Adanisi

Adanisi , vor 23 Tagen

Debian :)

Adanisi , vor 24 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 24 Tagen)

Busybox is very much widely used though?

And how is it false that the GPL makes software remain free? Read the free software definition, it's about the freedom of users, not the freedom of people who aren't users (that doesn't really make sense). Free software isn't "source code available to general public even if they aren't users".

Adanisi , vor 24 Tagen

This is the best way I've heard it said.

Adanisi , vor einem Monat

Yeah, sure, we like to promote it because it's... harder??

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

It's much worse.

The snap store is proprietary.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

Yes.

In fact, it's a good argument as to why "GNU/Linux" isn't wrong, even if it is cumbersome.

Android + Linux = Android, but GNU + Linux = Linux

??

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

Packages delayed by a week or so is not "stable", in either sense of the word

In fact, that can break things. Especially with AUR use

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

I find it weird that Americans never let their cats outside. I mean, they're outside animals.

Would you stay indoors forever? No?

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

They don't belong there

They don't cause serious ecological harm. Even the fucking bird preservation or whatever body says cats don't have a serious impact on local bird populations.

Oh and they do belong outside, actually. They come in and go out as they please.

Outdoor cats live an average of 3-5 years

Most cats are outdoor here, and live a damn sight longer than that. My own cat is 7 and counting. I have a relative who had an 18 year old cat.

Maybe lifespan is different here because we don't have 10-lane motorways every 10 meters in every direction.

And for the record, if possible it is better for bears to be, well, outdoors in their natural habitat rather than a zoo.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

There are literally wild cats you can find, especially here.

This pretty much is their natural habitat. 🙂

But yeah tell me again how we're all irresponsible for letting our cats breathe fresh air because they're "iNvAsIvE".

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

Talking about my own country specifically here:

They're not really in competition. They're mainly concentrated in the pretty much unpopulated highlands, whereas domestic cats owned by humans are mainly concentrated in the central belt.

Scottish Wildcats are endangered technically, but not in terms of competition from domestic cats killing them or taking their food. Rather, they're interbreeding (because they're so similar!). That's just evolution at the end of the day.

Even though they're still considered endangered because "pure" wildcats population is reducing, the wildcats are still living and creating offspring, some of which are still wild cats, even if they're not purebred "wildcat".

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

It's irresponsible to not neuter or spay a housecat, yes. I agree. Most do but some irresponsible owners don't.

It doesn't change the fact that the only real danger domestic cats pose to wildcats is interbreeding. Which isn't really a danger.

What they certainly aren't doing is what you claimed: taking their food source. It's just not a concern.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

"Cats are not native to north america and western Europe"

You're just wrong, at least about the Europe part. There's literally a species known as the Scottish Wildcat. And last I checked, Scotland was in western Europe.

Can Americans stop spreading patently false information based on their Amero-centric worldview? Please and thank you.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

I didn't say it's fine. I said it's the only problem when you made the grand claim that domestic cats were basically stealing their food source.

Because you made it sound like they're dying, when they're really just hybridising. Both are forms of extinction in a sense, but one is a lot worse than the other.

And again, they don't even live in the same damn parts of the country.

Americans like you need put in your place and reminded that the whole world does not revolve about you and your country's circumstances.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

Hey, since you don't believe me about cats not causing massive ecological harm to local bird populations:

http://web.archive.org/web/20200206053916/www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/animal-deterrents/cats-and-garden-birds/are-cats-causing-bird-declines/

It's also funny you attribute cat's longevity to the death of predators, and not the fact that there are native cats here and so cats very much, well, adapted to local predators.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

Aw, are you sad now? You can't think of anything else so you complain about the topic being changed ever so slightly to letting cats outside (still very much related)?

Anyways, you are just as responsible as me for switching topic.

And that's how a conversation typically works. If you strictly never even slightly deviate the conversation will fall flat on it's face in two minutes.

Also, I addressed the bird thing elsewhere. You should see it, since it's a direct reply to you, the high-horse shining example of global animal population ethics American.

Adanisi , vor 2 Monaten

You edited your comment, so don't get snarky about me not accounting for an edit you made after I replied.

Anyways,

I mentioned wildcats because they are similar to domestic cats and the existence of them here disprove the "it's not their natural habitat" talking point.

The Scottish Wildcat is so overwhelmingly similar to the domestic cat that they can interbreed.

And this fact might entertain you: both types of wildcat mentioned are considered Felis Silvestris. They're really not that different.

I don't care about some American publication talking about cats as that is obviously going to be specific to America, and it's claims of invasiveness do not apply to many other places, or are such a small concern it's not considered.

Here's a UK source, a bit more applicable to where I live:

http://web.archive.org/web/20200206053916/www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/gardening-for-wildlife/animal-deterrents/cats-and-garden-birds/are-cats-causing-bird-declines/

That's the checks notes Royal Society for the Protection of Birds noting that cats are not causing issues for bird populations. Give it a read.

Adanisi , vor 3 Monaten

Debian FTW