"Finally I see some gears turning. We're making progress here people!"
I'm sorry, I don't think I can see the point you are making. Are you saying that one can get around the 3-5 people by using flatpaks, ro home directories and other mitigations?
A matter of perspective I think. It's a flaw in my opinion. Just downloading anything from anywhere sets one up for failure/malware.
Code Signing on its own is useless, I think. If there is no distribution structure or user-validated trustchain, of course. But then you don't really need Code Signing, a simple hash is enough.
My personal preference are the distro repos, to a point where I even dislike additional package managers like pip, npm or cargo.
I do mean downloading random stuff from random websites.
True. Still the most windows-like installation method.
Your wanted option is not gone, you can still download the binaries if the author presents them; or you can compile it from source. This is just another, more convenient way to distribute the program.
If you are looking to get your programs Windows-style, to download a binary or "install wizard", then you can look into appimages.
Like any form of distribution however: someone has to offer this, be it the author or "some rando".
Glad I can be of help.
I haven't seen Blue-Eyed Samurai yet, sorry.
The formulaic approach is something we cannot escape completely, I fear. It's why I am trying different media from different countries.
The formula is a bit less obvious with an older target audience. Here I can also recommend older stuff like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop or Black Lagoon. It's been a bit since I saw those, so I won't summarize them in fear of spoiling or misremembering something.
With anime I also try to skip the intros and outros, as they often contain spoilers, or rather hints. I usually watch those on YouTube after I've finished.
Yeah, I shouldn't have picked the marvel movies. I don't think they are all necessarily simple and shallow, just that there is a certain recurring themes that one can spot. My point was just very obvious in Iron Man 2.
Many Anime are made with kids as their target, so they may introduce a cool new theme but then tend to fall into repetitiveness.
What I liked about early anime were the translater's notes. Fanmade translations with subtitles that included additional context, mostly on the top of the screen. It explained the context of the current dialogue, or what a phrase means.
I can't really recommend something without knowing your preferences. With that said, I currently watch "Kaiju No. 8". Often recommended (that I also watched) are "Attack on Titan", "Rise of the shield hero", "Konosuba" "Ghost in the Shell" and "Code Geass". From the top of my head. Note that all of them are vastly different stories. Short notes:
- Kaiju No 8: A world where Kaiju (monsters like Godzilla) are constantly attacking cities. There is a special force that deals with them. The story is about a guy that is part of the cleaning crew, but desperately wants to join this special force.
It's very funny with some darker scenes mixed in. Pretty gory.
- Attack on Titan: Humanity in a renaissance like setting is pushed to near extinction behind three rings of giant walls. The enemies are giant, human lookalike titans that eat people.
There is constant agony and desperation, but also hope. Very captivating, mostly serious. Also has one of my favorite "fuck you" moments when the main character saves his friend.
- Rise of the shield hero: Isekai, where four people are summoned from our world to a new, RPG-like world.
I don't know how to sell the story without spoilers, so I won't go further into it. Mostly a serious story. There is betrayal and politics.
- Konosuba: The full title is "Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!" or "God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!". Also Isekai. The hero dies in our world and gets reborn in another, more game-like world. He is lazy, stubborn, sleazy and gets easily misunderstood.
Very funny anime. More of a slice-of-life style than an evolving story. There IS a story though.
- Ghost in the shell: The movies are one thing to recommend, and I do, but they can be a bit harder to follow, as they are rather old and slower paced, and also less self-explanatory. The series Stand Alone Complex is a bit more modern, plays in the future where every part of the body can be replaced by kybernetics, even the brain. The hero is part of an elite police force, tasked to bring down organized crime and is dealing mostly with heavy weapons and hackers.
Pretty confusing and serious, it's a pretty good, futuristic, dystopian police story.
- Code Geass: In the future the world is almost completely taken over by Britannia. A boy from Britannia dumped in a sector of Britannia formerly known as Japan is the hero. He wants to live and survive with his disabled sister, but gets caught between a fight between the military and japanese insurgents and is forced to participate.
Very psychological anime, many plot twists and an almost absurd setting. Mostly serious.
I don't have many examples at the moment. Just that there are differences in the ways stories are told. Strengths of the main characters, role of supporting characters, motivations of characters, worldbuilding and so on.
One example for american stuff would be (based on the marvel movies up to infinity war) that "power fixes everything" shtick. Like Tony Stark getting a new, better power core and is instantly cured from years of toxic poisoning.
For me it's about the simple portraiture of emotions. It makes it very easy to follow. Also the fresh view on storytelling compared to american, french or german comics.
Plus the oversaturation of boobies.
You can only compare that if the $100/hr are certain. Having no clients means having $0/hr.
Also to compare the two she has to have an 8hr day. I don't have many experiences in the field, but that sounds not sustainable.
Well, she's advertised as a pretty woman, not a smart one.
And now, with a little less jest: It's a stable income over a week, with a guy she evidently likes to at least look at. No need for advertising in that time. Meals are paid, as is time off. Also, the 21$ assume that she is paid 24 hours a day (3000$ ÷ 24 ÷ 6 = 20,83333...$) so she gets paid for sleeping, eating, essentially her own time. She also gets the opportunity to scout new, well off clients.
I would take that deal.
Korrekt, Kommentar. Da hab ich den Ragebait geschluckt ohne zu kauen.
Wow, der Artikel liest sich wie eine Vorbereitung um Fox News "Infotainment" in Deutschland einzuführen. Ich will der Autorin böse Absichten unterstellen. So ein rein emotionaler Bullshit, bar jeder Fakten.
Aber das kann ich auch.
Happiness is just a lack of information.
- Nico Semsrott, Demotivation Coach (roughly translated)
It's very versatile. It can be used as a threat, a sudden shock or long term torture. I'm not comfortable going into further detail.
Honestly I would be angry too. But then after I would have completely woken up I would laugh about it. And think of a payback. Maybe even something involving a moist, cold sponge.