So, as has been made clear both by myself and by others responding, there are tasks for which a GUI is absolutely essential, and tasks for which it is optional, and tasks for which it is actually sub-optimal.

This is perfectly normal, as far as I'm concerned. The question of which is "better" is a nonsensical question -- there is only "better for what".

So let's say you had to live without GUI programs for a year. Not that you or I will be doing this, but game it out with me. You can still technically have a GUI, as you can use X/Wayland, your choice of window manager, and your choice of terminal emulator, but all your actual applications must run in the terminal emulator.

Can you survive?

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My main problem with UIs, especially web UIs, is the inconsistency.

Cases such as filling up a form with values and choices. Why does this take 800 different appearances and behaviors ? And I am not looking about personal choices for themes, which could always be on the user side (or even an option offered by a site).

The site owner in the end wants a JSON + validated fields. I want my browser to open my local data-entry window and give me consistency. I should have my own native data entry tool that just sends back the JSON according to requirements.

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But nobody would do it then. First, you need a concentration of capital to build the factory, this isn't a function of how much the builders are paid, it's a function of the cost of land, the engineering, the materials acquisition. Second, if you can get the same pay for flipping burgers as someone who goes to college for 8-12 years to learn a really complex subject, why would anyone do that? Communism didn't work. History is packed with it's failures and not a single success.

Do you think if a Indian person saw a White person pooping on the street and bowing down to a statue of a hindu god that they would promote that White person in a Hindu or Indian infiltrated corporation

Also would this explain the stories about Elites doing grotesque rituals

Are they trying to fit in with the Hindus or Indians who have poop throwing religious ceremonies and similar things

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@shortstories If you want to get right down to it, we all appear to have a relationship with each other, every form of life, every animal, plant, single celled organism, there are some genes such as those having to do with energy production or transcribing DNA to RNA, these things are common to almost if not all life forms. At some point when there is enough genetic drift, it is no longer possible to line up chromosomes and form a new organism, too many pair mismatches. Australian Aborigines are the only human beings on Earth that we know have some difficulty reproducing with other humans, and even for them it is not impossible, but this comes from 40,000 years of genetic isolation. In addition every modern human language in existence can be traced back to a common language in Africa. So yea regardless of what racists say we are the same species. And as much genetic variability that there APPEARS to be within human beings, it is actually much less than that of many other species because humans went through a genetic bottleneck between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago in which there were believed to be fewer than 1000 individuals world-wide.

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People have tried to claim that both Hinduism and Judaism are ethnocentric religions but I would suggest that Hindu's are not trying to prevent White or Black or SouthEast Asian or Hispanic people from practicing Hinduism but instead people from these other ethnic groups simply for the most part are not interested in becoming Hindus, some are interested in Yoga but for the most part they are not interested in setting up a Statue to a Hindu deity and performing rituals

I was wondering if @KK954 knows anybody down in Florida that grows Barbados Cherry aka Acerola.

Ive been contemplating attempting some around here in coastal SC.

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RustDesk, probably one of the best TeamViewer Alternatives


Apart from that I am looking for a solution to a personal issue (see my other comment), I posted this because I was thinking this could be a great way to support other new Linux users and friends.
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Ive run into chefs who are obsessed with evenly sprinkling spice over food.

I think that is a huge mistake. You want some variation on the amount of spice on say a fish filet that you are broiling. Not a completely even layer over the entire fish. For one thing the fish itself has a thicker central area of the filet which tapers off towards the sides (upper and lower fish).

But just looking at the shirmp here. Some variation in the amount of spice on each shrimp gives a variety of flavor combos. Those with less basil and thyme, allow the butter, lemon and garlic to step forward...not to forget the mild flavor of the shrimp itself.

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In Central Alabama, we get daily trucks up from Mobile with fresh shrimp on ice. It's not as good as eating shrimp on the coast, but it's still pretty damn good.

I buy frozen bags of shrimp, too, but I always, always check the label and make sure it's not from India or China. I only buy the frozen gulf shrimp or the wild caught Argentinian shrimp. They charge about 5-10 bucks extra per bag to not include Indian poo. Money well spent.

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I've been wanting to visit Bayou La Batre for a while because there's a weird Soviet mini submarine that ended up there for some reason, and you can see it from the highway that goes into town.

Bayou La Batre is more or less the inspiration for Greenbow, Alabama from Forrest Gump. There are shrimp boats lined up in the bayou and several fish markets where you can buy fresh seafood. I'm planning to take my mini fridge with me when I go and come back loaded down, and put on a feast.

I found out AFTER I moved away from Florida that state residents are allowed to harvest some ridiculous amount of fresh shrimp without a permit, like 2 gallons per person per day. You can just put out a cast net with a punctured can of cat food and they'll flock to it, then you pull the net up.

There ain't nothing like fresh, just came out of the water and got its little head popped off shrimp.

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I picked up some Camu Camu Powder to mix with Protein-Fiber Smoothies for a blast of Natural Vitamin C.

Camu Camu is a dark red to deep purple bush berry that grows in the Amazon forest along river basins. The bush can survive being completely submerged during flooding. It has the highest concentration of vitamin C known...beating even the Barbados Cherry (aka Acerola).

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