mindbleach

joined 2 years ago
[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Shareholders own the company. Their private ownership is only "public" in that they can sell off their share, to anyone.

It's a joint-stock company. Of course that's capitalism. Jesus fucking Christ.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Easily the worst song on a killer album.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The grapes of wrath aren't usually so literal.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Is that Alan Davies?

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Windows 95 legitimately had better UI than that "Material" bullshit, via relief shading conveyed through four fucking colors. The hierarchy of elements is instantly visible. Buttons even popped in and out when clicked. There's just no excuse for how minimalism fetishists have taken over user experience.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And those are the only two options.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jevon's paradox says this might not help. If shipping gets faster, cheaper, and cleaner, because ships get free power on top of their engines - are we likely to do less of it?

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

iOS locking out users should be a crime.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Googling around suggests it's a global setting. Having recently used an Xfce version that didn't want to super+arrow, maximize-vertical is an okay tool, but outside of super-duper-widescreen, it's not what I'd ever want by default.

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Possibly demonstrating ductility? Classier than chewing on the damn thing.

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