Awesome glut of retro shooters in the past few days!

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Quoting: gabberStallman is not what worries me, it's the outrage mob going after him.

Quoting: scaineI'm not outraged, but Stallman, and hence the FSF, can definitely get in the bin. The fact that they took weeks to address something as simple as voting back in a confirmed abuser to their board shows me all I need to know about this organisation.

Pretty incredible really. I don't trust them to represent my interests in free software at this point.

"confirmed abuser" - source?
"all you need to know" -> excactly the problem. One bit of info is enough, burn everything down.

And trust, the anti-Stallman mob is comprised of Microsoft, IBM and the likes of Coraline Ada Ehmke. Yea let's trust them, let's have a license which demands you agree with the political view of the programmer.

One bit of info? It's a constant stream, over decades. Stallman, at this point, is utterly toxic, especially to women. As can be seen by the open letter to the FSF signed by several thousand individuals, including various open source leads and with several organisations denouncing him completely, including the Fedora Council, KDE, Red Hat and the EFF.

But sure, they all just overreacting because of cAncEL cULtuRE. Is that what you're saying?

p.s. Coraline wrote the Code of Conduct. That's all. It was up to others to adopt her work which basically amounts to "don't be a dick". And yet I often see hate sent her way... why? Why is she so offensive to you that you put her in the same camp as Microsoft, while in the same breath, defend Stallman??

Curious.

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Quoting: heidi.wengerBryan Lunduke's take on this

https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e/DefenseofStallman:9 [External Link]

"Internet mob descended on Stallman because they didn't like some things he said". Sure Lunduke, that's why people don't like Stallman. Wow. Stopped watching at that point.

No, the reason I don't want Stallman representing free software is that he's a constant stream of incredibly sexist, ableist, wildly inappropriate views, often about children and when they should be considered adults for sexual purposes, views are which are shared publicly without any sign of emotional growth, or remorse, over time. No hint that he's becoming a better human.

If he were to substantially evolve his world views and mature emotionally, that would be incredibly welcome and perhaps some of that "mob" referred to by Lunduke would eventually forgive those insanely controversial, frankly unbelievable world views. He can do this without being part of an influential body that represents the interests of free software. Maybe even one day start contributing to it again, a changed man.

But instead, he's just back and that's it? Okay then. As I say, FSF can get in the bin alongside him. Some will support this move - fine. I just don't. It hurts free software, it drives women away in particular and I don't want to be associated with any of it.

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I'm not outraged, but Stallman, and hence the FSF, can definitely get in the bin. The fact that they took weeks to address something as simple as voting back in a confirmed abuser to their board shows me all I need to know about this organisation.

Pretty incredible really. I don't trust them to represent my interests in free software at this point.

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Reckon I'm taking Thurs/Fri off this week to celebrate this release!

I was surprised that no-one had upvoted the official announcement on their Steam page too. I thought this would be big news.

Looking forward to this one.

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Getting a lovely "original System Shock" vibe from the atmosphere, even though this is a shooter. This is seriously well done. I love it!

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Out of the most recognisable names from my early Ubuntu years (Sil, Popey, Wimpy, Jono and Jorge), only Jorge is left, as far as I know.

These guys shaped Ubuntu for me. They built an incredible community that I contributed to for over 15 years, first on the Ubuntu Forums, then on Ask Ubuntu (I still have my "top 100 contributors" t-shirt lying around somewhere!).

Absolute stars. They'll be missed.

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Fall?? FALL??? :grin:

Looks quite fun. I'll keep an eye on it!

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Word of the day:

megalopolises

Plural of megalopolis, meaning a large, heavily populated urban complex.

Strong work, Liam. Every day is a school day, I find. Also, very satisfying word to say over and over...

Edit to note that this game looks like one that Ehvis will enjoy - massive manufacturing, research trees, building at scale. I feel a spreadsheet coming on!!

And a second edit to note that this is an incredibly bad time to launch, given that Metro Exodus is releasing the day before!

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I played this a little back in the day, but haven't ever tried it since it went open source. I admit that every time I see these articles, my heart skips a beat thinking that someone has open source engine'd the Battlezone series... which would be amazing (although the remaster works perfectly in wine/proton).

Still, I need to give this another chance!

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