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This is called hyperparasitism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperparasite.

Three levels of parasitism have been observed in fungi: a fungus (Rhinotrichella globulifera) on a fungus (Gen. Hypomyces) on a fungus (Fomes hemitephrus) on a tree.[9]

Same here, I have been doing that for around 20 years now too and I started out with postfix and a list of vmails in a text file.

I wonder where this myth comes from. People host way more out there stuff themselves, but somehow email is too scary …

You can change that, but there is a maximum time when it just kills the job.

I remember when browsers just showed text.

We should just throw away the web and do something new. Maybe Fidonet over Reticulum so we can use radio.

Yeah, they should do an init system instead of reinventing an operating system.

That’s the main problem I have with it.

Of course advocates of systemd will say it’s modular, but there is some kind of capture process going on - you have to relay on the systemd solution, because it fits nicely into the systems ecosystem …

I’m totally with you on that. I use systemd daily and it has enormous benefits for system administration, but I don’t like the direction it’s headed and how the project is lead. That’s what I wanted to bring across here.

That’s what the problem with systemd is. It started out as a “modern” init system but somehow we ended up with some kind of parasitic software heap that tries to replace the userspace.

I mean the latest addition is some kind of OS installer.

To quote James T. Kirk: “why does an init system need an OS installer.”

That’s something I don’t understand.

I mean there is endless capitalism out there - what prevents China from just buying a company that has one? Like if you out up one Trillion dollars on Trumps desk tomorrow they could basically choose which company they want.

If that wasn’t a rich people class institution, it would be called a title mill and closed for that …

I think we are already seeing that with Microsoft. Another 2-3 rounds of AI and they forget how to build windows.

As a fellow diaeresis user I concur.

Thinking about that, it reminds me of addiction. You replace your motivational system with another one, that gives you a faster and easier reward.

There is an easy cope out to say, these were bad engineers to begin with, but I’m not convinced.

We know that if you don’t use an ability and use it daily your brain just reallocates resources to other tasks. So if you have a machine that “outsources” thinking for you, you will be less able to think.

For a moment I thought that was a rotten strawberry.

Unless you are incapacitated you need to help and two glasses of wine don’t count here. But again this is valid for “normal” countries.

Have you seen Merz? Germany would instantly fall to the US side if that happens.

Noble laureates, the most abundant source of opinions found so far.

Yeah, that’s Calvinism.

Try to be successful at all costs so you have proof that god loves you. A message that is really compatible with Capitalism.

PS: I just understood that you asked about the definition.

Basically a reform / protestant roman Catholic theology inspired by Martin Luther founded by John Calvin.

Of course.

Personally I have given up on that. I try to either use false information when they don’t need the real data or throwaway" emails and SEPA and one time credit card numbers for banking stuff.

I don’t trust any company with my data ever, so I’m constantly paranoid in a way.

A short and maybe wrong summary. If you succeed in life Jesus loves you and if you fail it was your fault for not trying hard enough.