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What I find really worrying though is the trend to pick headlines that don't summarize, but sensationalize and twist the content. And that's not just a tabloid problem.

I know that this is designed to generate more clicks, but since most people skip most of the content, only the headlines stick. And if these are wrong, misinformation will stick.

And let's be honest: 90% of news articles don't contain more relevant information for me than the headline.

"Politician said X" has almost never any effect on my life.

I just scrolled through the front page of Der Spiegel. The first 10 articles are speculations about campaign decisions, analyses of things already known, and opinion pieces of some mildly knowledgeable people.

Yeah, that's mostly irrelevant. Yes, some background would be nice, but I don't have time to read about everything that isn't of consequence for me anyway.

Yes, but it's not Unix. That's literally part of GNU/Linux' name.

Mac OS is more Unix than Linux.

Most people don't shut down their Macs that often, the fingerprint sensor on the keyboard acts as a power button 99% of the time.

Stupid decision, but almost inconsequential in real life.

Which makes it even more concerning that people who apparently didn't even have time to fall in a conspiratorial rabbit hole don't manage to distinguish between a not so great candidate and a raging lunatic.

That phenomenon is called Epstein Barr Virus.

A standstill is probably the best you could hope for right now, but not exactly a positive outcome.

And a lot of people would call that incapable.

This is a form of learned, or rather forced to internalize, helplessness. People don't even want to understand things, even though they absolutely could and ought.

Why, though?

A french press is literally the easiest way to make coffee. There's hardly anything to fuck up and it's dirt cheap - like 10€ at Ikea.

No, but it causes alpha particles to be emitted.

I think you don't distinguish enough between professionals and capables.

All your points are either "sysadmin" or "complete buffoon" and nothing in between. That's not how reality works.

You absolutely are expected to be able to check your oil and just a few years ago, you were expected to be able to change your tires. That doesn't make you a car mechanic, but a capable user.

I'm absolutely not a car guy, but I know how to change a tire. Why? Because it's necessary knowledge. I also know how to file my taxes, even though I'm not an accountant or tax consultant. Again, because it's necessary.

The sentiment should rather be, that the system maintains itself. And that's actually something I would get behind.

Tinkering around is cool, but I'm in my 30s and when my girlfriend's build pipeline finishes, I'll be a father, I can't spend 4h every week fixing stuff, I need a reliable platform to work on. Currently that is indeed a mix of Debian and Nix for me.

At least the normal update process should work completely transparently for the user.