So relieved I wasn’t the only one thinking this

But not seriously

Probably a net benefit for the environment, too…

A valuable lesson

Excellent summary. Just as a bit of trivia I’ll add that Linux file permissions go like r w x (read write execute) = 4 2 1, so taken all together a 7 means the indicated user can do all those operations.

And yeah, it breaks your system in surprising ways. Most people would just have to start over.

I accidentally did this on a work computer, just going with tab completion. Things started to break very quickly. I don’t think I could even run sudo or rm lol. Total wash. Had to reinstall (this was on my first week in office - so embarrassing!).

TIL I look quite a bit like 2 LA cops in particular

Also look at how FB et al can’t even keep themselves from tracking you all over the internet using all kinds of clever engineering engineering beyond plain cookies.

If it actually becomes ubiquitous, the ability to tie all the anonymous impressions to one person is too tempting for surveillance ghouls.

Lol what I feel like saying

This is a conversation between me and the gcc compiler (I suck at programming)

Because then you wakeup in your makeup.

I… hadn’t thought about that.

I believe any good thing you can say about crypto will eventually be coopted and controlled by capital.

The same is true for all “disruptive” technology unless it’s built specifically to be hostile to monied interests, like the fediverse - and even then, you have to continue defending it against incursions.

As soon as you could exchange it for real money it just became another tool of capital to move in secret.

I wish the rich would take advantage of our more virtuous qualities. Like I would love for someone to back me financially to go around compulsively pulling up invasive plants and lobbing pollinator flower bombs into abandoned lots.

Wow she must really like that pattern.

As it happens, I thought you were doing a bit based on your username I though ah this person is pretending to be insane because none of that makes sense lol

The muscle memory is real. It’s like a twitch more than a conscious action.

Haha yeah I was just being silly

Ubuntu for me