MyBrainHurts

@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I’ll be looking into it this weekend!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I took the plunge during the holiday interregnum.

  A lot of stuff was stunningly simple, some frustrating hiccups/learning experiences here and there but I think all the games I checked are working.

  I still have to do some work to figure out how to get mods working (not usually a dealbreaker but I’ve heard they really improve Fallout NV and I’ve been itching to try it) but goddamn it feels awesome to finally leave windows!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sneaky devils, thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you own Total War: WARHAMMER I or II you'll soon get Total War: WARHAMMER III Immortal Empires free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s pretty dang cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great points!

  It feels like these should be solvable problems, though.

  I absolutely fully agree. Honestly, I think some sort of micro transaction system would be the answer to ubiquitous advertising etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I think you got it exactly. Once we get used to a thing for free, we get very annoyed when it is no longer free.

  And fully agree with paywalled/paid journalism versus the hellish race to the bottom engendered by advertiser supported news.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the implicit argument, to me at least, was that all journalism should be free. Which, sure but that’s a way larger discussion than just the internet. We’d need radically new funding models etc.