Publishing a physical book is expensive, publishing a website is dirt cheap. For the publisher and author of a book it’s much more imperative to release good content that people will want to read, cover to cover. You can find more extensive, in-depth, and up-to-date content on the Internet but where exactly and is the info all in one place? Websites are also often made with the assumption you’ll jump around or that you know what you’re looking for. If you’re learning something new it’s often best to have a linear, paved path and not be your own guide.

Edit: Someone else said it first but I was trying to say library books are “curated” in a roundabout way.

If the EU (or China) steps it up we’ll eliminate HIV in Africa before it’s eliminated in the US. Christians still need a way to punish homosexuals.

Porn has been around since cave paintings. 😐

I mean, for once, this isn’t just a chant. Epstein was the supplier but we have yet to nail his customers to the wall.

And they know your medical conditions, your income, your likes and dislikes, your hobbies, your vices, your insecurities, your deepest desires. Fast forward 10 years and every page and site you visit will be AI generated on the spot to lead you around by the nose and which way they feel like.

“Your local team just won the championship! Buy one of their limited edition jerseys now for only one hour of your income! Act now and we won’t send videos of you jerking it to your coworker your wife is super jealous of. If you pay for express shipping we’ll disable your home security and quietly sneak in and hang it in your closet, even while you sleep! Just kidding! We bought all of this for you anyway, because we own your drug store and we would’ve just withheld your insulin until you bought a jersey… I mean TWO jerseys.”

Protect from what? I mean seriously. Most of us (guys at least) probably saw porn way before we were old enough and most of us probably didn’t end up as rapists or pedophiles. It’s not a good thing by any means, but it really feels like we’re trying harder to keep sexual material from entering their brains than we are trying to keep them fed, clothed, educated, housed, healthy, loved, and physically safe. Of all the things I mentioned the last seven have a monumentally greater affect on their success and well-being as an adult.

Or Facebook => Friendica?

Does Bitcoin count?

Holding them accountable would be jail time. I’m fine with even putting the salesman in jail for this. Who’s gonna sell your vehicles when they know there’s a decent chance of them taking the blame for your shitty tech?

They’re the Oceangate of cars but waaaaaaay better at hiding the deaths.

Bankruptcy filing in 3… 2…

I’ve been very pleased with ublue (Fedora) distros as daily drivers. They are very stable and low maintenance like you prefer. UCore sounds best for this purpose - https://github.com/ublue-os/ucore

Not a bad idea if you want a bare minimum solution but set up could be a bit of a pain. More info: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86

If it’s like any other nuclear plant it could go on for decades with an ever-increasing budget and nobody would raise an eyebrow.

LFG!

Drive it like you stole it. If the wheels fall off get another one.

I develop (nothing graphical) and mostly Bazzite has been fine for development. Every now and then it’s a little awkward (e.g. switching back and forth between a native terminal and distrobox) but I’ve never felt it was “incapable” of something. I just wouldn’t discount immutables entirely. If OP is starting from scratch I think they could give it a spin and know within a week if it was incompatible with their workflows.

I don’t have any interest in things like Blender or Unreal Engine but I’m curious what makes them incompatible with Bazzite? The only thing that’s been a real PITA for me is old printer drivers (like a 15yo printers).

And as a result of our ass backwards system it’s not uncommon for me to see 2-3 bills for ONE visit. Of course, each bill has its own payment system too.

That counts as your break. 🤨