I had a similar but different experience. My first in-person introduction to Linux was Ubuntu via some training for a job. When the class referred to it as Linux, our instructor would tell us “Technically it’s Ubuntu, not Linux” so I thought Ubuntu was an entirely separate OS that I had just never heard of before

“autocorrect” AI glorified autocorrect…

Wait

To put it more generally, corporations are people when it’s good to be a person, but not when it’s bad to be a person

I think the actual worst part about this is that pattern recognition isn’t supposed to be a neurodivergent thing. Pattern recognition is like a built in feature in humans, but most people have it beat out of them in school

A couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying

Same way you’re “submissive” to your boss