@alcinnz @fribbledom
Yet another example of capitalism destroying breeding habitats for our endangered superheroes.

Current Mood: that yay/aagghh feeling when you realize an entire deeply-connected subsystem you wrote might now be completely redundant.

@anubis2814 Okay, this is the second time I've seen discussion of vaccines causing "injuries". Can you tell me what this is about?

@RefurioAnachro Gosh, it sounds like designing an efficient OS that can run quickly might require designing stuff instead of just slapping on more layers whenever we need another bit of functionality. 🤔

Sounds kinda dangerous and radical and you are definitely probably a communist -.-

cc: @eryn

Wild idea: single-user OS for older equipment.

Given how much more sluggish stuff is now vs Windows 98SE circa 2001, despite the computing power being orders of magnitude higher, I have to wonder if this couldn't be a thing.

Actually, I guess the real question is: what is really eating all that computing power?

@scanlime ...okay, I'll need some dots connected on that one.

@bhart It's been justified on the grounds of compensating for "investor risk" since the beginning of capitalism, as I understand it -- but that justification itself rests on a bunch of other assumptions that are highly questionable.

Hot takes:

• Proprietary software is theft.
• Profit is theft.*

* this may by now be a lukewarm take