For smashing things

No, I’m a lazy shite, I just did an image search for clippy 1984. I feel bad now I didn’t make more of an effort 😕

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Indeed, trickle down environmental improvements will come guided by the invisible hand of the market.

And you’re completely right, food supply should be protected. Maybe programmes to plant wild vegetation such as well suited local produce everywhere instead of bare concrete and wasteland could help, not only food supply but also the environment.

But then that would effect farming profitability, so that of course is too idealistic and not viable… I wish I was as clever as you.

Great minds.

Guardian isn’t great either imo, I’d say centre right, some discussion below

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-reason-that-many-people-think-The-Guardian-is-a-left-wing-newspaper-Did-it-always-have-this-reputation-or-has-it-changed-over-time

Internally in the UK, the BBC brought in quota to hire more right wing comedians after it was found they aren’t funny

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/01/rightwing-comedians-not-funny-enough-for-bbc-shows-says-insider

This was by Tim Davie the director general, a very generous Tory donor

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18990557.boris-johnson-appoints-tory-donor-chairman-bbc/

The BBC has been fully captured and the stuff that comes out of it is as biased as any of the right wing media outlets (which is pretty all major outlets now), but done in a plummy(1) way that seems to get past a lot of peoples bullshit detention

1. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plummy

Ponzi scheme with some confusing mathematics to make it appear legitimate.

This is the thing, I think desktop Linux has everything I need and the edges cases I can script. I find most tools much more useful to use on the cli. Web stuff is usually provided via a browser and some sort of application running within the browser.

The only thing Id prefer a UI for is image/video editing, and while the tools for Linux for these usually aren’t as pretty, they are usually more functional.

If I can’t change some software when I need too, this annoys me, which is why I use Linux. Slick apps with pretty UI and really well defined UX while nice, are normally very restrictive by design…

Most people who don’t care about the level of functionality and customisation I’m thinking of, normally don’t venture beyond the web anyway, so having mint and an up to date browser is likely a nicer experience for them than other OSes.

Or they’re using a phone, which to be fair does currently need work with Linux…

It should at least get rid of the human infection

It’s clearly the only viable option at this point