The difference is that each Windows upgrade is objectively worse.

Also, even if it wasn’t, a large number of the people who use Windows don’t continue to do so because they really loved Windows, it’s because they’ve always used Windows and don’t want anything to ever change.

So each EoL kicks their asses off their ledge and they have to make the biggest fuss about it, because that is just what using a computer is for them.

It’s just a mentality thing, and not something they’ll readily put into words because it’s clearly futile and churlish.

Its worse. He’s a Mormon.

Apples turn brown when you freeze them.

Neurotypical people do not.

I’ve gotten into quite a lot of systemd-related flame wars so far, and what strikes me is that I haven’t heard a single reason why systemd is good and should be used in favor of openrc/sysvinit/whatever.

“Hi I’m new to Linux, I switched from Windows to Alpine Linux and my laptop’s battery life has gone from 6 hours to 30 minutes before needing a charge.”

They are a Silicon Valley-based foundation half-heartedly rehashing Silicon Valley’s worst trends.

The truth is, you have to do these sorts of things to attract and retain talent, even if they aren’t great ideas.

The idea is to get people used to visiting KFC.

Which Podman version are you running it on?

Trump was elected in 2016 because he got on twitter and was a birther dickhead.

Democrats ran Hillary and that was just a bridge too far for some Americans.

Democrats ran an old white man in 2020 and won.

2024 Democrats are running a black woman. Is that a bridge too far for Middle Amerikkka?

Pickling is one way to preserve food, but refrigeration is better.

What are your hobbies, OP?

Start a car detailing business. Use the water to wash the cars.

Use the money from new, low-overhead business to do anything you want.

Carls Jr Microsoft Windows. Fuck you, I’m eating!

Ay but it has the population density of Alaska

I disagree that the culture currents have changed that fast.

If the economy recovered and gave much better prospects for young people and housing was cheaper, they’d still be expected to move out on their own.

I think people understand the realities of our current situation, but usually multigenerational housing is still not considered an ideal situation.

I assume you are American, and probably not Hispanic?

Because these assumptions are extremely cultural.

Anyways, for white Americans “Self-sufficiency” (or Self-reliance as Ralph Waldo Emmerson called an extreme version of it) is an old Puritan value, like hardwork and lifelong monogamy.

Every conspiracy theory comes back to covering for oil money and the political party they run (Republicans).

Watergate proven to happen? “Yeah, but aliens…” worked so well to distract and muddle the public that Reagan was elected in another landslide six years later.

They have a for-profit subsidiary, for tax purposes.

Plenty of independent coffee shops sell Lotus energy drinks for this exact reason.

To add to all this, if most of your customers are seriously there to taste their flavored syrups and milk of their favorite drink, you wouldn’t want to alter or even ruin that with unexpected, unique coffee flavors.