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<Touched> visual studio code is built on electron | |
<Touched> everything is a lie | |
<~Alex> lol | |
<~Alex> Touched: Why aren't you as critical of web applications as you are of the current graphical desktop state? | |
<Touched> what do you mean? | |
<~Alex> Surely the world of program-as-a-service applications was the worse fear of proponents of Free Software | |
<~Alex> why do you have so much disdain for the fragmented graphical programming options but don't mind graphical web programming really? | |
<Touched> who said I don't | |
<~Alex> I didn't | |
<~Alex> I said you don't seem to hate it as much, or at least that's what I was trying to get at | |
<~Alex> what is it about it? | |
<Touched> because desktop apps haven't evolved | |
<Touched> it's the same tech | |
<Touched> web stuff is evolving | |
<~Alex> same as what? | |
<~Alex> you mean unchanging? | |
<Touched> yes | |
<Touched> I don't really like either | |
<~Alex> what attracts you to the console then, other than the power of the keyboard over the mouse? | |
<Touched> nothing | |
<~Alex> so that is all? | |
<Touched> pretty much | |
<Touched> maybe it's also minimalism and distraction-free stuff |
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