<p>MostofthesoftwareIuseand/orrecommendhasasteeplearningcurve.Usually,thisisforthebetterthough.Whenyoudon't limit yourself to what'sfamiliar,youthinkoutoftheboxandinsteadoftryingtodesignsomethingyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththatusuallyismoreinefficientthanitneedstobe,youdesignsomethingefficientthatgetsthejobdoneasquickaspossible.Vimisagreatexampleofthis,andIstronglyencourageeveryonetolearnit.SamegoesforEmacsaswellbutIhaven'tgottenintoityet.</p>
<p>Ibelieve"gatekeeping"orfilteringpeopleisnecessarysometimes.Let's take the GNU/Linux community for example. Filtering out the people who are not willing to learn how their computer works is required to make sure our software is kept simple and well made. If we adopt all the design decisions that users are already familiar with, we'regoingtoendupwithapieceofcrapthatdoesn't meet people'srequirements,becauseallthefailuresofthatinferiorsoftwarearenowbroughtovertoourplatform.</p>
<p>Americanswhoaretotallycluelessmaysaysomethingalongthelinesof"Insulin should be free"butfreehealthcaredoesnotexistanditcannotexist.Themoney<strong>always</strong>hastocomefromsomewhere,andineverycountrythathas"free"healthcarethemoneycomesfrompeoplewhopaytaxes.Therefore,outsideofthispage,youwillneverunironicallyhearmeusetheterm"free health care"becauseitsimplyisn'tarealthingintherealworld.</p>
<p>Idon't believe cyberbullying is a real thing. When you get bullied in real life, you pretty much have no escape and you have to face the bully. With cyberbullying on the other hand (god I hate this term so much) you can just turn off your computer and the problem goes away, or I guess if you'reusingsocialmediajustblocktheperson.Unlessyouareacelebrity,therereallyisn'tmoretoitthanthat.Ifyoucannotunderstandthisthenyouareterminallyonlineanddesperatelyneedtocheckyourself.</p>