Quake 2 has been GPL and had Linux versions since forever, even official ones from id.

I assume this remaster uses the same engine. Maybe they used stuff from contributors/forks, that’s why they kept it open.

Ok I don’t need sleep after all.

Federation is the most natural form of human society. We’ve developed to exist in small communities of a couple dozen people. Some groups talk to each other, some don’t, and every one has its own identity. Sometimes a member leaves and gets assimilated into another group.

Existing in large communities with thousands and millions of members - other species do that, like ants.

Ok weird analogy, but I think that’s the gist of it really.

Uniform places like Facebook, with one queen/master, perfectly organised, never really seeing outside, being just a cog - that’s a life of an ant.

Small, agile communities, sometimes a bit messy and complex, especially when it comes to outside interactions - we can handle that, because of our huge human brains.

It’s time for moving away from being ants back to being humans.

PSA: Yandex has the best reverse image search by a mile. It can even find Instagram posts.

There are things were wastefulness is warranted, like storage redundancy. If one wants data to survive, then it has to be distributed all around the planet.

But the hardware - primarily CPU and power requirement of modern computing is absolutely insane. How can a modern box with all the latest hardware feel not just slower, but so much slower than a PC from 1993, or an 8-bit from the 80’s while using many times more power and space?

Not to mention all the technology and resources required to design and build the thing.

While honestly almost everything can be achieved with power of a Pi or an old Android phone, if only the software is optimized.

And then all the ewaste from making everything disposable and irreparable. Wild.

Like who the fuck calls people in 2023 anyway?

I personally use “com” and hope it catches on.