That's honestly probably a good sign. It means we've now come to a point in scientific achievement where that is a genuine possibility that we consider.
Precisely. Just ask Naomi Wu (SexyCyborg) how much she enjoys the surveillance state, how much she enjoyed being disappeared for a few months, how much she enjoys being told not to do any more techno State Resistance content, and how much she enjoys being able to leave but can't, because her partner is queer.
Really, its a bunch of people who either like being in an in-group and/or they like feeling superior/powerful by promoting authoritarian communism.
Hard to tell. Sounds like they're perhaps using biopolymers in place of leather (so pleather, but derived from plants), but it seems like the only real requirement is that these "premium" interiors don't use animal products.
The article doesn't really go into any significant detail about what has actually been replaced, and what it's been replaced with.
Bazzite locks down a lot of parts to ensure it works for games.
This is not entirely correct. It's a feature of atomic distros in general. Bazzite doesn't lock anything down any more than its upstream Silverblue and Kinoite parents do, it's just that most of the system files have been set to be immutable to ensure repeatable and standardized deployments.
This is great for scalability and ensuring the most uptime. Not so great if you want to do a lot of system tinkering.
The other issue is that a lot of existing software needlessly installs itself globally, rather than making use of the user's local access. It's a paradigm that needs to change, since most software doesn't need access to most of the system directories to function.
Saving for months ≠ using money earmarked for necessary expenses. I saved for months to buy the parts for my PC, and all of it was discretionary income.
But I otherwise agree that you should not spend your necessary funds on unnecessary expenses.
VeraPDF seems like the best option when it comes to openness, being free, and having Linux support (really it uses Java, so it's just platform agnostic).
I've never used it, and it only has a Windows installer, but you might still be able to make use of it with Wine/Bottles/etc. Also, it's free, so testing it out shouldn't cost anything but time.
Unfortunately, I tend not to play anything that pushes the power needs above 12W—usually something 2D, so it's possible that I just don't do anything that would make a noticeable change. Take my experience with a grain of salt.
I have not noticed that. What have you been playing? If you've been playing the same games, and they've had updates, it's possible those updates are unoptimized or just heavier to run at the settings you had previously.
Fair enough. I'm just hopeful I've given them a little spark of doubt and a reminder that multibillion dollar companies aren't in the business of telling the objective truth.
That's honestly probably a good sign. It means we've now come to a point in scientific achievement where that is a genuine possibility that we consider.