josemanuel @josemanuel@qoto.org

@amerika And if you want them to do what any other furniture company does by default (delivery, installation), turns out Ikea's even more expensive than the competition. Piece of shit company in all respects.

@bonifartius It's true that they've gotten expensive over the years, though, to the point where their poorly-made furniture is no longer worth it.

Turns out I once bought some bookshelves there (the famous, cheap ones whose name I don't care to remember), but they didn't have them in store, so I had to ask for them to be delivered. When you do that, you have to do two things: one is to pay upfront, and the other is to sign a document that says, literally, that if you're not home when they arrive, you lose both your money and whatever you bought.

This is ridiculous enough as it is, but it gets better, because they don't have to be there on the set date, one of the reasons being not having stock by then. And where is the stock? Literally in the store, just before the registers. That's their warehouse. That means that, if someone comes and buys the same product you wanted and leaves no stock available, you don't get your already purchased bookshelves and they don't have to contact you and tell you that.

Think about it: potentially, my bookshelves could have never arrived and that would be perfectly legal, according to the contract.

How did I find out about this? You guessed it: because they missed a couple of dates and I had to wait for them both times all evening (they don't even give you a timeframe) in an empty flat with no heating.

I've never set foot on an Ikea again and I never will.

Never buy at IKEA. Let me tell you a story that will explain why you shouldn't.

@digikam I didn't know I could. I've been using ImageMagick for that.

@deprecated_ii Years ago, I was tasked with checking the licenses of every library and framework we used on a project and find replacements for those that were under the GPL.

So, yeah, it does hold megacorps back.

@coolboymew

@coolboymew Kannagi was a great anime. Too bad the manga (and almost the mangaka's life) was ruined by idiotic, reactionary ‘fans’.

@fediversereport It's sort of a customisation of Mastodon that includes several features from other software, like a larger character limit, Misskey-style quote-posts, ability to use markdown, etc.

Also, it's Akkoma, not Akkema.

@ellenor2000 @anildash

@Moon Don't mind the guy. He will literally say anything to get a dopamine rush: https://qoto.org/@josemanuel/109665063447042377

@lohang, on the other hand, is great and everyone should follow him.

I used to think Info manuals were trash until I started reading them in #emacs. I still consider man the superior format for documentation, but at least now I can see how Info makes sense.

@bonifartius
> we do have plenty of architectures now though, only that most cool architectures are used for cable modems or game consoles

I mentioned that in the context of there being plenty of different home computers until the mid 90s (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore64, MSX, Amiga...). I loved the fact that people were encouraged to find out how their computer actually worked. Those days were fun.

Now everything is gadgets and black boxes. How many people can write assembly today?

There's something sinister about trying to fit everything into a client/server model or to abstract away details through the use of ever higher level languages.

@urusan

Un tenderete con libros, la mayoría, seguramente, de segunda mano y malos (si fueran buenos, la gente se los quedaría), no sirve para nada. Tenéis que acostumbraros a exigir más a vuestros representantes políticos.