I actually had the reverse problem: some stupid neighbor kept trying to pair something with my smart TV, to the point where I couldn’t watch TV at times, due to this moron’s insistence. I looked in the settings and also found I couldn’t disable Bluetooth, or blacklist devices, so I thought of a simple solution: changing the TV name to “virus”. From that day on, no one tried to pair anything with my TV.

Fedora, it’s bleeding edge, but stable enough for a daily driver. Also, most things work out of the box.

Why can’t mom and pop store compete with Costco?

This how you sound.

Still don’t know what you’re talking about. Anyway, in capitalist free America people are shot for knocking in the neighbour’s door, is that better? Lest we talk about the private jail system that demands prisoners, in order to be sustainable.

Which past is this that you speak of? And how is the present a better option than anything at all, really?

I know you want to go deeper, but here’s a nice summary of linux’s early history: https://lwn.net/Articles/928581/

The only crybaby I’ve seen so far is you.

There’s no need for that, we’re all on the same side, and the GNU tools may not be an os by themselves, but they are a crucial part of any Linux distribution.

I have a small gripe with this article: CTRL+K, CTRL+U and CTRL+W don’t “delete”, they “cut”, and the clipboard can be accessed with CTRL+Y, which the article also fails to mention.

Took me 2 minutes, literally.

It’s true, there are factors that will make things sort of work, or make them go downhill very fast. In Portugal, there was a lot of deregulation in the past few 20 years, which brought higher prices, monopolies and fixed prices. That’s my main reason for not believing in deregulation, but I understand that there may be exceptions to this. I just think that they’re precisely that: exceptions to the rule.

Also, I love that I’m having a deep conversation in the memes community!

I didn’t have to search much to find an article talking about the corruption in the Brazilian telecommunications free market: https://teletime.com.br/10/12/2019/o-passado-mal-explicado-das-telecomunicacoes-no-brasil/ Sure, you can argue that many of these companies simply went bankrupt, but the weight of those bankruptcies falls on the same shoulders every time: private profit, public loss. Sure, there were a lot of telecoms opening at that time due to the government opening up the market, but at what cost?

It does matter because you cannot isolate the effects of regulations from the corruption, violence, etc… All of which are huge issues in Brazil.

Regulation is hardly on the top 20 Brazil problems list. Be serious.

Regulations are made to make sure that businesses comply with the minimum safety and health rules, as well as not actively harming the consumer. So, no, no area benefits from deregulation. Giant companies love deregulation so they can monopolize and/or fix prices. Getting to your barber example: if I’m trying to find a barber, I will surely only look for licensed barbers, as I surely do not want a busted hair job, or to incur in any hazard. Simple as that.

Let’s be honest, this is simply not true. Regulation acts in favor of the weaker link, no area benefits from deregulation.

I can vouch for this, having had a 308 van that was bleeding me dry annually through the revisions, even if they’re not expensive to buy, the maintenance is ridiculously expensive.

There’s no need, you guys are doing a great job by yourselves!

It’s not impossible, if the paper roll unrolled until it almost reached the floor, and it sat inside the shorts/trousers, you could get them up with the paper stuck inside. Obviously, being old helps on the lack of awareness of the situation.

Do you wanna break Rog’s balls?