Very interesting experiment. Thanks for sharing! Maybe I'll find some time to run the benchmarks on my Pixel 7 in the upcoming days.

But... How do you even know you can smell ants? Why did you try it? Or can you smell them from meters away?

Learning and / or fun probably.

In case anyone is curious (like I was) what the "gold foil wrap" actually is, here you go:

Multi-layer Insulation, or simply MLI, is a type of high-performance insulator that uses multiple radiation-heat transfer barriers to restrict the flow of (heat) energy. In simple terms, it’s a form of thermal insulation made of multiple layers of thin sheets that is used to cover spacecraft and other space equipment in order to reduce heat loss by way of thermal radiation.

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This is really interesting and I would probably never read it if not for this post. Thanks!

I've been playing with NixOS in spare time for a few weeks now and I'm afraid I don't have a very good news for you. It looks like the learning curve is just very steep. It took me quite a lot of time to get to the point where I have any idea what I'm doing. Some beginner friendly resources which helped me:

• Vimjoyer videos on YT,

• LibrePheonix videos on YT,

• Misterio77 Nix starter configs and his own config.

In general, I recommend checking out people's configs on GitHub. You can learn a lot by example.

Huge thanks to Vaxry and all contributors, Hyprland is great!

I'm very excited for COSMIC!

The first time I realized something like this exists is when I told one of my female friends that I like to walk around my neighborhood at night, with music in my earbuds, often high. She thought I was crazy for doing this and at first I had no idea why.

This was pretty eye opening for me. I think most men have no idea how different world can look to women sometimes.

Thanks!

To be honest I really like the aesthetics of keycaps without labels and I will probably change to those eventually. However, I wanted to play it safe for now considering the fact that it's my first time with a keyboard like this.

It will definitely be 99% stationary but I think I will need to figure out a way to safely travel with it a few times a year since typing on a laptop keyboard feels like a torture now...

We need to remember that there are people making unimaginable amounts of money every time we believe some AI is good enough to replace half of the human workforce.

Good job Cosmic team!

I really hope Cosmic can be the first DE to close the gap between tilling window managers and DEs we have today. Very excited for it!

I would actually say it's VERY complicated but in daily work you probably need like 5 commands and those aren't hard at all.

I would prefer a laptop but every response is helpful. Thank you!

A laptop would be probably easier to manage for me and I see that both have a similar price so I would probably go with MBA. Thanks for the answer!

Yeah, no difference whatsoever between those services...

I just don't think the majority of people are motivated enough. I have met many people who have no hobbies and no ambitions and just don't want to do anything productive. They would like to spend their entire lives playing video games or partying or something similar.

And this is just about the lack of motivation, but what about malicious actors? People who would sabotage other's efforts or try to profit in an unfair way? How would you ensure this won't happen?

What about shitty and unpleasant but necessary jobs no one wants to do?

The idea that once you remove the money everyone will suddenly feel the desire to serve the society is bonkers. Don't get me wrong, I don't love capitalism. I want to believe the world like that is possible, I really do, but I just can't see it working. I live in a society where I have to use a 3 kg bike lock in order not to lose my bike and even then I have to detach the $10 light and take it with me because otherwise it won't be there when I come back. I have zero trust and belief that such society can magically self organize and work together towards a common happiness.

In such a system, people work on what they want, when they want, and provide for society because it's their true desire.

I find it kinda hard to believe that people would be able to achieve the level of organization and would be willing to put in the effort required just by doing what they want when they want, without any outside incentive. I'm not talking about a painting or a book, that's why I specifically mentioned things requiring large investments. And by investment I didn't mean just money but time and effort in general.

That might be true in many cases but do you actually believe that things requiring immense investments and years of work like AAA games and high budget blockbuster movies would be created in any system?

I definitely mean "stealing" as "depriving the publisher of the cost". Limiting the term "stealing" just to moving physical objects really makes no sense in the current world.

it only holds if you'd actually have ponied up were the content not available for free

That's an interesting case I never really considered. If you only genuinely pirate stuff you would never buy otherwise then... I guess it's fine? But this alone doesn't put the end to the discussion because I find it really hard to believe that people would just give up all of the stuff they pirate if they had to pay for it. But in some cases, sure, sounds reasonable.

Artistic content is, believe it or not, produced outside of capitalism as well.

That's true of course but I don't think just pretending we don't live in a capitalist world and taking stuff for free is making this world better in any way.

Let's say something costs $20, from which 75% goes to make some rich guy even richer and only 25% goes to the actual author who put in the work. It's more important to me to give that $5 to the author than NOT to give the $15 to the rich guy. Would I prefer there wasn't a rich guy in the equation? Yes, of course, but that's often just not possible.

In the end, I genuinely want the world to be a better place but I don't really believe in extreme solutions. I appreciate your civilized answer despite different opinions. Peace!

No, I don't, because I can afford stuff and pirating in this situation would be just pure stealing which I believe is morally wrong. Yes, being a billionaire is usually morally wrong too but I don't think it just cancels out.

Justifying piracy by saying capitalism is bad sounds like a hypocrisy to me. You want to use something that exists thanks to capitalism without participating in it. You want to eat your cake and have it too.

Now, the case is different for people that can't afford stuff, especially when they genuinely need it (but I don't draw the line at entertainment, after all people NEED entertainment too). In that case, please pirate away. Everyone deserves a decent life. In general, I largely agree with OP's friend.