rainerloeten

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[–] rainerloeten 7 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. I didn't mean to say he "only" changed my view, in case that's the impression. He is a great man, the entire (digital) world is built on his legacy so to say, yet barely anyone knows about him.

PS: little anecdote as I once went to an Apple Store and scrolled through the software licenses in the settings on an iPad of iOS and found one crediting Richard Stallman as the author. I just left it like that, thought it's funny having his name on an iPad in the Apple Store :p

[–] rainerloeten 2 points 1 year ago

You're right, I agree and should have pointed that out myself. I'm constantly seeing both parts being used as an excuse not to change by either side respectively and it angers me. If one side starts, then at least the other can't use them as an excuse anymore.

Thanks again for your comment :p

[–] rainerloeten 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Personal responsibilities and actions are important ofc but pale in comparison to systematic, structural change that is needed. E.g. a few people significantly reducing their diet of animal products or going vegan is great (hence I did it), but as long as slaughtering and abusing animals is subsidized by billions from the state level this won't have a large affect :/

BP's carbon footprint propaganda did a lit of damage.

[–] rainerloeten 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah just fucking sad. This guy changed the way I think about software, releasing code I write, contributing etc. Would be so sad to see him go.

[–] rainerloeten -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I thought it's actually quite funny, besides doesn't really take more than a minute or two? You can still have a life and post shitty memes :D

[–] rainerloeten 2 points 1 year ago

It's now called Eternity, at least the one I'm using.

[–] rainerloeten 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe I misunderstand, but just to clarify: I assume he didn't mean "satire" created by PragerU but as in satire created by e.g. the onion. So to see if the post was real (or fake/satire) he'd have to visit their insta which he didn't want.

[–] rainerloeten 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Why is this downvoted?? PragerU is trash

Edit: it was 1/2 nor 20/2

[–] rainerloeten 3 points 1 year ago

Oups I just got the reply-notification and didn't bother to check the username 😅

[–] rainerloeten 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't expect that.. ngl ^^ So you just casually standing in the kitchen surfing the web on your fridge?

[–] rainerloeten 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just wanna add that one reason this monopoly is dangerous is that Google (could and nowadays) does use it to dictate "web standards". So e.g. they don't come anymore from organizations that develop standards but Google just forces their own standards by sheer power of market dominance.

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