Notices by 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org), page 72

@binsrc

Their intent is not what i am criticising, it is how they are going about it. If it were my kid I'd tell them I am proud for wanting to fix the problem, but they are going about it in a wrong and shameful way, harmful to themselves and others without seeing the big picture.

I would encourage them to continue to protest and to be an activist, but to be mindful that their actions and words dont do more harm than good.

More importantly, as an adult, particularly if i were in control of a media outlet. I would refuse to promote or give screen time to the kids, like greta, who are being harmful to the cause and instead give the screen time to the kids who are making real sacrifice and accomplishing good towards the cause. This in turn would encourage kids to take the right sorts of actions to bring about change.

@shibaprasad

@binsrc

Their intent is not what i am criticising, it is how they are going about it. If it were my kid I'd tell them I am proud for wanting to fix the problem, but they are going about it in a wrong and shameful way, harmful to themselves and others without seeing the big picture.

I would encourage them to continue to protest and to be an activist, but to be mindful that their actions and words dont do more harm than good.

@shibaprasad

@design_RG Same. Birdsite is really just a circlejerk for celebrities. Not to mention the vast majority of followers are bots. It has no value left for me.

@_lunawinters yes and all related books too like the silmarillion.

@binsrc

How would a hunger strike, recess strike, or another form of strike any less public than a school strike. How public something is comes down to if/how it is announced. I dont see how one is intrinsicly any more hidden than the other.

There are a ton of ways to strike and get publicity and a ton of things kids have to sacrafice. I have no doubt if kids en masse spent their weekends for example gathering and protesting it too would get attention. More so in fact because it would show sacrafice and commitment to a cause. I'm amazed some kids playing hookie got attention at all.

@shibaprasad

@kosame

I miss gentoo, used to love that distro. The udates just broke one too many times for me.

@design_RG @tacumi

Man I hate doing lawn-dairy, I need a maid :)

@_lunawinters any f the LOTR books, always :)

@kosame

If we are talking about a newbie trying to learn i have to disagree. The knowledgebase of howtos are far less on fedora vs ubuntu or mint, and the knowledge you learn there wont carry over to other distros as well since far fewer distros are fedora-like than they are ubuntu-like.

@design_RG @tacumi

@binsrc

Comparing them playing hookie to a strike is not a good comparison IMO for several important reasons.

1) they dont have clear terms they are striking for, so its not really a strike or demand but a perpetual temper tantrum (a justified one mind you)

2) more importantly, a Strike shows your commitment to a cause because you are giving up something and making a sacrifice by striking. PEople who strike sacrifice a pay check and devote the time and energy to stand outside with signs all day when sacrificing that income.

In the case of kids playing hooky from school that is what they **want** to do, every kid (almost) looks for any opportunity they can to get a day off school, to them having a day off is not a punishment but a reward. There is no sense of sacrifice, they are taking something they want (skipping school) and parading it around as a strike.

Nothing about it is a strike, and it is not really at all comparable to what a union does. Striking from work is not the same as striking from education.

Now if these kids were striking from recess, or if they went on a hunger strike every lunch period and instead of going to lunch stood outside with protest signs, **then** id be compelled to agree with you.

@shibaprasad

@design_RG Mint is a great option for someone new, so is Ubuntu.

the learning curve is steep. Windows is built as a platform for non-tech people (Even though tech people do use it). That makes it easy to use without needing to do much research, but it also means it isnt nearly a powerful and not well suited for tech people.

I have a project I run (Aparapi) where I need to compile a native app for windows. Simply compiling on windows (due to the difficulty in automating such a thing) has wasted an astronomical amount of man hours. Having worked in both environments side by side I really dont understand how most windows users can bare it. I usually just tell myself its the result of them not knowing what they are missing as they never put the time in to learn the alternatives.

Not saying that applies to you, but man windows is like pulling teeth as a developer even though i do find it easy to learn.

@tacumi

@design_RG

Yea but your the only one I will lower my standards enough to actually be friends with :)

@tacumi

@design_RG Would have been funnier as a spoonerism "The sip is going to shink"

@design_RG LOL the ship is going to sink :)

A poll the OP asked me to share, it asks "Which OS is using as your development environment?"

https://misskey.io/notes/817oxlt004

@tacumi

@tacumi I can do that but then it wont be a boost, but i can do it as its own post sure, one second.

@design_RG I'm personally ok with brexit, I even support it because I believe large governments are a dangerous centralization of power.

With that said I find both pro-brexit and anti-brexit politicians will both be harful just by taking completely unrelated paths. The sink is going to ship no matter what direction it takes on brexit sadly

@tacumi I would but since it isnt in english I'd be afraid none of my followers would understand what it is saying. Perhaps edit it so it includes an english translation and ill be happy to.

@design_RG I pretty much see the UK as I see america. Its a sinking ship and not a single politician up for election stands a chance of changing that. In fact all of their policies will just cause the ship to sink even faster. They are in a hopeless situation.