> While it all sounds nice, you do realize 99.99% of the population just sort of wants their computer to work.

Exactly!

Messing around with a fundemental low level part of the system when it is simply not broken is retarded.

It is true that many of us want our systems to "just work". The problem is that the replacements for initd DON'T DO THAT. They come of as the work of bored children that need a distraction.

If you want to go on some sort of crusade, actually find something that's an actual problem.

That's just priceless. We've gone from completely ignoring the fact that RDP has taken the world by storm in the last 20 years to really stupid alternate approaches.

You could't create more Unix fragmentation if that's what you were actually trying for.

WMware has been around for a long time. Your 15 year snark might not be that hard to achieve actually...

A 15 year old datafile or binary doesn't sound nearly as impressive as it used to.

No. The WTO deals with anything that a foreign corporation views as a threat to their profits. It doesn't need to be the least bit "protective". Online gambling laws in the US and it's various sub-jurisdictions are a great example of this.

I am not sure I would ever do something like this by hand. I would be inclined to use an application that already handles these details. Probably just use a standard file transfer tool.

Ironically enough they probably don't "feel welcome" because of how shabbily companies like IBM treat their talent.

It also doesn't help that nerds are shat on in popular culture and the communications and journalism majors never pass up an opportunity to dump on nerds even more. This article and your response is another fine example.

When measured up to "lawyer babes" and "doctor babes", how can STEM hope to captivate a crowd that is still quite honestly still in the thrall Vogue and Glamour?

> They aren't manditory.

So? They're still there and open for abuse either by some hacker or by the company that put those features there to begin with.

The most secure web server is the one that's not even installed.

The whole point of this nonsense is that these devices aren't in our control. We can't burn this stuff to the ground. The best we can do is set a flag somewhere. It's like "uninstalling" Internet Exploder from Windows.

Lack of good intelligence helped start the nuclear arms race. We took Kruschev at his word regarding his missile program without understanding the full implications of the blusterous comments he was making.

>> Phones are inconvenient compared to a fitness tracker.

> Only in some circumstances.

That's kind of the ENTIRE point. All that is required is ONE use case for which the phone is woefully inappropriate and the advantage goes to the dedicated device.

Any scheme like this should look a little like the payment screen for the humble bundle with some upstream highlights (or perhaps even some randomly generated choices) so that you can divide your money amongst worthy projects actually doing the real work.

A little for the kernel...
A little for the FSF...
A little for X...
Mebbe throw some back at the mother distro...

No. Changing your mind today rightfully puts into question the claims you are making today. Intuitively even the idiots understand that if you were wrong yesterday, then you're probably wrong today.

> You know, if you had done just a little critical thinking, and perhaps a touch of research yourself then you would

Then you could just ignore all of the journalists, and ignore the government, turn your back on society in general and just become a doomsday prepper.

USB storage has "just worked" on Linux for a very long time now. Whatever has been added recently to "fix it" clearly isn't making it better. Meanwhile, it's also more complex apparently.

Again, Linux has gotten mature enough that things that really aren't broken are being fixed by bored children that need some sort of distraction.

The "abstractions" aren't any easier. They might have the virtue of being better automated WHEN THEY ACTUALLY WORK. Beyond that, they are more complicated and thus LESS usable when something doesn't go precisely to plan.

The "abstractions" do less well when you wander off the reservation and Linux has always been about wandering off the reservation.

Linux is mature enough that people are now trying to fix things that really aren't broken and they are breaking them in the process.

Yes. This was the kind of vehicle that Steve Austin crashed before he became the 6 million dollar man.