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schestowitz__spect is earned, never demSep 07 22:21
schestowitz__> A couple points regarding the logs:Sep 07 22:21
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:21
schestowitz__> 1. I am aware of the difference between the Web and the Internet-- forSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> one, the difference in creation dates (1960s vs 1990s). In 1994, the WebSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> was still largely irrelevant to the public (more than Gopher, even.) TheSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> internet mattered to librarians, at least.Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> Confusing the Web and the Internet is like confusing Office withSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> Windows, or Windows with the PC. But Office still runs primarily onSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> Windows, and Windows still runs (primarily) on the PC.Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> It's true that I was complaining mostly about the Web-- but also aboutSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> Firefox, which is like surfing the web on a 10-metre long,Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> thick-as-a-tree-trunk piece of cardboard. It's just fucking miserable,Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> and the Web itself isn't great. The problems are bigger than the names.Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> Also, someone mentioned that FreeBSD uses a COC from geekfeminism.Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> That was true until recently, they swapped out for a saner one. It's notSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> a fix, but it's an upgrade. In the non-cynical sense. It's progress.Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__>Sep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> FreeBSD too has got bigger problems, like the fact that they're gettingSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> closer to GitHub, and the fact that they think software developed underSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> an NDA is ok. I don't recommend FreeBSD. I installed it on a coupleSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> machines, I still have one install-- the other I had to put somethingSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> else on instead, FreeBSD wouldn't even make it through the entire bootSep 07 22:22
schestowitz__> process. To be fair it is a finicky machine.Sep 07 22:22
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