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Kyle Terrien edited this page Nov 29, 2017 · 6 revisions

This is a tongue-in-cheek list of things that we do not like paired with things that we do like. Some of it will likely make you cringe or raise your eyebrows. This is good; this means that you are coping with cognitive dissonance.

Harmful mindsets tend to revolve around certain things, and these harmful mindsets need to be ousted. The most effective way to combat harmful mindsets is to actively acknowledge their presence. Unfortunately, these mindsets tend to lurk in deep recesses of the mind, so they generally go unnoticed. By actively acknowledging the presence of a harmful mindset, you subconsciously begin to take steps to oust it.

Harmful Alternatives
Windows, OS X Linux
Eclipse, IntelliJ, Visual Studio Vim, Emacs, Acme
MS Office LibreOffice, Calligra, LaTeX, markdown, troff
MS Outlook Thunderbird, Claws Mail, Mutt
Windows batch, Powershell bash, sh
Google Chrome, Firefox SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Lynx
HTTP Gopher
GTK, QT, Electron Tk, fltk, ncurses
GNOME KDE, XFCE, Window Maker
i3wm dwm
systemd openrc, Slackware's BSD-like init scripts
GRUB LILO
UEFI Legacy BIOS boot, Coreboot
GRUB on UEFI ELILO, efistub
Wayland X11
Apple iOS, Android Inferno on Nexus S (dead), Ubuntu Mobile (dead), postmarketOS (WIP)
Puppet, Ansible cfengine, Salt Stack, autoyast, anaconda (kickstart mode), Kiwi
Perforce svn, git
Twitter IRC
ARM, x86_64 RISC, MIPS, SPARC
Rubberdome keyboards Buckling spring (IBM Model M style)
Trackpad Trackball
Internet of Things Don't network your loo
Name-brand headphones Flat-response studio monitors
The Rolling Stones (or any overplayed rock music) Rush, Yes, Meat Loaf, Triumph
Techno-pop Daft Punk, Infected Mushroom, Mike Oldfield
DRM, EME Stack of paper bound together between cardboard slabs (i.e. a book)
Oneitis Casual dating
Processed food Greens and protein
Lists of harmful things Cat pictures

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