#unpopularopinion

This kind of "side-by-side" comparison between apps is something that in my unpopular opinion makes the worst for the #fediverse

Here we are doing our best to deliver the same experience with different software platforms.

The only legitimate question any average social media user would ask would likely be: "why"?

Why should I trust any random and mostly unknown admin among thousands of unknown ones instead of an organized and staffed multinational company?

The Fediverse is built on personal trust, by humans, for humans, on shared values and with respect for people on mind.

We should not offer an amateurish imitation of billion-dollars networks, but something totally different in allowance, in networking, in experience. We should create ourselves a new way of doing it. Someone is working on that, someone is just running after the remains of now decayed monsters, others think that they can get a share of the pie.

I am afraid I think "#SoftwareArchitecture is about the important stuff. Whatever that is." is a very weak definition. #UnpopularOpinion https://martinfowler.com/architecture/

#UnpopularOpinion:

Intel should just drop #HyperThreading*. ~30% performance gains isn't worth the raft of security vulnerabilities.

I disable it on all my boxen.

*Or at least disable it by default

Vieleicht eher #unpopularOpinion:

#DonaldTrump ist DAS BESTE was Europa (längerfristig gesehen) passieren konnte!

Auch wenn gewisse Dinge dadurch momentan (sehr) schwierig sind, aber die Ambitionen die sich nun entwickeln sich ENDLICH loszulösen von den vielen US-Abhängigkeiten ist schon mehr als zig-Jahre überfällig!

"#KritischeInfrastruktur? Das machen die Amis für uns."
Sorry, aber als nicht IT-ler muss ich fragen: wie blöd kann man eigentlich sein?

Ohne #Trump hätte man sich noch mehr in diese Abhängigkeit gegeben, weil es ist ja einfach, da kümmern sich andere drum.

#Digitalesouveränität, sooo extrem wichtig, aber niemanden hat es bisher gestört.
Wird zwar noch etwas dauern, aber Trump verändert hier wohl NACHHALTIG etwas zum Guten.

#UnpopularOpinion but I don't think ƒ is a general-purpose f symbol

I grew up loving Heinlein. I read all his "juvenile" books as a preteen, and all the Lazarus Long books as a young adult, through my 20s & 30s. I own copies of most of his works. You could say
I'm a fan. On a recent trip to my local library, I came upon a recently published work, entitled "The Pursuit of the Pankera". It's a posthumously published work, with approval by his family estate, which proudly claims to be written "in parallel" alongside "Number of the Beast".
#scifi #unpopularopinion

#UnpopularOpinion: Iron Man 3 was the dumbest and most pointless #IronMan film of the #RDJ era, possibly the dumbest film of the #Marvel golden age (2008ish-2020ish?)

First of all, you have the ridiculous trope/conceit that his suits suddenly start to just fall apart at the slightest touch. Umm, what? This is Iron Man. This is an F-16 in a suitcase. This is a bulletproof, missileproof suit. Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Then, the idea that a single missile would take out his entire Malibu house after he tussled with the Chitauri. Umm, what? He's just gonna give out his home address, and not prepare for anything? No automated defenses? His ex girlfriend had to alert him to the chopper on the video screen?!? WHAT THE L!!!??! What did he think the Mandarin was going to do, just give out his address to the Jehovah's Witnesses? Buy him a prank subscription to Horny Porkers magazine*? WHAT!

Also, Ben Kingsley was marvelous, as Ben Kingsley is always marvelous, but his talents were seriously wasted on that goofy role (which is perhaps just what he wanted, you never know).

I liked the idea of Extremis, and the kid was kinda endearing, although the trope of the jilted-nerd-turned-supervillain is SO tired. And can we be thankful that Marvel finally made Tony a family man after this? DUDE, man-sluts are not endearing. At all. "Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist?" Give me a break. (Yes, I know that last line was from Avengers (2012))

*NO, do NOT look that up. I seriously do not want to know if that's a real magazine. STOP.

#UnpopularOpinion There are payments that need to be paid to go through Gibraltar, payments to go through Suez, and understandably, payments to go through Panama. But for some reason the Gulf of Aden is supposed to be free and open waters, and any charge is "illegal". Seems the whole problem can be solved by letting Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea charge for passage like other countries. Granted, I don't know all the information since Western Media has a bias.

@lily #unpopularopinion

Unpopular Opinion - Star Trek: Enterprise is grand if you skip the awful theme tune.

#UnpopularOpinion : Tu reconnais un utilisateur de Linux incompétent à ce qu'il utilise “nano” plutôt que “vim” comme éditeur de texte.

(emacs trolls welcome !)

#UnpopularOpinion Pokud nedokážeš dodržet Suchej Únor, neměl bys pít vůbec

#computing #unpopularopinion The worst mistake in #computerscience was the floating point unit. It should have stayed discrete decimals stored as a series of small integers ranged 0 through 9. Decimal arithmetic is taught in middle school: don't pretend like that's too difficult for computers to figure out.

It may be an #unpopularopinion but I believe certain technologies peaked and new iterations are worse than the old ones. For example, #DSLR cameras are better than #mirrorless. #ebook readers are as good as needed. #smartphones do not need to be thinner or have bigger screens, on the contrary. I could go on and on, but hopefully you see my point. We do not need to constantly innovate and reinvent the wheel. Sustainability is the key.