Well, it’s primarily my coding laptop, so I prioritize the OS that has the best tooling for my needs there. Gaming is just a happy secondary option on the machine. :)

The stereotype is of the haughty Linux user, but fuck me all I ever see in these discussions is Windows users being belittling assholes.

See if you can trick Ross Scott into playing it. :) He has near infinite patience for forcing old games to run, and a skilled network to lean on.

Take your aggressively rude snobbish attitude elsewhere.

I run Windows normally.

How long does your Window box function without updates? How long does it remain safe? Historically, a few months at best until they bundle telemetry in a new way. Then you need to find another rando dude’s github for workarounds.

Anyway what you are describing is literally a hassle that for me is just not worth it. I can do all that and set up and update group policies for updates over and over oooooor I can literally spend less mental energy figuring out how to configure my drivers on Linux.

What you do works for you and you feel it is convenient. That is fine.

I have a Windows laptop specifically for gaming, but I end up using my Linux coding laptop for games in the end.

It’s less hassle figuring out how to enable nvidia drivers on xorg in GNU linux so that I csn use Proton emulation than to deal with this weeks clusterfuck of windows update trying to make me turn on ads and spying and trick me into using a microsoft.com account to log in.

I am not joking.

The windows still has some dust on it from when I did some house renovations months ago, because I haven’t been bothered to use it.

Emotional Toothpaste

Yes a subscription service for my… mouse please that sounds like an improvement.

Make all tools obtrusive lets go

No matter what, you are still you.

A diagnosis, or a professionally assessed lack of one, can only help you understand better.

You kick at empty space. Dumb move! You strain a muscle.

You kicked a doorway with an open door, a broken door, or no door.

https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Door#Messages_about_kicking_a_door

Yeah that was kinda my point :) A cloud controlled device from a tech giant is supposed to shit on the floor start doing ads and invade your privacy. It’s what they do. Like ponies pooping, you should expect it on purchase.

My pet pony keeps shitting on the floor.

I am very frustrated and did not expect it.

I should sell it off and buy a horse instead.

Not quite like that. There is an internal wifi that I can’t get onto, and a public “guest” wifi that half of the tech staff uses and VPNs from.

Basically the protected wifi only really works on locked-down windows machines, and those aren’t usable for most developers. It’s mostly mac and linux there, and while the protected wifi is supposed to work on those, the IT staff don’t know how.

Well, I do. But it’s because the security layers on the wifi are more strict than on the VPN to such a degree that I can’t actually connect to it from my work laptop.

Not respective to most common ads, but boy howdy am I easy to sell stuff to if advertised in “my way”.

E.g. “this jacket is used by famous cool man” less effective, while “this nail gun can fire nails at precise speeds” fuck yes give me one I’ll figure out why I need it later.

Perfect description. For bonus points add doubt to every step:

Should I wash the pot more before using it to fill water, or is it enough to rinse it?

There is stuff in the sink. Will it cause me to spray water when filling the pot over it? What if I hold the pot too low and get tomato sauce on it. I’ll have to clean it. Where is the dish rag in case I need it?

Should I rinse the filter first? I heard it recommended.

Should the coffee put in the filter be flattened? Or is it okay in a little mound like it always is.

How cold will I have to wait for the grounds to be before I take the filter out, and is there space in the garbage? What if it leaks again and I get a small coffee puddle in the drawer under the bin bag that is so hard to clean.

If Wikipedia had balls

If this is your reaction to a thoughful response, you are not going to find deep discussions anywhere, even where they exist.

The Fallacy of the Beard

Get your opponent to concede a point by burdening them with defining a strict threshold. Break their claim into smaller and smaller components and keep zooming in until you are looking at such tiny things that their original claims seem overblown.

This man has a beard! Does he? Yes clearly! 20mm hair on chin!

Would he have a beard I mean an actual beard if it was 5mm? No that’s just stubble! Where does it become a beard, at 10mm? I guess!

So a man with 9mm hair has stubble? Yes! And he grows one measly millimeter of chin hair in on one of the hairs and BAM WHOA he has a beard now?

Edit: Not calling your question out as disingenuous, but trying to prevent it being abused.

It’s not about consistency. It’s about “I want therefore it is my divine right and other people aren’t valid”