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Sure that would be technically more correct, more tasteful, and less confusing. But some people may not know the words “port” and “starboard.” Frequent train users would become accustomed to it soon enough but you’ll always have some people from out of town whose first language is not English, and their limited vocabulary is more likely to include “left” and “right.” On a utilitarian basis we must weigh their needs in the equation when considering this problem. Then again there are also some people who can’t tell left from right either. We could paint one side of the train green and the other red, but then we might have a problem with the colourblind train users’ lobby. What’s really needed is 15 million dollars and a six-month user experience design study to decide on the best approach.

There are lots of new Skyrim mods since the last time you played it. Even if that was only last week.

Eating only carbohydrates is low carb? I don’t get it.

To counterbalance the dryly pragmatic lack of enthusiasm for software freedom shown in this article, here’s another bit of writing from a recent covert to linux with fewer technical details but a more emotionally satisfying approach: https://alisonwilder.com/not-the-linux-audio-post-you-want/

Alexander von Humboldt would disagree

It’s in Ubuntu, but if you go to the OBS website it doesn’t mention that and tells you to use their PPA instead.

1. finds a bug
2. can’t figure it out instantly
3. reinstalls entire operating system.

Yep, definitely a Windows user. One who would go out of his way to use actual Google Chrome rather than Chromium. He seems to be starting to catch on, by the end of the week. I wonder if he’ll keep going.

It’s been a lot of years since I paid any attention to games that don’t run on linux, but I remember one of the first I found that did was The Ur-Quan Masters — a free (as in GPL) version of one of the best games of the early 1990s.