The ideal situation would be for good guys from both sides to take up on arms and overthrow their own governments to make this cycle stop, but then something will happen that they will come to hate each other again and the cycle will continue.

He would only escape if he was a presidential candidate or a multi billionaire.

Since he is neither and he works on US soil, then the law came after him. You would cave in, if in similar circumstances.

Thanks.

In the meanwhile I discovered PhotoGIMP, which helps with getting basic stuff done through GIMP and addresses some points around image and layer selection and manipulation that used to be so confusing with GIMP.

Canon EOS 40D - oldie but goodie, hobby, landscape, events and some portraiture

I heard the argument on the link you shared before but I can’t figure out what “appropriate controls” would look like. That too sounds quite hand-wavy.

Need to remember that Microsoft was forced by regulators overseas to allow ring 0 third party software as part of antitrust proceedings. But the notion that antivirus software companies must be allowed to exist (instead of making the kernel infection proof) is also ridiculous

Ugh I can’t wrap my mind around how weird and unintuitive GIMP feels to use

Some people see guilds as a form of worker union providing job protection but they are also oligopolies for business owners, resulting in higher price for goods and less employment opportunities overall due to the “you got to be a member so you can do business” aspect of it

Just writing to say that I admire your tenacity

using systemd instead of rm -Rf is not the Unix way!

Probably Windows default is just Pacific Time.

These days the unique use case X was designed for is very, very niche. For everyone else, Wayland is the way to go.