That's a cute rant, but you'll note that my post makes no judgement on the software. I was really commenting on someone else's statement on systemd trolls. Did you also inform the person above that what they post is drivel?

Let's be honest, there's a huge anti-systemd circlejerk on slashdot, and very few people are actually using logical arguments to justify their hate. Given that all the major distros have adopted it, it's clear as day that the reaction against systemd is a mostly emotional one.

A correlation has to be established first before we can look at what's causing what. Come on man, think a little.

Considering the overwhelming amount of hate systemd gets in every linux thread, it seems strange to accuse the systemd folks of trolling. The venom is clearly not coming from them, at least not the majority of it.

I don't either, but apparently people are really mad about this for some reason.

I really don't see what the big deal is here. Sure, they aren't responsible for most of the software in their repositories... like all other distros. They still work to maintain this distribution. If they ask to get paid, what's the matter? If you can have access to a distribution made possible only through hours and hours of hard work at the cost of feeling guilty for a second as you type "0$", I don't think you have any reason to complain, honestly. You're not being forced to pay in any way. There is nothing morally wrong with this. I encourage other developpers to do the same if they want some compensation.

Man, slashdot is really grumpy today.

The data is the papers I have looked at. Also your examples are quite weak. People come up with alternative theories when evidence is presented to them, but at least they consider the evidence. The previous version of their theory has been falsified, and so they try another. They are merely fully exploring the parameter space before switching to a new paradigm, which is good science. This is very different from social scientists clinging to falsified theories in the face of overwhelming evidence. Also, I have no idea what point you're trying to make with that comment on general relativity. Do you not consider observation of astronomical events to be valid, repeatable experiments? Because they certainly are.

I stand by my claims. The work of social scientists should always be viewed with a very good dose of skepticism.

Have you actually read papers written by these people? The practices are definitely a problem. I have never seen such ignorance of statistics and proper sampling displayed in published papers in the real sciences.

I wish you weren't at +5 so I could mod you up. The primary distinction between the social "sciences" and real science is that real science is based on predictions. It is falsifiable by experiment. On the other hand, the social "sciences" are all about interpretation. They make no real prediction that can shoot down their theory.

Seriously people, this is right out of Orwell's 1984, where everyone has a screen in their home that can never be turned off which spies on them. You'd think that's the sort of technology we'd shy away from.

When they're done with this, I hope they start investigating the very serious problem of the monster under my bed.

Damn. It would be great to find a website like old slashdot. :/ Haven't found any alternative myself. We need to establish a series of "cascading" nerdy news websites, where the moment one gets popular enough to feel the effects of the eternal september, it is shut down and a new one is started.

As of the time of this post, my comment above is +5 insigthful. I'm almost further disappointed in slashdot. As I was posting it, I was thinking "it needs to be said..." but to be honest, this is as flamebaity as it gets.

Your explanation is similar to that of another person above and makes a lot of sense to me. I'm coming from the science end of things myself, but have always been interested in tech. I was thinking the tech people would all have great scientific culture as well. I guess I was wrong.

There are many people on slashdot. The people using the term "hackers" correctly may be different from the ones using it incorrectly.

Calling Twilight Struggle the best boardgame on the basis of its BGG ranking is quite a stretch. BGG rankings are not to be taken as absolute statements of a game's quality or popularity. Just take into account that most people won't necessarily go back to rerate a game after a few years have passed. Also, a game which would never even be considered for play except by the enthusiasts (like Twilight Struggle...) will have its score inflated. A game like Dominion, which was much more popular and had a significantly higher impact on the industry sits lower in the rankings because its mass appeal meant it was exposed to more people who weren't enthousiasts of its genre, and its huge popularity led to people playing derivatives of Dominion before playing it, also negatively affecting its score.

The reality is that Twilight Struggle is a heavy, sort of bland game which appeals to a very limited crowd of enthousiasts. It also has had little impact on the industry as few games copied its system. I find it difficult to qualify it as the "best" game. I think Dominion and Pandemic are much better candidates for this title, at least in recent years, based on their impact on the industry.

Certainly, the industry is currently moving away from heavy games like Twilight Struggle.

...boggles the mind. I mean, this is a tech website, you'd expect people here to be on average more intelligent or at least to have a better scientific culture than the average. And yet, whenever there's an article about climate change, there's always a bunch of morons spouting completely ignorant statements defeated by 10 seconds of googling. Where do all these people come from?

I'm wondering if your keyboard had faulty switches. Blues have an extremely noticeable bump in them, one of the biggest of the Cherry MX lines. I think the new Cherry clear switches might require even more pressure to activate, though.