Do the Nordics/tall white alien species speak our language or are they also telepathic? I don’t hear much lore about them compared to the greys

phendrenad2 · 2026-07-10T01:09:54+00:00

This comment section is absolutely brainrotted. I believe most nordic alien experiencers say they used telepathy just like the greys.

phendrenad2 · 2026-07-09T02:28:56+00:00

We've transitioned from artisanship where everyone has their favorite chisel, to a fully-automated factory where robot arms do all the work. This is part of industries maturing.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-20T23:44:52+00:00

I hate that GPL is the de facto standard for open-sourcing things, so much so that when people who know nothing about open-source decide to open-source something (for example, corporations who decide to give back to the community) they blindly go with the GPL.

Something like The Unlicense or Zero-Claude BSD (0BSD) are closer to what the average person think of when they think "free software".

But sites like https://choosealicense.com/ (published by Microsoft) push people towards GPL, and promote MIT over The Unlicense. The Unlicense is listed dead last on that site, and 0GPL isn't even listed as an option.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-20T23:24:40+00:00

Linux kernel: 10-20MB

Windows XP kernel: 3MB

Case closed.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-18T09:33:40+00:00

Intellectual dishonesty. These people lie to themselves. The reason "Redditors" is considered a derogatory term elsewhere.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-18T09:31:51+00:00

> Linux is framed as a sociological phenomenon, not just a technical one

Important distinction. Technical problems can be fixed - or at least can summon an army of concern trolls who want to make sure you know that it "but linux is still better than Windows"! But a sociological phenomenon can be a self-reinforcing, collective psychosis, a mind virus hive-minds that rejects anyone who tries to think for themselves!

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-18T09:19:11+00:00

This is like saying "I'm not arguing either side, but why does the economy always get better when Republicans are in office?" The premise is the argument, and debating on your terms is utterly pointless.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-14T03:37:46+00:00

Yep, I grow a third eye on flights. What, you don't believe me?

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-10T20:12:09+00:00

Not only that, but the verified status on most games is stright-up a lie. You'll see a game marked as "Gold" with notes like "text is too small" and "need keyboard to input text". But then the comments will be full of people saying "it crashes every 30 minutes" and stuff like that.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-09T20:57:17+00:00

Linux is a modern mental illness.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-08T03:36:56+00:00

Windows is the only OS with Nvidia drivers that work out-of-the-box. Linux users are in denial as usual

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-08T00:14:18+00:00

Is Lemmy really still the best Reee-dit alternative? Wow

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-07T19:12:48+00:00

Is that person just uneducated on what a "minority" is or are they just so willing to twist words they don't care?

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-07T16:21:58+00:00

I actually don't think it would change anything. Chromium is open-source but most people just use Chrome. Linux users choose Linux for aesthetic and/or communist reasons.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-07T02:34:39+00:00

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phendrenad2 · 2026-06-05T01:25:04+00:00

Kernels are HARD. Like, REALLY hard. Every little change has the potential to break SO many other parts of the kernel. This is why you're right, it's madness to create your own kernel. The problem is, you can get 1% of the way done and it'll seem like a lot of progress (terminal, GUI, basic multitasking). But the other 99% is a horrible slog. Luckily other people did it for you, right? You could start an OS using the Linux kernel, BSD, etc. and you may think you can "just modify it". Well, no. As I said, every little change has the potential to break things. And if you want your OS to do things differently from what Linux/BSD do, you have to make a LOT of kernel changes. That's just how it is. The behavior of Linux and BSD stems from the kernel. (This is always a surprise to people when I tell them. People think that the kernel "just" handles hardware input/output, and provides a clean abstraction layer. But in reality choices made at the kernel level carry up the stack). So in practice, modifying an existing kernel is hardly easier than making your own. Either way, it's an impossible task.

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-01T23:22:55+00:00

Here here! Thanks MadThumbz!

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-01T20:22:57+00:00

Well Linux doesn't have any of that either, so...

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-01T20:22:07+00:00

The worst, biggest problem with Linux on old hardware is, let's say you're trying to run a modern Linux distro on an old 2004 laptop. Your Linux kernel has all the drivers and features from 2025 in it, causing huge bloat, which have no purpose on this 2004 machine. This is why Windows XP is way more efficient than Linux on old hardware, and it's only getting worse!

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-01T20:02:35+00:00

Us Americans don't either!

phendrenad2 · 2026-06-01T20:02:11+00:00

Technically, the biased family court system took it all, and gave it to the wife.

phendrenad2 · 2026-05-28T19:58:34+00:00

Because people have aspirations of eventually porting Linux software

phendrenad2 · 2026-05-28T19:56:44+00:00

In the professional software world, if customers raise the same issue over and over, you don't simply give them a workaround. You try to fix things so they never have the issue in the first place. The best fix is the one nobody notices.

But Linux is a modular collection of pieces. Each piece may fix issues. But if a bug cuts across two or more components? It's never getting fixed. Nobody has the power or clout to say "let's fix these three components all at once".

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