Because, that's what we're (y'know, the sheeple) are told!

And that's because Ubuntu is designed to be used by Windows refugees and wannabe geeks who like bragging that they're using Linux but aren't interested in learning how it works or how to do any system maintenance that can't be done in a point-and-drool gooey. And for those of you who think I'm being too harsh, or find my description striking too close to home, try this: go to the main Ubuntu forum with a simple problem on an Ubuntu box that's past EOL and see how they respond. Then, do the same thing with an EOL Fedora box at one of their forums. Guess which one will help you and which one won't.

It starts off that way but winds up with ethnic hiring practices and nepotism..

Cheap labor becomes a thing of the past.

jobs.now has a database or these postings.

Most people wouldn't argue that Switzerland is a real country, recently with about 7 million people. Especially before the EU influence and the ending of financial privacy there.

Yet most or those same people would argue that half of US States couldn't each be an independent country because there aren't enough people.

Being neutral would benefit many of them in the ongoing hostilities.

Wow, you allow 8 hours of continuous driving in the US?

(Edit crank comments on child labor)

...In other parts of the world the number is much lower. (EU rules is 4.5 hours with 45min break, maximum 9 hours of driving in any one day with 2 exceptions to 10 hours per week).

It's because in the US we're not all pussies...and we get stuff done.

Interesting. A conversation about the beliefs and statements of a famous philosopher, and his reasons for them, doesn't qualify as a conversation about philosophy?

I am sensing a distinction without a difference.

Be that as it may, I don't have control over Gemini's training data so I have no say over how much representation Islam might have in it. That would be on Google.

It's totally different in a place like the US. We have more land than we could reasonably populate and plenty of natural resources. We could absorb enormous numbers of people and we would be better off for it.

No....we have room for people that WANT to assimilate into the US, learn the common language, and believe in what the US stands for....not to come in and tear it down and form into something else.

Wanting to come here and start sharia law....that's a hard NO.

We do not want people coming here that on a basic level disagree with what the US stands for, what the US constitution was set up for, and do not want people that do not want to become a US citizen and embracing what we stand for.....we do not want people coming into the US and staying, that hold loyalty and allegiance to foreign countries and entities over the good will and preservation of the USA.

No....diversity when it includes anti-American feelings and politics are NOT something that is welcome here.

NO...not everyone is welcome nor should they be.

Really? Consider:

Me: Was Nietzsche antisemitic?

Gemini: The question of Friedrich Nietzsche’s relationship with antisemitism is a classic case of historical identity theft. The short answer is: No, Nietzsche was not an antisemite. In fact, he was frequently and vocally "anti-antisemitic."
The confusion largely stems from two sources: the deliberate manipulation of his work by his sister after his death, and his aggressive critique of Judeo-Christian morality, which casual readers often mistake for ethnic or racial hatred.
(goes on to give specifics)

My Co-worker: Who is Knee Chi?

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  Me: Why did Nietzsche accuse Christians of being nihilists?

Gemini: It seems like a paradox: how can a religion with a God, a heaven, and a strict moral code be "nihilistic"? For Nietzsche, nihilism wasn't just the belief in nothing; it was the denial of this life in favor of a fictional one.
He argued that Christianity is the "ultimate nihilism" because it devalues the only reality we actually have. Here is how he broke down that accusation: (goes on to give specifics).

A typical Christian: Because Nietzsche was an atheist, and wrong.

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If you don't want Google tracking your philosophical interests, just clear cookies before and after a chat.

I'd like one, but I just dropped about $4500 on the new Widelux X swing lens 35mm camera that Jeff Bridges and co just released for pre-production this week.

I generally buy myself 1 or 2 nice toys a year and well, this took up one slot.

The Cypress Street Viaduct (the major double-decker that collapsed in the Loma Prieta quake) was built in 1957 by US contractors. Embarcadero was similarly built by US contractors in the 1960s. Russians had nothing to do with it. The only thing Russian about any of it is Embarcadero running near Russian Hill, which was named for a Russian cemetery near its peak.

We're easing up on nearly everything else in the name of any number of lofty goals, so why not homework? In our collective rush to make sure nobody gets offended, is pressured, feels stupid, or gets "left behind", we increasingly regard advancement as untrustworthy, and preparation as a side effect rather than a goal.

So, sure. Let's drop homework into that abyss. Today's teachers are already blessed with students so smart they don't really need teaching at all. I'm sure that our current generation in middle school - clearly the most prepared, literate, capable, and multi-talented generation yet - will continue to outpace and outshine their poor, homework-saddled predecessors.

Failing that, those of us in the Gen X camp and the millennials that followed will have endless cheap, desperate, and unskilled labour at our disposal, should we need to leverage it. Somebody has to fill the jobs those migrant workers are barred from, right?

Personally, I like Ubuntu. Its been really stable, easy to use, does what I want.

I like AI too. Is that going to get me roasted? I use it at work and it has gotten much better in the past year or so, so I use it a lot at work now. And I chat anonymously with Gemini because it can hold a philosophical conversation with me better than most people I know.

I don't like being spied-on of course. So I will probably be disabling the various AI features that they are baking into the OS. I have no need for text/speech AI and I have no need for baked-in task automation or troubleshooting AI. When I discover a need for AI, I just reach out to the proper tool.

But I am not going to quit using my favorite distro just because they are trying to keep up with the rest of the world. So long as it's easy for me to turn it off (no Microsoft-style dark patterns) and it stays off once I turn it off (again unlike Microsoft), I am fine with it.

A good question that deserves a good answer. Back in Biblical Times, Hebrew didn't need to use vowels because the language is so regular that if you know the language and its alphabet you know what the vowels are and where they go. Vowels were developed and put into use so that people who didn't know Hebrew very well could still know how to pronounce the words. And, there are many people today who only bother with the vowels if they expect what they're writing to be read by people like me who can read Hebrew out lout f(Thanks, phonics!) but don't know what the words mean.