On one hand, I agree with you, I want everything done the old way and all my packages updated, and for all that software to still work.

On the other hand, that's not actually realistic, and a lot of people have to do a lot of hackery and patchwork in order to make it be like that.

I chose the version of Lutris that you get from their apt repo. If it installed extra 3d libraries, I didn't notice because disk space is cheap. I noticed it installed extra copies of runners available to Steam. I'm not thrilled about it, but I only noticed because I was was watching (I like to watch... status messages, that is.)

I run Devuan and I mostly run the versions of things I can get at least from backports, and I am running testing now, but it is now in rc status so that is not very testish. But sometimes, if you want the latest version of something, the best options are a flatpak or appimage. I also have found myself using docker containers to build a lot of software, and to run some services that are just problematic to get working otherwise.

Marketing, spamming, and scamming are big biz. Jerky companies are still part of the economy.

I live in Utah... I wonder what effect this will have on my power prices.

[citation needed]

Windows 11 is causing me grief daily, and the UI is provably worse than it was in 10.

People don't appreciate how aerodynamic cars can be at this time, and have been since the late eighties. My 1989 240SX fastback had an 0.21 Cd. Yeah, the Aptera has a lot less frontal area, but it also has a bunch of stupid shapes sticking out that a car doesn't have to have.

Same for three wheeled car projects. The only time they ever made sense was for war-ravaged Europe trying to get back on its feet and saving scarce materials and manufacturing time by making simpler 3-wheeled microcars with fewer complex parts. It seems like a good idea at first glance, you reduce rolling resistance, you could potentially reduce wind resistance, you save money on parts. But the driving experience is shit; you can't corner as hard so your ability to avoid obstacles is reduced, the three tracks mean you drive through more potholes and hit more other obstacles (all kinds of shit falls off vehicles) that you could have dodged if you had two tracks, replacement of the third tire is more complicated than on a normal four-wheeled vehicle, you can only tow them on a rollback and not with a wrecker, etc.

Three-wheeled vehicles are shit, and any business plan which involves selling them in volume is stupid.

No, only the ones involving determining eligibility for social services that should be replaced by UBI.

Since when did we enshrine unsustainability?

Since when did we celebrate life's purpose being enhancing shareholder value?

You have nothing to lose but the boot you're deep throating.

If the workplace policies and procedures don't prevent certain employees making it toxic for everyone, then it's the workplace, same as how a business which cannot pay a living wage doesn't deserve to exist because it's an unsustainable business model.

Gee, that sure does sound familiar. I wonder where I heard that recently?

I've been compiling software for Linux since I first started running it 1994 and it has never been more complicated than it is today. Dependency changes five levels deep or more and you get compilation errors at multiple levels. Your dismissiveness is unwarranted and makes you look ignorant.

Amen! They should let underlings rate bosses also. While it shouldn't be the main criteria for management evaluations, it should be a consideration.

always happens.

the tech giants making the biggest AI investments are fueling their ambitions by cash on hand -- not loading up balance sheets with debt.

They are using their increased hype-supported stock price.

They're working on tangible technology that has actual orders behind it...

Let's see the actual orders. If you give it away for free (to gain market share) then demand will indeed appear, but what about when the subsidies dry up?

the current enterprise-to-sales ratios are also much lower than those of the dominant companies in the late 1990s.

Because as mentioned, many existing companies are behind the AI boom, and they have enterprise value from other products. Since most don't published their AI revenue or bundle it, it's possible it's embarrassingly small.

Some of us set smaller limits because we have 64GB in our system and don't want 32GB of tmp if something goes bananas.