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New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:27:17 +0000

There's nothing to prove when you posit your responsibility is limitless.

Codeberg is in Germany yet I don't see them taking a stance in the Russian war in Ukraine, which they helped finance by building their economy on cheap Russian oil and gas. I guess by ops logic that means codeberg is in favor of Russian aggression.

New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:21:03 +0000

Supposing you know someone's motivation as if you have access to their psyche is a very unproductive way to participate in a discussion.

The reason we have a Linux is because a bunch of geeks took a stand on an issue they cared about and _focused on_. We wouldn't have Linux if the project also took on matters like teenage pregnancy, surveillance, and gerrymandering.

New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:21:26 +0000

So youre proposing that everyone should always be criticizing every unjust thing in the world or else they're upholding the status quo?

By that silly logic I guess codeberg is supporting the uyghur genocide because they don't mention it.

New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:47:55 +0000

In Germany you can't leave a 3 star review saying "it's just ok" for a restaurant because the owner can sue Google for defamation so Google just removes your review[0].

"Politicians send SWAT teams to the homes of people, famously in the case of Andy Grote, where someone replied "you're such a dick" to one of Grote's tweets. Grote reported this to the police, the attorney general figured out who the poster was, and sent a SWAT team (6 police officers!) to confiscate all their electronic devices. This is not an isolated case; this happens frequently."

Nah mate, Germans are famously thin skinned and have built an authoritarian state to protect their feelings.

[0]: https://x.com/eigen_moomin/status/2077471686295957749

New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:41:28 +0000

> Tech is full of people who think they're smarter than everyone else

Thanks for offering yourself as a prime example.

New comment by throwayay4929 in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

throwayay4929 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:39:56 +0000

Imaging where the world would be if Firefox, when it came out, went deep on the Iraq war? Or if RMS got involved in, I don't know, the Lewinsky affair in the 1990s, and made it a core part of the FSF?

We'd all be using WinXP SE and IE6.

"The personal is political" is a truly toxic idea that's been corroding nice things since it's inception.

New comment by throwayay4929 in "Resurrecting Crimsonland – Decompiling and preserving a cult 2003 classic game"

throwayay4929 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:05:24 +0000

Wow! What a blast from the past. I remember 13yo spending day after day on this game despite being an avid crpg player those days.

Going to give this a spin after work. Thanks for the work and the writeup!

New comment by throwayay4929 in "'Death to Spotify': the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the app"

throwayay4929 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:29:03 +0000

Indeed, very strong "One fish turns to another and asks, What is water?" vibes.

Even if you exclude all the discoverability functionality, just the pure distribution aspect, at this scale, makes the Spotify system impressive. Why should that system and all the work that went into it, be free?

I don't think there are any legal barriers for someone to go ahead and build their own music distribution system that is more fair than Spotify. It's just a matter of putting in the time, no?