Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave
by seagreen on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:45AM
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I have a lot of accurately placed anger.
Linux is great for experts, and I really respect it for that. It has been very empowering to people like us.
The web is a peasantizing TV replacement and a trash fire. Linux is great on its own merits, not because it enabled this "web" abomination.
(Talking about webapps here, not web sites. Your personal static site is awesome. The fact that many people's experience with computers is remotely delivered JS storing data places they don't control is not.)
Linux is great for experts, and I really respect it for that. It has been very empowering to people like us.
The web is a peasantizing TV replacement and a trash fire. Linux is great on its own merits, not because it enabled this "web" abomination.
(Talking about webapps here, not web sites. Your personal static site is awesome. The fact that many people's experience with computers is remotely delivered JS storing data places they don't control is not.)