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Comment Re:Regardless of age, we all have a bright future. (Score 2) 286

I think most people would agree that this world needs more love.

I agree. I also think we need less delusion.

However, i understand some people can't cope with the fact that life's completely pointless and that we totally cease to exist at the end of it, and if religion helps those people, then that's ok. I don't want to attack people's harmless delusions - unless they think it's ok to shove those delusions down other people's throats, or force their imaginary god's mythical will on other people that is. If they do, then i'll say what i think too.

Comment Re:40? (Score 1) 286

At 37 I have been though the 18 barrier, the 21 barrier, and the 30 barrier. They have all felt like non-events. I expect 40 to be similarly anticlimactic.

Meh.

50's the same. I'll be 60 in a bit over 3 years - i doubt that'll be much different really, either.

Comment Re:digiKam (Score 1) 259

Yes, Digikam's good - so long as you use kde. I don't, but i put up with its annoying gnome incompatibilities because it's the best there is - and i've tried all the rest.

That doesn't make sense - "so long as you use kde" + "I don't".

How can it not make sense? Digikam's not good if you use Gnome. It's usable, but some functions don't work.

As for GNOME incompatabilities - can you expand on the "incompatabilities" and conflicts you have? Have you filed bug reports?

Some things don't work. I've recently upgraded Fedora and i haven't tried Digikam with the new version, so i don't know if the problems are the same. But previously, image "tool tips" (i.e., showing metadata etc when you hover the mouse pointer over a thumbnail) were blank, and the preview image was blank - which was rather annoying. No, i haven't filed bug reports as i haven't checked if they are bugs (by testing it with KDE) or just incompatibilities with Gnome. Digikam is a KDE application and it never claims to work with Gnome.

Comment Re:Showfoto (Score 1) 259

Yeah, Digikam's the best i've found so far - but it doesn't work very well under gnome unfortunately, and i don't like kde. I've tried pretty much all the Linux photo organisation software and Digikam's best so far - even with its gnome incompatibility. All in all, the issue of managing photos seems to be constantly problematic.

Comment Re:Dark matter and the sniff test (Score 1) 85

[......] theoretical physicists are typically far more intelligent than [engineers and computer scientists]

That depends on your definition of intelligence. But, whatever it is, all the intelligence in the world is worthless without the ability to communicate its products clearly in a way that lesser mortals can understand. Theoretical physicists, as a whole, do a very poor job of that.

Comment Re: Dark matter and the sniff test (Score 1) 85

Leave science to professionals.

The problem is that we've seen that shit before - it's called religion. Only a small clique of superior beings can actually know god's mind - and everyone else must just shut up and listen. If you can't explain this stuff in ways that non scientists can understand, then (a) you're not worth your wages, and (b) nobody's going to believe you.

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