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XScreenSaver vs Google(www.jwz.org)

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just_another_person@lemmy.world
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Simple. Effective. Unlike Google.

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TecCheck@feddit.de
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I like the Portal reference

Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never offer you advice, as it cannot talk. In the event that XScreenSaver does talk, we ask you to ignore it’s advice. As we do with Google.

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thegreekgeek@midwest.social
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That was meeeeeee

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Lung@lemmy.world
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That’s so fucking funny, dude really hates Google. XScreenSaver was released in 1992 fyi, and was once considered the pride and joy of Linux, being way cooler than other OS screensavers, and had a big community of ppl trying to make new trippy ones

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Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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I was surprised to learn recently that people are still making new screen savers for it.

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DuckGuy@mander.xyz
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The last bullet point might be the most impactful. Google should know the rules by now.

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I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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Google keeps letting us down, tho

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Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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That was amazing. Wow. I mean, I knew that google was bad but, damn.

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