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- Comment on LINUX is still HARD to install? 2 years ago:
Some tools are easier to learn than others, because of the nature of their design.
Yep, and modern computers are incredibly hard to understand tools, by nature of their design. By trying to hide this complexity from users you are creating more (unnessecary) complexity and through that make it even harder for users to understand how the system works all the while potentially limiting its usefulness. Free software is about enabling users to fully utilize their hardware, not about making them slaves to a software. Linux is the most practical FOSS OS we have and it works on 40 year old principles, like all other major operating systems, we should focus on making the most of it, not on hiding that.
If you feel something could be solved in a better way you are free to do so or at least find someone to do so. If you are unable to find or comprehend existing documentation, for whatever reason, I'm certain you will find someone willing to help you in no time and free of charge. But don't complain if your only problem is that you want to stay ignorant. There are plenty of commercial offerings for that.
If a tool was over-engineered and its alternative was perceived as more straightforward by the average user
The problem was that Linux installers are less over-engineered then some people feel they should be.
An English speaking American could very well enrich their life by learning Spanish
The point was, that if they don't want to learn spanish, then they have no business complaining about being unable to communicate when in spain.
- Comment on Is it normal that I see posts two times? 2 years ago:
When reposting to other communities, it creates a new post, comments between them are linked. They look similiar in lemmur though.
- Comment on LINUX is still HARD to install? 2 years ago:
People do know how to learn, they just have different priorities
Then that's their fault, and not the installers. Tools require at least some knowledge to use them. If someone doesn't acquire this knowledge they will at best break their tools (which is pretty difficult with computers) or at worst hurt others. The comparison isn't with "would you learn useless language x" but "would you learn language x if you plan to move to a country where it is the official language".
- Comment on 2 years ago:
But you can view the messages on your phone, so they are decrypted at some point. Then an attacker can steal the key and read them whenever they want. Or they just take screenshots when you use the app if they are lazy.
- Comment on 2 years ago:
mobile payments are HUGE in Asia and is probably coming to the US too.
But there is no need to have it in the messenger. That just sounds like a stupid idea: make your payment system connected to the internet, addressable by name and make it parse and load all kind media. Mobile OS have per-app sandboxing so why not take advantage of it?