xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@mischievoustomato @david @phnt @raccoon @japananon @sendpaws Depends on your definition of "normie". When it comes to just basic web browsing and word processing Linux (namely distros like Mint and Ubuntu) was ready for that for years, but nobody cares anymore given that the concept of a family PC has been dead thanks to smartphones.

Next level above that, you have gamers, engineers, artists, etc, and that's where things start to get iffy. Game support is getting better, but some companies still refuse to port their games to Linux and there are even some that go out of there way to make sure that their games will not even run under Wine (I think Blizzard did or still does ban users who play their games like WoW on Linux). Video and photo editing are still shit (though Blender is decent if you don't care about special effects). From what I've heard, CAD software is the same way, but is slowly getting better.

Finally, you have the programmers and people who know all the ins and outs of Linux that they can use it without any problem. They don't need to waste their time on forums, IRC, or StackOverflow. They're constantly writing their own scripts and automating everything.

The main problem is that unless you manage to find a fully freetard school/career, there will always be that one program that either doesn't work on Linux or just simply runs better on Windows. I think the best example I know of are Proctored/Locked-Down web browsers designed for taking exams. The developers out-right refuse to support Linux because different desktop environments means that they have to patch out any exploits that allows the user to access the rest of the OS during an exam. To add insult to injury, they are also designed not to work under Wine or VMs for obvious reasons.

@beardalaxy I always liked how he gave speeches in English. In the book, he said that he didn't like doing it, but he realized how beneficial it would be to do so.

But apparently, he pissed off a lot of shareholders, which is why some people believe that he was murdered. SM64's programmer Giles Goddard even said that the company is largely shareholder controlled ever since his passing.

So I've just read Ask Iwata, a book by Shigisato Itoi which has a collection of essays that Iwata made about his life and work ethic he made on Itoi's website (basically a posthumous autobiography) along with interviews with Miyamoto and Itoi about him and how he was different from other CEOs.

It was rather interesting. It seems like Iwata was truly different from other CEOs, but I guess that's mostly because Japan probably doesn't have an equivalent to the Ford vs Dodge ruling that puts shareholders as the top priority. That's why I compare him to Gabe Newell in that sense.

There were also some other interesting facts like how Iwata was inspired by Itoi marketing the Mother series for kids and adults which is why the Wii was heavily advertised as a family console.

However the one thing that resonated with me is one part when one Nintendo employee (can't remember which one) was talking about him. He said that he was nicknamed "Kirby" and that's because people will leave out boxes of candy and other junkfood for him and he will gobble all of it. No wonder he died from cancer at 55. Semi-related, but I've also heard that Masahiro Sakurai does not like the taste of water for some reason and he is a huge Diet Coke addict to the point that Nintendo leaves a mini-fridge of Diet Coke for him every time he directs a new Smash game.

Moral of the story: take pride in your work and enjoy your success, but please take care of your health.

Make Nintendo Fanboys Cringe Again

@LukeAlmighty He could've just created one figure and one frame and animated the thing with AI.