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Someone make a good phone with a physical keyboard for the love of god!!!

I did: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry

That's definitely a healthy way of dealing with that.

But with this way, something like Linux, Distros, Firefox, Blender or LibreOffice would have never happened. There are those who want to build retail-level open source software, mostly out of idealism, and then you are stuck between a non-monetizable rock and a toxic hard place.

But I totally agree with you, unless you are super idealistic, your way of handling it is probably the most healthy one and the one that will cause you the least amount of trouble. And it's also what I do, except when I sometimes do get idealistic.

Yeah, my post was a bit of hyperbole, but I've been to a fancy restaurant a while ago, where they did make you pay for cutlery and also for the table separately.

But they didn't have a take-away option.

That's basically right. But it's quite a difference what you have to do to scratch your itch, and what you need to do for it to be useful for others.

If you do it for yourself, there are no tests or documentation or even a GUI. It's quick and dirty, all configuration is hardcoded. If you need a different config, you'll just change the code.

All that doesn't really fly if you expect someone else to use the project.

On the other side, especially if it's too polished, idiots will perceive the project as being a commercial one and demand that you do what they want.

If you don't know the stories, maybe read up on the maintainer of core-js or Marcel Bokhorst. These two people complained about how tough it is to make good open source software. Both talked specifically about their toxic audience. So in turn the audience ridiculed them and they even received death threats.

Cole's law is best with a burger.

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Oh, btw, we didn't tell you, but it's actually 18% more expensive than the prices on the menu.

Also, it's $10 extra for the plates and silverware.

And we also charge you for eating in as well, that's another $10.

And if you don't tip on top of that, we get really angry.

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And wouldn't that completely shift worldwide powerbalanes for centuries to come?

For example, would WW2 have happened if France had been a global superpower instead of a pushover?

Would the american revolution have happened with another colonial ruler?

Without that example, would the french revolution have happened?

Without both revolutions, would democracy be a thing by now, or would we still have totalitarian monarchies?

You know the butterfly effect? It's the same except we aren't killing a butterfly but instead one of the superpower nations of that time.

Of course it wouldn't stop colonialization, but it would change the future quite a lot.

• No English-speaking superpowers/English as lingua franca
• No Commonwealth
• No wide-spread anglo common law based legal systems
• Superpowers/alliances would be totally mixed up up to now.
• China could have developed totally different due to them not constantly losing against the English.
• No colonialization of the Welsh, Scots, Irish by the English

I think that should shake up the timeline quite a bit.

I was focussing on changing the timeline, not on deterring nations from doing something. Without English colonializers, there would have certainly been other colonizers, but e.g. the whole China situation would have likely been very different. There would not be a dominant anglo culture right now. No English-speaking USA, no English-speaking Australia, no large countries with an anglo common law-based legal system.

It would change the timeline quite a bit.

Take the current highest-yield nuclear bomb and destroy England right before the begin of their collonial era.

Generally speaking, I believe removing a global superpower just before they do their world-changing thing is probably going to have the biggest effect on the timeline.

Ein Revoluzzer ;)

But are all sides of the car in the optimal angle towards the sun? No trees or buildings near your parking spot that could shade your car?

There is a pretty huge demand for solar panels right now. If these panels didn't go into a car, someone else would mount them to a roof instead.