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Yes, I also understand that it’s something that’s unavoidable with fediverse. That response was made in shock when I visited the site, hopefully there will be ways to block whole site on per-user basis, rather than leaving it to admins.

burggit seems like a cesspool breeding ground

how programmers see other programmers?

I haven’t found any difference as well, it could be that basic pdf is just pdf with reduced functions, like without bookmarks, linkings, and less image pages like covers.

have you tried to download both files and comparing the differences?

better to just keep growing slowly rather than having massive capital and quick improvements only to be killed later by Meta.

there are instances in the past where big players acquire the small ones and while at first they seem to be cooperative, it ultimately destroys the small players, one such case is XMPP the open chat protocols long before we have Matrix, killed by Google

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

I guess this is a cautionary action, better to grow slower rather than be killed by Meta.

try looking into this list

there’s workaround but it’s a pain in the ass… https://www.myabandonware.com/game/sid-meier-s-civilization-ii-453

basically

1. the game use old .bin disk file, you must convert it to .iso
2. mount the .iso
3. run the setup.exe to install Civilization II

also the reason you can still find a dialogue window from like Win95 lol, people often whine how Windows doesn’t look as pretty as MacOS, but I think that’s just the price for crazy backwards compatibility.

if they remove those old elements, I’d bet people are gonna rage about how their old games or software no longer work.

Louis Rossmann is like having an early birthday lol, he uploads video pretty much everyday since this reddit fiasco