A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
The wave of the reddit protests is over, now lemmy must grow on its own merits rather than being “not reddit”.
There’s an old saying: “Linux users use Linux because they hate Windows. BSD users use BSD because they love Unix.” Obviously this is not true for every individual user, but I think it describes a trend or pattern.
“Hello, support? How do I get through the Gnomish Mines in Nethack?”
The Gopher renaissance era perhaps?
I’ve started to reconsider how I do things online. For such a long time it’s been the norm to expect things for free (gratis), and users became the product. If the choice now is being bombarded with ads or paying for a service, I’d rather pay a reasonable price. If I want online storage to keep my files backed up and available, then a small sum is acceptable to me. The important thing is to choose providers who believe in the open spirit of the internet, using free software, respecting privacy. I’ve submitted a couple of patches to the operating system I use. Etc. I want the internet to be a cooperative, friendly place.
At my work they wanted better security, and made the rule of minimum 12 characters, must include all sorts of numbers, special characters, etc, no previously used password and it must be changed every month, 3 attempts then the account is locked and you have to call IT.
The result was that people wrote their passwords on post-its on the screen, so it led to worse security overall and they had ro relax the rules.
People use ed because they want an editor. They don’t want an emacsitor or vimitor. Those aren’t even words.