Not having an extra language to deal with and so many features being just a flag away is why I decided to go with QtWidgets for the GUI of a project I am working on at work. And it is so nice to use despite being very old. For the graphically intensive parts I am just using Vulkan. I understand this might not be enough for all types of GUIs though and just wish QtWidgets had some sort of GPU acceleration.

I thought that if you have some idea about how hardware works, it is kind of more or less obvious whether something is synthesizable or not.

> but we’d be ruled forever by ageless ghouls.

We all know what the ruled do when they get really pissed. The prospective ghouls know it very well too.

Exactly... Nothing can stop the masses. Plus, we have laws that can change and adapt.

Imagine the kind of garbage that some people consider "robust, working code"...

I'd reframe it as a stupid game..

On the other hand, they grew 400% in one year.

Get a flip phone. Being reachable and able to reach is good, and you'll still get all the other benefits.

Any device connected to cell towers is constantly having its location tracked via triangulation, which is sold to endless surveillance capitalism organizations and governments to monitor where we shop, and where we protest, to optimally manipulate us.

I am specifically opting out of cellular networks for this reason, though open hardware/software wifi and meshtastic solutions I am always open to.

For me, being able to visualize 4D would imply that I can picture four mutually perpendicular axes, something which I find completely impossible for me to do. And I thought it is impossible for any human brain. It would be fascinating if I am wrong.

You have a really sad view on what constitutes a waste of time.