ADHDeanASLI used to find tech stuff confusing and intimidating. Now, thanks to Mastodon, I still find it confusing and intimidating, but I also realize it’s SUPER boring, too. Thanks, Mastodon!
I wanna thank my fedi sibs out there for the interaction on this toot. Special kudos to the folks who have responded seriously; y’all have made this *chef kiss* a true work of art.
Sad Trombone 
Bob Thomson
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@sollat In my head, there’s Linux and Arch Linux, its sworn mortal enemy
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In my head, there are a thousand Lini and they come together to make a Microsoft-kaiju battling bot called Linux and then they start arguing about who’s going to take the shot to “finish him”.
In my head, there are a thousand Lini and they come together to make a Microsoft-kaiju battling bot called Linux and then they start arguing about who’s going to take the shot to “finish him”.
@sollat While they’re arguing, the Microsoft kaiju gets back up and destroys fifteen more cities
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And then Arch Linux appears with a giant Rust R Python Container Thingee and It Is On.
And then Arch Linux appears with a giant Rust R Python Container Thingee and It Is On.
Asta [AMP]@sollat @adhdeanasl oooooh, finally, the year of the non-boring Linux!
Coles Street Pothole@ColesStreetPothole Wasn’t Foss the fat son on Bonanza? @sollat
DaveBishop and Archbishop
Chancellor and Archchancellor
Enemy and Archenemy
Seems like Archlinux is just superior.
Although as a devuan user I'd probably disagree 😜 🙃
@TheLancashireman Look, all I’m getting here are clicks and buzzes. @sollat
Nic
Logan Five Thousand
contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@sollat @adhdeanasl Did you just say...for the WIN? 👀🪟
for a day, while . . . 🗽
/mərˈkjʊriəl/@adhdeanasl hmmm boring if you find headaches and 3-hour troubleshooting/debugging/researching sessions I suppose
which some people don't find boring at all!
which some people don't find boring at all!
@writeblankspace So what you’re saying is that I understated it
Ruth O’DayMaybe true in the tech side.
But the people on Mastodon are way cooler than other places.
So there’s that.
Petra 4.0
michellelaverickmusic@adhdeanasl Like a lot of open-source tech, you do get mastodon obsessives - who want to explain all the ins & outs - I think some non-tech people find that intimidating. What's needed is a comparison - a mastodon address is more like an email address (innumerable providers), and you can mastodon-to-mastodon to them. The hard thing is decentralisation makes hard to find/meet people.
Chris [list of emoji]If you study hard for years and years, acquiring mastery of the tools, you will eventually learn to see how truly infuriating and frustrating it all is.
(Since this is taking off, I want to clarify that despite my shitposting about tech, I think computers are fascinating, empowering, a creative medium, and a net positive for humanity. I believe that the downsides are mostly abuse of some very useful tools by the rich and powerful trying to become richer and more powerful.
That is: you don't hate computers, you hate capitalism.)
@adhdeanasl - also people respond to jokes without any sense they are jokes, and treat them as serious points to discuss :p ;-)
@michellelaverickmusic But that would never happen on a thread like this
@adhdeanasl - perish thought. clutches pearls... :p
Meercat ✅
@adhdeanasl you’re welcome!
@adhdeanasl Boring is always personal. I will say hackers love people who are bored by cyber security, and who use technology a lot. Perfect targets. A corporation only needs one to be exploited, so just think of the power you have to screw things up.
Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥@adhdeanasl It's funny how the real work of getting things done is often boring. Just read the @potus feed. Even presidenting, actually doing the work and not trying to get people fired up about nothing, is boring.
Isaac Freeman@adhdeanasl That's hardly fair. There's a lot more to tech stuff nowadays than just being confusing, intimidating, and boring. If you keep an open mind and learn more, you'll find that it's also broken, useless, and evil.
Mercurius GoldsteinGet in nerds, we’re going nerding.