Minor notes after researching the tools some more:

• Neither tool is free as in freedom. They’re proprietary and the limited source code they released is different from the binaries they provide.
• They have not released a Linux version and any port is impossible due to the proprietary nature.
• They only support Nvidia GPUs.
• The WebGlaze tool is invitation only. This isn’t in and itself a bad thing, except you can only request an invitation via Instagram or Twitter.
• One or both of the projects have violated the GPL at one point early on.

I’m not an artist but nearly all of the aforementioned points lead me to have a resoundingly negative view of the project. Maybe I’m cynical but it seems they intend to make the tool subscription-based in the future after gaining enough market share.

I don’t think that’s why kids hate it. Rather, teachers fail to explain the underlying motivations, the reasoning and the purpose which makes math feel like arbitrary decisions.

I’d argue math is much more uncertain than other subjects. What’s the purpose of the endoplasmic reticulum in your cells? Just memorize the textbook. Find all X such that [statement] is true? You better have some creativity! Or a lot, depending on the problem.

Some accompanying evidence for uncertainty: https://xkcd.com/2117/

I am if and only if I am.

Zweibel would be two Bel (or two Decibel, converted to the better known unit) if you forgot about your space key.

Surely you mean Zwiebel.

There’s no problem with piracy if you never ever ever intend to subscribe to a streaming service though. Give me the option to pay for DRM-free .mkv files with differing qualities and bit rates and I’d consider not pirating, provided the prices are reasonable.

These suggestion all sound quite bland and corporate though. GIMP isn’t a great name but better than all of those in my opinion.

A better change should be more like Minetest becoming Luanti. Here is what ChatGPT came up with instead:

• BlockCraft
• Voxelverse
• Craftopia
• TerraForge
• VoxelQuest

These are horrible compared to Luanti.

Depebding on the country, Europe has significantly worse copyright law than the US, to the extent that archiving a web page is illegal.

Fun fact:

In Germany you have to pay a special tax for anything that could be used to violate copyright. It ranges from 0.10€ for USB sticks to 90€ for faster printers to 14,000,000€ for opening up a public library - all going to a bunch of publisher organizations.

I wish it polled for each possible position:

• Harris/Trump increasing/decreasing support for Israel

Don’t worry, the youth will only become further right-wing.

Here’s the result of a local German state election from September. It displays the results for people aged 18-24, divided into male (light) and female (dark). AfD is openly fascist. No other age group voted for them as much. Getting 46% in a system with proportional representation is basically unheard of by the way.

I very much suspect this trend will continue.

Why then do countries with existing left parties and proportional representation elect further and further right-wing parties in Europe?

It’s simple: They promise easy solutions for complicated problems. Banning immigration will fix all crime and the economy, opposing LGBTQ+ rights will ensure a return of the better olden days, climate change is nothing to be worried about etc etc

And even people depending on social support will gladly shoot themselves in their feet if it means someone else will have it worse.

I don’t recommend doing your laundry with a fucking machine, but you do you.

Hey baby… wanna watch Jellyfin and dismantle the patriarchy?

But that would be worse?

The solution to women being treated unfairly is not to start treating men unfairly too. It’s to treat women fairly.

My university’s websites are actually OK.

The worst part is by far the fragmentation, where it’s sometimes easier to use a search engine if you’re looking for something specific.

Four panels

Person laying horizontally in last panel

This is loss

Dead Pixels aren’t always covered by warranty by the way.

This is why you should only purchase expensive shit online if you live in a country with a mandatory 14 day no-questions-asked return window for online purchases.

This is proof that trans people want to DESTROY western society and traditional family values

I don’t know, I feel like anon’s advice is misguided at the very least.

It assumes that OOP is more or less choosing to be this way, instead of struggling with issues outside their control, be it self-image issues, anxiety, depression, money or a myriad of other things. Depending on the particukar combination and severity, anon’s situation may not change for a very long time, including forever.

I believe proper advice would focus on making them accept their situation. It’s OK to have no friends or partner(s). They are not a necessity in order to live a meaningful life. Perhaps it won’t be the most meaningful life possible but it is certainly possible to find meaning while feeling lonely. Though finding a job is somewhat important, especially if they live in countries without social welfare, they should focus on that for a bit.

I don’t have any positive stories to share on how I overcame the issues anon is facing - considering I’m in my early 20s and have nearly all the same one’s. But acceptance has helped me cope with my situation in a not unhealthy way and reduced some of the pain of loneliness and self-doubt.

Fair enough, I’m far from an expert when it comes to working with these tools.

Yes they are, it’s horrible.

If you kill a bicyclist standing on the bus lane with your car going nearly 3 times the speed limit, you will receive a one year suspended sentence and lose your license for 16 months in Germany.