Unix domain sockets, shared memory (classic and/or over anonymous file descriptors), file system in userspace, the (ms) ini format.

Was going to sleep when i wrote that.

Uds, shm, fuse for ipc. Ini for configs.

FF7 and supreme commander were complex. And devs then didn’t have the tools we have today, not to mention game engines (there were, but not like today). And ps3 was a pain to program for. And, and…

I was gonna go with the other guys sensible answer, but i like yours more.

Having a company behind software means you can pay to have your bugs fixed. Big distros want that stability for their corporate customers. It’s no secret or anything. KDE has sponsors, but doesn’t have a direct relationship with a huge contractor like RH. Same reasoning for systemd.

Politics, basically.

Contrary to popular opinion, i’m gonna guess graphics driver. Specifically the shader compiler.

Also mica for flatness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ0XJWxyH0

I measured my fridge. You could, in theory. Problem is that the motor in the fridge (and in power tools) is an “induction load”, meaning it draws a lot more power in a split second when starting. Inverters have to be built with that in mind, or just stronger (killowats range).

You can, since a couple versions ago.

So i checked the fhs. Doesn’t say it is deprecated. V3 just mentions XDG and glib (the probable sources of such claims).

Glitter will be a self defence weapon.

DOOM 2016. Point and click, until it is done.

Point and clicks.

He’s a good guy. I probably wouldn’t get along with him, but that’s just different natures.

Bdw, James May vs Gordon Ramsey cookoff

So biased. If you don’t know what distro to choose, go with kubuntu, mint, or pop. That simple.

Because people like to hate. The internet, 'tis a silly place. I recommend ignoring.

The mistake is thinking that a 1000 byte file takes up a 1000 bytes on any storage medium. The mistake is thinking that it even matters if a kB means 1000 or 1024 bytes. It only matters for some programmers, and to those 1024 is the number that matters.

Disregarding reality in favor of pedantics is the real mistake.

Cost-benefit is not there. You can buy fancy ones that do some such things, but they are expensive.

A guy in india is also removing carbon… by planting trees for decades now.

Depends on the definition of respect. It ranges from “not being an asshole to them” to putting them on a pedestal.

Being a teacher (or just being older) does not automatically mean you should be respected. All of my teachers in schools were worthy of respect, except two. One of them was a spiteful hag.