Some jokes are not funny.

I find Photoshop not intuitive too, because its different from GIMP.

The long awaited shape tool is coming up next. So the next GIMP version is shaping up to be a great release. This reply is in no shape or form a word play. :>

We already have that: Microsoft Edit: Microslop

Actually, I think in one point you are right: Don’t phase out X. Because that would mean all the horrible people would go to all the alternatives and spread like viruses… So leave X there for honeypot of dumb users.

Libreofficedoes, what Nintendon’t.

I don’t think that ease of use is the problem. The problem is, people want an exact copy. Most people don’t like changes, they just hope that the alternative is the same, just without the issues they leaving it. Same expectations for GIMP and Linux operating systems… (for the normie at least).

Yeah, I’m surprised how many go to Bluesky. It’s just Twitter all over again, controlled by a single company.

The separation is from a time, when some community members were unhappy with the single dictator of Vim. Reworks like multi-threading system in example lead to the new fork. The reason I switched to Neovim is 2 years ago (Edit - Note to myself: It’s been longer than 2 years…) or so, when I had a buggy and very slow experience with Vim and a few plugins to program in Rust. It might be the plugins itself that caused this issue, but it was one nontheless and is the main reason why I switched. Since then the Vimscript got revised and improved and lot of improvements were made to Vim itself. I think a bit competition is good.

This is such a broad topic, that we need some qualifiers to focus. Ai tools in servers from big companies is an absolute no. I am experimenting for fun with local tools on my hardware only. Then there is a huge difference in generative Ai tools that generate code, assist tools to in example translate human languages, or if you use it to ask questions in example. So there is a huge difference in how, for what, and what you actually use Ai.

Ai tools can be useful, under the right circumstances and conditions. But it comes with the problem that they mostly have scraped data without consent and ignoring the licenses. And for server based Ai you also give up your privacy and you need internet connection at all times; loosing control. Then there is this generating code thing. If you don’t program yourself and don’t understand and generate lots of code, then it will be spaghetti code, with hallucinations and you don’t understand every detail to check it.

While I am not the biggest fan of Ai (but also not the biggest hater as well, at least for local models), I think banning a topic because you don’t like it is not fair for everyone else. It is already used and part in many sections in our life, so discussing it (either if its good or bad or its pitfalls or recommendations) should be allowed. Especially in a generalized topic such as Open Source or Programming. I mean would you rather like it being silently used and lied about or make it official, and at least then you can filter out and ignore stuff about that topic?

I mean you don’t have to participate in the Ai discussions, but you can allow others to discuss. I don’t understand why you want to ban it for everyone.

BTW one can encrypt the hard drive and data on a laptop with a password. Then even if the person changes the drive to read it on a different computer, it wouldn’t have access if its encrypted. So if you are really concerned about this issue, then encrypting would be a way to fight against this potential problem.

As for the “crafted scenario”… maybe I should work on my wording too. Lets’ leave it there. I actually agree with your core message, its’ just not worded in a way that people understood. Or the headline alone turned people off. Also you apparently did the same post before? That also might turn people off. Not a good practice.

But that is a specifically crafted scenario and has nothing to do if the system is private or not. I mean at home you have privacy. Just because someone could break into it does not mean its never private. The Linux PC is private out of the box and by default, because no one else has access to it. You just created a scenario that is not out of the box, but compromised or stolen.

I understand the issue you bring up here, but the chosen language you use is wrong in my opinion. That is why the misunderstandings and why people don’t agree with your statements. I think you are thinking in terms of “Private mode in a browser”.

You could invent a new language that only you understand. Just an idea.

Yes, the browser history.

The data is not sent to any service (at least not without asking you). It is your private data on your private computer. Collecting information and configuration on your PC does not make it less private. A different user on the system can’t access your private data. Private means, that all your private data is not accessible by others (unless you allow to). So yes, most Linux distributions are in fact private out of the box.

Is this app 18+ only or are children allowed to find older boyfriends? How are teens and children protected?

I’ve never heard of this before. Nice to have other variations. https://www.redotengine.org/ I wonder why they forked Godot. Also they don’t like to mention it at all it seems: https://docs.redotengine.org/en/stable/about/introduction only at the bottom as

© Copyright 2024-present by the Redot community, modified from an original work by Juan Linietsky, Ariel Manzur and the Godot community (CC BY 3.0).

If I were a game developer, I would probably stick to Godot unless there is a really good reason for relying on this fork. One has to trust them fully.

I remember when this project was in young age and I saw it the first time. I thought to myself “ah yeah, it’s nice to have but one of those projects no one will care in the industry”. And here we are, Godot (12y) rivaling industry giant like Unity (20y).

I had to look at the scroll bar to see how long this is still going.