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  • Who's the window manager's boss? [was: Firefox and XFCE]

    From tomas@tuxteam.de@21:1/5 to Frank Jezzer on Fri Dec 27 00:10:01 2024
    On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 04:11:49PM -0000, Frank Jezzer wrote:

    [...]

    The tension between application-driven window management and user-driven window
    management is a microcosm of broader debates about control, autonomy, and the influence of external forces in our digital lives.

    [...]

    In short, well-designed software empowers the user rather than
    dictating terms, contributing to a healthier digital ecosystem.

    I agree on most points -- just where you write "the developer", I'd
    write "the developer's boss" or even "the developer's boss's boss".

    And those have an agenda where user empowerment isn't on the menu,
    quite the contrary.

    Cheers
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    t

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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to tomas@tuxteam.de on Fri Dec 27 13:40:02 2024
    Hi,

    On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 12:09:23AM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
    On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 04:11:49PM -0000, Frank Jezzer wrote:
    In short, well-designed software empowers the user rather than
    dictating terms, contributing to a healthier digital ecosystem.

    I agree on most points -- just where you write "the developer", I'd
    write "the developer's boss" or even "the developer's boss's boss".

    Not to worry; none of Frank's posts are written by a human, and some of
    them contain hallucinated shell scripts that will never work.

    Frank's already decided who their boss is.

    Thanks,
    Andy

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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to Frank Jezzer on Fri Dec 27 19:10:01 2024
    Hello,

    On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 04:11:48PM -0000, Frank Jezzer wrote:
    On 2024-12-27, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
    Not to worry; none of Frank's posts are written by a human, and some of them contain hallucinated shell scripts that will never work.

    An hallucination is a perception without an object, which is closer to describing the vocabulary of your conceit than my eventually erroneous shell scripts.

    I think the main difference though is that no one is going to mistakenly
    try to put the vocabulary of my conceit in to their computer expecting it
    to work, whereas your LLM's hallucinated nonsense shell scripts will
    remain in the archives of this list and in search results forever, a net negative to the world.

    Andy

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