September 5 Questions (Bronzie) 2020-09-03
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My responses to Bronzies's 5Qs for September:
gemini://multiverse.thruhere.net/5q/202009-1.gmi
> 1. New York City or Los Angeles? Why?
New York City! I have only actually been to the airport in LA, but I'm
pretty sure I would much much rather be in New York City. I like to
wander around a nice dense city on my feet or by public transport. Big
buildings lining busy streets, hustle and bustle, a sense of some
history, the rivers that are not in a concrete channel, these are
important ingredients of a good city.
> 2. What is your favourite game, and why?
I used to play computer games quite a bit, mostly Sim City and
Civilisation type things. As a kid it would have been one of those on
the Atari ST. These days my favorite games are things that are fun for
a quick 20 minutesi here and there. I'm partial to some SNES Tetris
Attack and Tetris 2, but Mario Kart on the Wii is probably the most
fun thing to play with my wife and children.
> 3. Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
I have never seen these, but my wife informs me that Ferris Bueller's
Day Off is less problematic.
> 4. You can have an abundance of only one - what do you pick and why
(CPU GHz, CPU Cores, RAM, Storage).
RAM I think. I haven't needed to buy a bigger hard drive for several
years and am not a huge digital pack rat. It helps only really
colelcting music, and not any video! My desktop computers have older
(albeit decent) CPUs which are fine but 48GB and 80GB of RAM, as I am
often running multiple VMs etc.
> 5. If one must die, which would you kill: Linux or Firefox?
Depends... If I answer as a hobbyist at this point... probably Linux?
It doesn't really matter what all the corporate internet is running on
if they are still getting my data. They could be on Windows Server and
nerds like me would still have a bit of diversity in BSDs etc. Losing
the non-Google browser that works across many platforms, and is at
least a small impedement to web standards == Google standards, is an
uglier thought.
As someone sensible who needs to continue making a living from things
that use Linux... well, if Firefox dissappeared I'd still get paid. If
Linux did... I'm not so sure.
