Obligatory relevant xkcd.

Original content and exclusively for the Fediverse! That's a good sign.

I've been using DDG exclusively for years now and every now and then I feel it doesn't give me what I seek and I try Google and it doesn't find shit either.

People always say that Google results are still superior but I believe that's only the case as long as you're in the bubble they create based on your profile and you're looking for your interests and like-minded opinions.

I do remember when its name was "Reddit is fun" and then was renamed to "RIF is fun" but never questioned why. Your explanation fits the current mess.

That's more like it. Also, the more senior I became the more my LoC "productivity" became negative. Now, I get pleasure from deleting obsolete shit or replacing error prone spaghetti with a simple API call the author did not know about (more often than I like to admit that author is myself).

Fuck spez. See? Got no power here.

As a non-native English speaker it's quite reassuring that native speakers (I assume?) don't understand everything either.

The exact lie would be: "There's a supreme being watching you. Now do as I say!"
That's the gist of all religions I know.

It's really hard to code while fucking.

Many people just have phones now.

manifold reasons for running windows

Please name some other than "proprietary software that only runs on Windows".

I've switched to Linux as my main driver couple of years ago and don't miss a damn thing (admittedly don't use highly specialized software and ran the FOSS alternatives on Windows even before switching). Still have Windows on my work PC and dread it every day.

I definitely get your frustration but that whole outrage is still pretty fresh and we need that momentum to really move people from Reddit and join here. It'll calm eventually.

90% posts from the same account. Hardly a community.

So, less than 100M per corp? Chump change.

Good. Finally that one friend of mine will stop posting Twitter links and I can blacklist it again.

That's not the best meme template for this. Linux is a chad, not the virgin boy.

"Please name a reason to use Windows other than your main reasons for using Windows." That is how it comes across.

And that was exactly what I intended. The only thing Windows has going for it is better adoption. Devs would target other platforms if users chose them - it's starting in gaming thanks to Valve and their Steamdeck.

I really don't see another reason, let alone a manifold of them, to stay on Windows. Especially since Microsoft has been making it worse and worse with their snooping, annoying update policy, constantly increasing pricing, ever-shorter lifecycles and push to cloud.

What, you're not looking forward to get a corp chip implanted into your brain by the world's most infamous shitposter?

True, but you'll save lots of time if you keep the ability to do simple math in your head.

Classmates always wondered how I could finish the tests before the time limit while they weren't even finished when the bell rang. Well, who'd have thought, entering 20*5 into your calculator takes longer than just doing it in your head? I don't want to know how long these people take shopping groceries now that everyone has a calculator in their pocket.

Just wow. Never knew it was that bad. I've been browsing with adblock since forever and quit Reddit immediately when RIF stopped working. Wouldn't be able to tolerate that official shit one minute.