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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Scott's observation about time being too valuable as you get older to monkey with things seems mostly right. The other thing is I have less and less interest to figure extremely obscure things out just to solve a little issue. That said, it's foolish to take out frustration on the hardware when it's a software issue. Guess it isn't as satisfying to delete an application.
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I don't buy the boomer bashing. That's the generation that created Internet and cryptocurrency. Frustration about needless complication is understandable.
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Greybeard Definition · GitHub
Greybeard: An aging [unix hacker] type with an impressive [unix beard] that has now turned grey. Originally a young [neckbeard], these [Gandalf] resembling [curmudgeons] are renowned for their knowledge of theoretical computer science, arcane unix and complete inability to use a remotely contemporary computer.
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Richard Stallman, like Ted Kazinski, was right. Prophets rub people the wrong way.
His complaint about advertising is mooted by running Chromium under the Raspberry OS. Chromium under Ubuntu still shows the ads.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'll have to listen to Chenk, because he doesn't seem like the type that would accept even what his own eyes were seeing given the depth of his ideological possession.
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That's what makes it newsworthy, if true.