I put a lot of will strength to not downvote this.

once had arch, once cachy os, in both the cases after few weeks something was broken after update (libreoffice, matlab)

never again

I have the Mint (it’s fucking good) and no need nor ambition for any other system. Especially an elitist shit which break after an upgrade.

Fuck computers, go analog. Ok, maybe except lemmy.

Mint is best for my purposes. Making fun from it is silly

I am very far from tankism. This meme is rather a ragebait for capitalists and contains purposefuly tendentional comparison.

While Matlab is very convenient for modeling (what can be done as easy in Python), it excels in control engineering, navigation, and related problems. While very popular in academia, it’s pricing causes that only the biggest companies can use more than a few toolboxes (Airbus, BMW, U$ “defense” molochs). I cooperate with a robotic company using Matlab (though large and government-owned). Great feature is the automatic C code generation (which is high quality when compared to the AI slop), however this toolbox is very expensive for industry. Symbolic computations are decent, but you can have the same with SymPy or maxima for free. Overall, for my purposes it’s too good to abandon it completely.

This encouraged me to work more in Python (though it is hard to beat Matlab in some applications).

Thank you for sharing the experience, it encouraged me even more to VIM when I’ll have to work in Python.

I liked PyCharm, but its time to refresh my friendship with VIM.

I’ve noticed that, too.

It’s not possible in BMW

Fortran is obsolete? I just constrained myself about to write something about your mum

True, but if you get a walk to the library it is both healthy and you support your local library (more users means more funding hopefully).

Well, that’s good.

e46 323 for $2000 yesterday

Something like in Europe. I would put LPG for this engine to make it more green but still having fun :)

I write from the European perspective, where E46 is not a luxury but one of cheapest choices. Maybe you are right about the US reputation

Or small kids

Buying BMW E46 with LPG is always a good idea. Small car (according modern standards) with great driving fun. Somehow you need to get to the train station, especially in rural areas.

Very accurate

BTW maybe you should try gym

Tankiness is in fact a form of conservatism, just without religion and with some other esthetics. And yes, there is a party of highly privileged elite and the rest is just poor bastards