CubitOom

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[–] CubitOom 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is true. The whole team would need to switch.

[–] CubitOom 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'd say you're better off actually ripping off the bandaid if you can.

The more users that actually use Foss alternatives. The more the foss community will benefit.

[–] CubitOom 11 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I just realized that it's adults in their 30s that text like this and we have no idea how children text about Vulcans.

[–] CubitOom 22 points 3 months ago (9 children)

How I never even started dating adobe.

  • looks at adobe licensing prices, cries
  • discovers FOSS alternatives, laughs menacingly
[–] CubitOom 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Good points, however the regime is now threatening journalists with treason charges for publishing constitutionally protected speech. So I think it's a bit of an escalation.

[–] CubitOom 4 points 3 months ago

Ohhh, oh...an apple and a pear!

[–] CubitOom 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a decent point.

However i feel my primary responsibility is to call out issues. If I can be effective in persuading people to agree that something is an issue, then that's great. However I'm not perfect and I won't try to be when I comment on a internet post just before I go to bed.

[–] CubitOom 5 points 3 months ago
[–] CubitOom 2 points 3 months ago

Not exactly an answer to your question, but related.

Most of the things I want to read now a days rarely come as audiobooks. If I want to read a scientific paper on anything I'm pretty much resigned to printing that as a PDF (without headers/footers). And then I use apps like https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader which let me use my own text to speech engine. I'm quite fond of locally hosting https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx. And on my android phone I use ryan-low since it doesn't bog down my older phone.

[–] CubitOom 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In real life, they would be arresting the teacher too. Depending on the state.

[–] CubitOom 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wonton fonts were invented in America, like fortune cookies. The font is a caricature of Chinese writing systems. And it's confusing for anyone that isn't American and isn't already accustomed to the stereotypes of Chinese culture in America.

When Chinese people use pinyin or write in English, they don't write like this.

I also don't think it's intended by the artist in a negative way. I'm only pointing out that there's no need for a font that's used often in a negative way. If wonton fonts were needed for the joke, then I'd let it slide. However, since it actually doesn't matter how the word China is written, it just stands out as weird.

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