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  • This is unfortunately the world of open-source.

    1. Nerd tells you to use the open-source thing.
    2. Non-technical tries it and asks questions
    3. Nerd proclaims it’s not a real problem/your fault/not applicable/fix it yourself
    4. Some company takes that open-source version or idea, makes it easier for end users and monetize it
    5. Nerd gets angry and repeats step 1

    Source: I am nerd and I contribute to open-source.






  • As a person who manages people, I cannot fight for your raise if YOU don’t fight for your raise.

    I cannot tell you how many times where something like this happens. I tell my higher ups, “Sarah should get promoted and increase her salary” and then my bosses go up to Sarah and she responds all limpdick like, “I like my job and I’m happy.”

    God damn it Sarah! Flex a little. Talk about how you see a opening you want. Stop being a keyboard warrior on Work Reform and actually SAY IT OUT LOUD. Share your wins! Brag about your value to the company. Demand your worth to MY BOSSES TOO.

    It’s not a single person who makes these decisions. It’s multiple people.

    Nobody is going to hand you shit if you’re timid about it.


  • Oh man same!

    2000s, with permission from the HS computer teacher, I was installing Red Hat on a few computers. It was ROUGH. Like, yeah we got it to show a desktop, but it was a nightmare to use anything but the basic applications. Windows just worked and after a few months, went back to that.

    Only during the pandemic did I finally go Linux. Started with ElementaryOS (highly recommend for old people) and went through a dozen other flavors. What really pushed me to expert level was setting up Linux servers.

    I no longer code on a Windows machine (unless I have to), and absolutely would recommend Linux to any end user. And now with Steam Deck/SteamOS, it’s only getting better. My gaming computer is still Windows, but I’m going to let it sunset. I barely use it except to play high-spec games that aren’t on Steam Deck. But that’s getting rarer and rarer.