CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@jane @cas

Fine. We'll take the bait.

Here are some facts.

- SystemD (and most of FD.O) is an IBM product by virtue of the sheer weigh behind Red Hat's contributions to most to their codebases

- Most of the kernel patches are submited by IBM/RHEL, MicroSlop, Amazon, Google, Oracle, Meta employees.

- A lot of these "anti big tech", "for the children" surveilance laws are being lobbied by... These same companies who happen to be contributing most of the code to freedesktop dot org, and who own these very platforms.

- SystemD is the first project to rush to implement these surveilance specs.

These are just facts regarding the current situation.

This has nothing to do with the inane discourse unsavoury people and fascists alike love parroting ad nauseum, going against everything systemd has done due to being "monolithic corporate slop" and "not SysVInit"

And yet... Here we have a clear example of legitimate concerns being drowned by the wolf that cried "child" and their comrades trying to muddy the waters.

The corporate product with a lot of corporate weight behind it is the first to implement the corporate surveilance garbage onto its code way ahead of schedule.

... It is really not a conspiracy when you are seeing the thing happen in real time now is it?

@jane @cas who do you think is behind these surveilance laws? And who do you think makes 5/7ths of freedesktop? Its all IBM/Amazon/Microsoft/Oracle reps there.

Y'all keep forgetting SystemD is a god damn IBM product

@Tijgertje1987 @cas @jane @freya it is not like it is not all that hard to figure how to boot into single-user mode (on anything non-systemdboot anyway)

Kids, if you are reading this, no need to thank this internet bunny for the tip

@f4grx @cas and people who willingly bended over instead of telling California to get over themselves will be to blame.

@f4grx @cas @jane @freya it seems increasingly uncommon these days...

@jane @cas @freya

Y'all SERIOUSLY need to trust your kids more. They arent stupid.

Dunno about your local culture. But everyone here grew up knowing you never had to talk to strangers, nwver dibulge any information and stay away from anything that demands a paynent.

Kids are smarter than you remember. Tell them not to do something and why and 99% of the time they will follow through.

No, you will not get a free PS2. No, that raffle for the shiny creature is rigged against you. No. You may not have horse armour. That game looks sketchy but it comes from Steam you might have it. No i dont care all your friends are posting selfies they are going to get hurt and you cannot make an instagram.

One thing is not letting your kids have any agency (helicoptering) and the other is telling them gently they cannot have things and why.

You cannot leave IBM, Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle decide how it is best to take the task of parenting. The owners of the platforms with addictive content aimed towards children do not have the besr intentions at mind with these policies. The best way to prevent kids from being in places they should not be is... Being literally around them every now and then to check what they are up to and simply... Dont let them go to those platforms.

@cas @jane @freya You ARE supposed to supervise your kids. You know?

It is called "Parenting".

You let them break the computer. And if you catch them installing something nasty you tell them that they should not be doing that.

@cas "i do not understand why people are so upset that i am giving a gun to the firing squad and i am pre-emptively placing myself against the wall. Its not like they will shoot me and go after everyone indiscriminately or anything. Would you rather the goons need to find their own guns and justified action to prosecute me?"

The only thing y'all needed to do is not implement that garbage until 2027, and force everyone to walk the legislation back. And if they dont: "sorry you cannot use this in california". But hey. No. Fuck the entire world over complying with one law for 1/50th of the US of A.

Everyone involved on the linux exosystem development should be ashamed. The big iron financing your patches has played you like absolute fools.

@jdp23 This is good news, truly!

Hopefully the same can happen to these website age verification laws propping up lately...

Feels very weird. But also very well, to draw on a 3DS in 2026.

On the one hand. It is the only thing you can realistically take on the tube with you. But also makes us yearn for a good drawing application on android that did not suck.

Sure. Sure. Krita is amazing and fully featured but it is cumbersome without a keyboard.

Sketchbook kinda comes close but it has some WEIRD choices with their layers and selection options and... Argh.

Drawing on the 3DS was really good for a chance. All Colours! 3D is missing would be a selection mode. Even if just square ones...

The drawing itself is a reflection of our current state of being. Too much dwelling in the sauce will make you end up be part of the soup.

We are all _done_ with a myriad of things. And we really need out of the broth.

#art #3ds #colors3d