus all our energy and attention on the real big problem (the climate, if there is anyone left wondering) and we will have narrowly managed to escape the sad fate that was waiting for us. Or maybe not?

I try to be happy with whatever happens and do not happen. Not just by being by myself. That's the secret. At least, that's mine.

I've happily been sharing my life with my spouse for 25 years and counting, I have a lifelong best friend (like a real best friend, since we were 14, now nearing our 60s) and I do enjoy meeting interesting people (provided they're not the kind to be constantly sweating hate and anger toward the rest of the world) but, at the exact same time, I love being alone by myself. Meaning I never feel bored or lonely (there are too many things I want to do, and not enough time to do them). I also don't feel any need to always be in the company of people: I enjoy time for myself. But when I'm not alone I will do my best to enjoy the company, at least at small doses ;)

I live in a large city, I reckon most languages must be spoken by at least a few people around me. Not even considering so-called dead languages.

That being said, I would love to learn Chinese. I think I'll see next year if I can enroll in one of the few courses available in said large city (Paris). I've just started learning Russian something which, I imagine in our so incredibly nuanced times, coupled with me also wanting to learn Chinese, will make me quite suspicious. That's fine ;)

There are which, I will happily agree with you, is good to know ;)

But do note that I did not read all the linked resources. I shared my thoughts and comments after reading some pages and links.

As a mere user, I know little about all those technicalities and nothing at all about the various people involved in this arguing, or what’s at stakes for any of them. But I can read a text.

And so I did just that, reading one of the linked pages provided here. From what I’ve gathered, I see a lot of affirmations but very little in terms of demonstrating whatever is being said.

And then when I read this, I start wondering how deep such a misunderstanding is running through the entire argument:

As a result of F-Droid’s inclusion policy, usually, some developers usually have to maintain a slightly different version of their codebase for their app to comply with F-Droid’s requirements. For developers, this means not only spending more time and energy, but also, in some cases, working with libraries and components that may be outdated.

(btw, if anyone else is surprised by the use of the word ‘inclusion’ (to me, it relates more to some societal considerations than anything code related), I had a look and it seems that’s just how they talk about the technical imperatives to allow an app to be included in the F-Droid app-store)

I say it is a misunderstanding because I would not be able to tell if it is an honest incomprehension of something real fundamental, or if it is a clumsy attempt at re-framing some facts in a bad light as a way to make them look like not what they really are.

This also regularly happens against the GNU GPL license: being hated on by some open source proponents as being a burden to deal with… Which (I imagine) it really is... save that this is not what the GNU GPL is bothering with.

The GPL cares about the user. About taking a few rights away from the devs to put them in the hands of the users (the 4 freedoms). So, criticizing the GNU GPL for putting the burden on the dev (which is its objective) is akin to criticizing a surgeon for daring stabbing a patient with their scalpel in order to do surgery on them: it’s kinda… to be expected. And in most cases, said patient should feel more grateful than resentful for that very specific stabbing.

Here, the author here seems to forget what F-droid themselves are saying is their mission statement, in their About page:

Our Mission:Provide a trusted way to find and share FOSS apps for Android. We protect privacy, put users in control, and build everything through an open, community-driven ecosystem.

They care about the users. So making it somewhat harder for the devs may not be a defect in their work.

Obviously, I have no expertise in deciding how well they are doing that or how hard they making it to the devs (I can write simple Bash scripts, if anyone wants to hire me as a dev). But in that lengthy post I’ve read nothing demonstrating me they’re doing it badly. It’s mostly frustration (which I can understand) and an apparent willingness to prove them wrong (which I can’t be fine with).

Having witnessed how often the GNU itself has been targeted for the same wrong reasons, and why so many huge corporations are so hostile to the GNU GPL, while they still wish to benefit from the whole open source idea just without having to deal with what the GPL stands for. Which is us, the users. And this makes me feel rather uncomfortable, even more so when I read this conclusion (I put together two sentences that aren’t close to one another in the original post, bu they are both part of their conclusion):

This article aims to be purely technical. It is not an attack on F-Droid or their mission

So far, you have been presented with referenced facts that are easily verifiable.

Not really.

As a reader, I was presented with many links that’s true. But beyond a certain number of (very similar links) that should be called making ‘noise’, in French we would say ‘noyer le poisson’ (to drown the fish). And most of those links point toward discussions or to people affirming things. But do we need to be reminded that people freely affirming things (say, how flat the earth is, or how our reptilian overlords are secretly ruling the human specs) don’t turn those things they affirm into ‘referenced facts’ and they certainly don’t make for any ‘verifiable’ information. No more than, say, reading the entire Marvel comics will make anyone a competent expert into genetics or superpowers, no mater how accurate said comics can be ;)

My comment is probably too long already, but I would be interested in seeing more discussions around the ‘facts’ presented in that post as maybe I completely did not get it and they’re I onto something real? Things like this, for example that I just can’t raise an eyebrow when I read:

Slow and irregular updates

They have to catch up with upstream on a regular basis, but very few do it well (Arch Linux comes to my mind). Others, like Debian, prefer making extensive downstream changes and delivering security fixes for a subset of vulnerabilities assigned to a CVE (yeah, it’s as bad as it sounds, but that’s another topic).

Slow updates mean that you will be exposed to security vulnerabilities more often than you should’ve been.

(emphasis mine)

To me, this sounds like non-sense, at best. And making a parallel with Debian make it even worse. But here again, I’m no dev and I may get it wrong. Allow me to explain:

Isn’t it the raison d’être of Debian to be extremely slow on updates? increasing the likeliness of the system remaining rock stable and untouched for years to come while, at the exact same time, still ensuring real quick updates where it truly matters: critical security? Forgetting about the critical updates happening in Debian doesn’t seem very fair...

Also, no one is required to use Debian if they don’t want to use that kind of slow distro, there are plenty alternatives. And, like they say, anyone is free to fork Debian if they they think they can improve upon it. I suppose the same could be said about F-Droid?

Disclaimer regarding Arch and Debian: I was an Arch user a few years ago, I ditched it not because I did not liked it (it was amazing, I liked it a lot, and it taught me a lot more) but because I naively realized that, as a user, I could not care less about constant updates to my apps and to the system. Hence, me switching to its exact opposite (Debian) and then, a year or so later, to… Linux Mint, which I have constantly been using for almost 6 years now as, to me, it feels like the perfect middle ground between almost no updates and constant updates ;)

Edit: clarifications.

The reform of (many/most?) of Western public education systems.

It has turned what was among the best tool to prepare young people to become adults and citizens into a sad joke, into many wasted years during which those kids don't learn much, if anything. Reading (books), writing and even doing simple math are quickly vanishing skills. Let's not talk about history, sciences, the art of listening to and even to have an articulated dialogue, not insults or hatred, with anyone one doesn't agree with.

I feel devastated realizing how badly theses reforms have screwed up so many of the younger generations. What worse is that those reforms don't show much sign of being phased out, quite the contrary.

Maybe this ugly attempt at controlling freedom of expression will have an unexpected positive impact by forcing many people to disconnect and (re)discover there is a life outside of apps. Even a social life, with people meeting, chatting and even doing more intimate things... without any CEO/government/bureaucrat having a say about it..

So either I write clearly then, but won’t be able to free-flow, because I strain on the writing, or it’s unreadable after.

From a shorthand user to another, don’t try to force those two things in the same process: free flowing, aka letting it go, and taking exact notes.

don't try to write everything down. Exactly like when taking notes during a lecture or when doing an interview. Don’t transcribe: summarize, synthesize. When doing an interview, let the audio recorder do the absolutely boring (but still essential) job of being true to what the person is saying, allowing you to fully focus your attention on getting the important ideas jotted down as well as your own reactions to whatever they are telling you.
As far as that 'free flow' state of mind is concerned: use it to, well, free flow which implies to not worry at all about transcribing it, at least imvho. Once again, only jot down key words, ideas, notions. Most of the time complete sentences won't be your friends at this moment. If you really fear losing that one good sentence (why bother? If it's good it will stick and if it is not good riddance) you may want to write and talk aloud at the same time, recording it as a backup.

Would love to see RAM price drops like Bitcoin ;)

I don't see much spam or ads, thx to ad-blocking and most likely thx to a narrow selection of websites I allow myself to visit, and I never click on ads: this ad-filled version of the Internet only deserves my disdain, certainly not a second of my time.

Nearing my 60s, very satisfied Linux Mint user. Obviously, it all depends what the user expects from their computer.

So what should one do when they have an image they don’t care for?

If one doesn't care, why bother?

Thx. Looks like We're on the same lane :)

There are many things not requiring the use of any laptop, powerful or not.

Read books. There are billions of books out there waiting to be read. New ones, old ones, fictions, essays, in whatever 'genre' you may fancy. You can even read them for free, by borrowing them from your local public library.
As suggested: a #2 pencil (HB, for the non-US world, but I would suggest 2B myself: a slightly fatter/darker type of lead), a few sheets of paper or a sketchbook (for portability) and start sketching. You can sketch daily life objects. If don't believe me (and why should you?) go read/look at 'Everyday matters' by Dany Gregory (he also has a YT channel, if you prefer watching moving pictures instead of turning pages but I think are way more... complete and interesting than most of his videos). You may even throw in a small and cheap set of non-pro watercolors (it will be much cheaper than artist-grade ones, and you need needs hundreds of colors either: a set of 12 is more than enough, heck even just 6 colors would be excellent), as they can help you realize you're more interested in painting than sketching. And since they're water-based, you wont get nasty smells like with oil painting, eve when doing it at home ;)
Find some craft, DIY activity you enjoy? Younger I was into little scale models (plastic planes and tanks that I glued and painted), now I'm much more into crafting things we will use at home.
Play chess? A great way to make people IRL: chess clubs, cafés, any places where (amateur) chess players like to meet. Unlike most video games it's not 'limited' to a few hours of fun and excitement: people have been playing chess for thousand of years and they're still playing it with the same excitement today: it's challenging and there is no end to it.. and every one can play (even little kids, and even bad players like myself) ;)
Exercises. I do long daily walks. It changed my life at least as much as learning to read changed it when I was a child.

Ive thought about many of things but im unsure if i should try them

Why would that be? There is no harm in trying things out.

As a child, I was taught to eat what was served and to finish what I was served, Whether I liked it or not.

It's even simpler as an adult because 1) I like to try new things and I know I will often need more than a single bite of anything to really appreciate anything new 2) I want to show some appreciation to the person cooking (I simply don't cook things I know don't like, myself ;)

can't be compared. They don't play in the same league number-wise. I got a lot less interactions here on Lemmy/piefed than I used to have on Reddit, but since I don't want to use Reddit it doesn't matter much: I'm here, not over there anymore ;)

I purchased 2 sticks of ram yesterday. Even used, like the ones I purchased, it's overpriced.

that is so unrealistic and I can only vehemently protest against the obviously unfair way Calvin and Hobbes are portrayed and how dishonestly Rosalyn presented as the innocent victim in this situation. Rosalyn knows Calvin and his stripped accomplice very well. She has been babysitting them, already. So, how come after her previous experience she would still let her precious notes lying around, unprotected from such direct threats? She framed them, obviously! :p

I already said it a few times but it does no harm repeating it: thx so much for this dose of pure bliss in our feed. Even though I own all the albums, it's just great to have those strips regularly popping up here being able to read them like we were supposed to: one after the other, little by little <3

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A 50-something French dude that's old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. I also like to write and to sketch.

Libb

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