I don't know if it flies, but it certainly looks like an unknown type of object. Was it really considered food? ;)

I think, by now, it is accurate to say that Free Software is an abject failure.

Reading that post, I constantly felt that

1. it was way too long. Trying too hard to pile up ‘proofs’ to make it sound less obvious that it was...
2. very much hostile to the GPL, or to the FSF, or to Stallman, or all of them and their cousin too. (edit! not that it tried to hide it, obvioulsy)

Even though we’re in the age of serial-anathema, I try to not mix my personal opinion and my own emotions, regarding anything or anyone, with what that anything or that anyone actually is. So, I have no idea if this post is ‘abject’ or not but it is indeed making all it can to make sure readers like myself can’t trust it much. Which is a pity, as

1. it seems to point a few things worth discussing (just not in the way the op tries to present them).
2. It also shows some signs of not understanding what the GPL is all about. But who am I to say that, not even being a dev, tsss...

Alas, the post is what it is and if most of the time I’m glad to have discussions on subject matters I’m interested in with people I most likely don't agree with, I'm not that interested in watching someone spat their hatred. And, after reading that post, I feel like I have wasted my time watching someone doing just that. I will be a lot more hesitant to click next time I see a link to this blog.

Edit: typos.

This has led nowhere so far and only created more tension between the public majority who unconditionally love and will protect cats at all costs (generalised as “cat mums") and the non-feline animal lovers (bird lovers in particular) who are all just lazily grouped into the “cat mum hater” category.

I'm a bird lover (and watcher) and I'm a cat person too.

The thing is that reading the tone of the OP one feels like here is one more of those trolls trying to overgeneralize and to over-categorize—cat = killer, and a rabid one with that— instead of actually trying to expose and discuss the issue. What's the point of such a post? To put more oil into the fire in order to get some cheapo giggle?

Des démarches qui paraissent aujourd’hui ciblées et exceptionnelles ouvriront demain la voie à une avalanche de demandes intempestives visant à étouffer des contenus politiques, religieux, économiques ou sociaux. Nous refusons d’être les rouages, même minimes, d’une telle dégradation de la liberté du savoir. Une fois instaurés, les outils de censure sont rarement utilisés avec modération ou justice.

Tout est dit. Rien à ajouter...

... Sauf que j'aurais préféré voir la France à la pointe d'autres comabts que en faveur de la censure, mais c'est pas non plus comme si c'était nouveau.

Je ne regardais pas beIN (pas de TV), une raison de plus pour ne pas souhaiter les regarder.

from the rabid feline killers?

Sure. I've also heard they do satanical rituals and that's a fact: the cousin of the neighbor of the postman once told that to my late grandmother.

I'm a "where I'm" type of person ;)

The real sad part is in realizing people would still buy that crap nowadays. We're so much better educated than our naive ancestors and so well informed. They were so gullible, back then, right?

That being said, thx a lot for sharing, it's a neat addition to a growing collection of our most amazing achievements in the subtle art of milking people dry of their hard earned money.

OK, I'm now officially volunteering to be the first human being to be send to Mars. Even without a ticket back... even more so without one.

This community alone is worth subscribing to Piefed/Lemmy.

and the beets a total failure due to the evil deer.

Evil deer, like in killer rabbit (warning: YouTube)?

A lot (there are lot of ways to prepare them) and, watching the movie, I've taken copious notes on how to make them grow on the surface of Mars, worry not ;)

Pourquoi 5? Ma valise est grande.

En plus, j'ai toujours sur moi, pas besoin de les mettre dans la valise donc, de quoi écrire (stylo bille et carnet), un livre et un mini jeu d'échec de poche ultra plat. J'ai quand même droit à encore 5 objets dans lavalise où je suis niqué? Et est-ce que les produits d'hygiène sont fourni par cette aimable ambassade?

Faudrait dire ça à l'éducation nationale, ça pourrait leur faire du bien de s'en souvenir. Ainsi qu'aux enfants qu'elle est censée éduquer :(

Désolé... je peux pas m'empêcher de me sentir dévasté par cete faillite scolaire... et par ses inévitables conséquences.

Les produits d’hygiène sont fourni. Échec, de quoi écrire ça fait deux. Le livre ça fait trois,

Mais ils sont pas dans la valise, c'est pas juste de me pénaliser juste parce que je suis plus prévoyant et mieux organisé que les autres réfugiés politiques :P

mais quel titre?

C’est évident : L’art de se faire des amis, de Carnegie :P

En quatre: ma brosse à dents électrique. C'est la seule pièce de 'high-tech' qui me paraisse réellement indispensable vu l'efficacité du brossage pour le santé de mes dents.

En cinq… un autre livre. Pour le coup, j’hésite.

Anna Karénine. Ou peut-être le Don Quichotte ? Ou Rabelais… ou, merde, y a aussi Montaigne ! On pourrait même ajouter la Bible (même s'il est de bon ton de mépriser ce livre de nos jours, surtout quand on ne l'a pas lu... et je dis ça en tant que non-croyant).

...Ok, si j’abandonne mes chaussures est-ce que je peux prendre 2 objets de plus ? De toutes façons, enfermé dans mon ambassade, c'est pas comme si j'aurais beaucoup d'occasions de marcher ;)

• public libraries are still there.
• Book (physical) can still be purchased and fully owned, without any risk of them being remotely edited or deleted and without nay tracking of our reading habits.
• Walking is still free, without any subscription required.
• It is still legal to turn off one's phone.
• I love my spouse at least as much as I loved her when we first met almost 30 years ago. And, yep, she seems to kinda like me too ;)

that adults knew what they were doing, and knew the stuff they were so loudly talking about. Was I naive.

Why would anyone still want to go the USA for fun? I think the USA made it clear they don't want us foreigners anymore... just our money.

Mullvad are like a drop of hope in humanity in a sea of shitty and shady business practices.

Alas, VPNs are quite high on the endangered species. Largely thx to countless clueless, when they're not plain full dishonest and working in their very own interest, representatives doing their best to make our societies a much shittier place for the rest of us.

• Daily long walks.
• Eat less.
• Eat better. I quit stuffing myself with industrially processed food, best decision ever. Even better than quitting smoking (which I did some 20 years ago). BTW, eating better helps a lot in eating less.

Edit: some improvements made to my (severely) lacking English.

Walking. Daily. That, and purchasing good shoes. It changed my life.

At first, I was in such a poor shape (physical and mental) I was barely able to walk more than a few steps, I was also severely ill and was expected to die quickly in not the most tranquil manner. Nowadays, I'm not dead :p, and I walk miles every day and I will do my best to go everywhere I can, walking. I'm still ill (it's not curable) but it's stabilized and I feel so much better.

I'm still not an athlete and I'm old enough to realize I'll never be one but I don't care: I'm in such a better shape! Both physically and mentally (I feel so much better in my head), my endurance is skyrocketing, and I've also lost so much weight I don't need to wear 'plus-sized' clothes anymore.

And it all started by making the first step, one small step. Literally ;)

Edit: clarifications.

On my phone. I would love to be able to run a Linux system or at least a de-googled android. But some apps I need access to don't seem to be working without Google services and stuff like that si I'm stuck using a stock Google (Pixel) android.

Beside that, everything is and has been working smoothly on my computers since I switched from Apple to Linux Mint, 5 or 6 years ago. My only regret is to not have switched way earlier.

I do miss Spotlight. All the alternatives I have tested fall short one way or the other but giving up on Spotlight is not that bad of a deal considering all what Free Software, GNU and Linux have offered me in exchange. I would not want to switch back.