Posts by georgezilla

Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market

Re: everything is junk

" ... and the Linuxi still can't understand why Windows is on more PCs than ever. ... "

No, actually many of us know EXACTLY why it is. Only those that haven't been around awhile, or have no use for history can't understand it.

There are basically two main reasons why Windows is on "more" desktops.

The first is because in the beginning Microsoft said " Our OS and nothing else. Or no Windows at all. Fuck you." And they got slapped for it.

Secondly, it was and is, technically, "You can't sell a computer without an OS. If you do, no Windows for you. Fuck you."

So yea we know exactly how and why Windows was and is still the dominate desktop OS.

And being the "best, most secure desktop OS" doesn't have a fucking thing to do with why it is. Because subjectively, it isn't.

Re: ChromeOS is a fake linux

" ... "The Linux world"? What even is that? ... "

Anything that uses the Linux Kernel is part of the "Linux world".

" ... Who decides? ... "

YOU do. You get to decide. Quite a concept isn't it?

" ... I thought the whole point of Free Software was that you get to use it however you like; even ways other people don't like. ... "

See, you knew the answer to your own question. You get the point.

Three signs that Wayland is becoming the favored way to get a GUI on Linux

" ... That would explain why the devs are so keen to push the changes. ... "

So could ego and narcissism.

I'm 70 years old. I am not against change. I have seen more of it then many, if not most here have. Change is in fact a good thing. But change simply for changes sake is not. Objectively, not subjectively. Is systemd objectively better? Is it faster? Does it use less resources? Is it simpler? Does it do the job of that which it was meant to replace? Or does it do more, intruding into places that it doesn't need to? If the answers to any or all of these questions, and more, objectively, is no, then how and why is it "better" and why should it be adopted?

Wayland. I have no problem with it at all. Haven't knowingly used it, so I have no objective, or even subjective, reason to like it or dislike it. Change is good. If in fact, that change is good and not change for the sake of change. Or for someones overblown ego or narcissism.

It's not hard to change my mind. Show me that's it is,objectively better. And I will have no problem. But if you are going to be subjective, to offer opinion, or try to blow smoke up my ass, just go the fuck away. I don't have the time or inclination.

Canonical takes its LXD 'containervisor' back into the house

Just another reason to say "Fuck Canonical and Ubuntu". One of so many, many reasons to.

Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech

Re: No such scenario occurred - really ?

" ... they just believe that marriage is special, divinely ordained, and has a specific meaning it was given in scripture. ... "

Which is ignorant bullshit. And is a bastardization of their religion in order to validate their hate, fear, ignorance and intolerance.

Re: No such scenario occurred - really ?

" ... "Activists" wanting to push/punish the "bigots" ... "

As they should be. Bigotry, in all it's forms, should not be tolerated. Especially when these "bigots" are, will be the first to cry foul when they feel that they are the ones that discriminated against.

Whine, whine whine. No one likes me because I'm an ignorant asshole!

Re: No such scenario occurred - really ?

" ... want to force said bigots to do their wedding celebration baking? ... "

Because assault actually is illegal. Which I think is the proper reaction to these hateful, fearful, ignorant, intolerant people who bastardize their religion to validate their fear, hate, ignorance and intolerance. Because the right to "freedom FROM religion" is also in the Constitution. And your right of freedom of religion ONLY protects that right FROM THE GOVERNMENT! NOT from me.

But then going to someplace like Yelp and posting that these types of businesses should be avoided because they are hateful, fearful, ignorant, intolerant religious bigots might work too.

Re: No such scenario occurred - really ?

" ... for refusing to bake a “gay” cake. ... "

JHF'ingC!!

Cakes aren't "gay".

And if I can decide to NOT bake "gay cakes" because of my religious beliefs, I can decide to NOT bake "straight cakes" for MY religious beliefs too. Or "christian cakes". Or "white cakes". Or ..................

Any fucking other "kind" of cake.

And you don't see just how fucking stupid the whole Idea is?

Fuck, all they had do do is to say that they were all booked up, or some other bullshit. But NNNNNOOOOOooooooooooooooo, these fucking morons just had to make it about THEM AND THEIR FUCKING RELIGION!!

< shakes head >

Fuck them and their mythical sky faerie that does magic!

Re: This is somewhat weird...

" ... If you think affirmative action is a good thing, just ask yourself if you would like it if you were denied admission to the university you wanted to go to because of your race. ... "

< shakes head >

So you don't know that you just agreed with affirmative action. You made the case for it. Because people of color WERE being denied admission for that very reason. "White" people weren't/aren't being "denied admission" because they were "white". Someone was being admitted because they were better qualified. IN SPITE of their color. Based on merit.

So yes, yes I do think affirmative action was, is a good thing. If you don't .....................

" ... just ask yourself if you would like it if you were denied admission to the university you wanted to go to because of your race. ... "

Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs

Re: What About The Current Resident?

" ... We do not know if those folders even had anything in ... "

The problem is that you don't understand that the "folders" themselves" are actually classified. They have it written on them in BIG FUCKING RED LETTERS! It's not just that what is in them that is classified. And illegal to have them.

Re: What About The Current Resident?

Not at all.

But it does expose your ignorance.

Re: What About The Current Resident?

" ... it's all very strange. Ex-President announces he's running again, triggering yet another concerted campaign to prevent them, and jail them. ... "

< heavy sigh >

FFS!

It would be very strange, if that was actually the way it happened. But is wasn't.

This has been going on for aprox. TWO FUCKING YEARS!

Someone didn't wake up the day before he announced, sand said OH FUCK, he's going to run again. Let's indict him!

Evidence was gathered, witnesses were interviewed, a Special Counsel was placed, a Grand Jury was seated, evidence was presented, witnesses heard, and the Grand Jury indicted him on all of that. And he was arrested, booked and charge in a Court.

And you would know that if you were paying attention. Which is seems that you weren't and still aren't.

Re: What About The Current Resident?

No. No one is doing that. It's just not relevant to the case at all.

This is about The United States of America vs. Donald J. Trump. What does what Biden did or didn't do have with that fact? So Biden took a shit this morning so Trump didn't do anything wrong? And what Biden did isn't anything like Trump did. When Biden found out that he had some, he called the FBI and DOJ and said, hey come get them. Trump lied, denied, hid them, etc. That is why he's in trouble and Biden isn't.

It's a simple concept. But apparently even simple concepts are beyond your ability to understand.

And you might read the indictments to see exactly what Trump is charged with.

Re: What I cannot understand ...

" ... if the security services decided a cheerios box was sensitive then it would immediately be assumed so regardless of contents. ... "

Yep, that's exactly how it works. Like it or not. If it makes sense or not.

" ... which the security services claim are so sensitive they wont allow anyone to even look and see if they are sensitive at all ... "

Nope. There are people who actually can and have looked at them. It just requires two things. 1) that you have a clearance that allows you to see them. And .... 2) that you need to see them. The NEED to know. It's simple. And you sign a paper that says that you understand that if you tell anyone about what's in them that you are fucked.

Re: What I cannot understand ...

" ... issue doesnt seem to be about the classification as he declassified them. ... "

< heavy sigh >

That's not how it fucking works. The President can direct that things be declassified. But he CAN NOT just say that they are, and they then are. There is procedure that must be fallowed before they actually are.

Then there is the fact that just because a "document" is "declassified" does not mean that what is IN the document is. Many, many declassified documents are in fact redacted. Some of what is in a declassified document may still classified.

Your ignorance of the subject is showing. And it's not a good look.

Re: What I cannot understand ...

So you have no actual clue as to what he's being charged with. Why am I not surprised.

If you were to actually to read, and be able to comprehend, what Trump is charged with, you would be able to see that he hasn't been charged with "having" them. It's about the lying about having them. It's about not returning them when asked. It's about the obstruction. And 37 counts of doing those types of things.

And the difference is that Biden said .... Maybe we should take a look and see. OMG we have some too. Hello FBI, hello DOJ, I have some. You want to come get them? Okay, we'll be waiting and have them all ready for you when you get here. What? You want to have a look around while you're here? Sure. Have a look.

See the difference? Well I doubt that you do. But I had to try.

Re: What I cannot understand ...

" ... "I have no recollection". ... "

Doesn't work when there is evidence that proves it even if you don't remember. Video, audio, physical evidence and testimony from people that were there actually does.

Re: What I cannot understand ...

The "true Joe Biden"?

You have something that "shows" the "true Joe Biden"? You know something like evidence? Maybe even creditable evidence?

No. You don't even have any bullshit evidence that you can actually show.

I'm sorry. You seem to have misplaced your whistleblower? Just when they were going to show up?

Come on. You don't have shit! Just supposition, empty accusations and flat out unfounded conspiracy theories. And your ass must be getting sore. Having to reach so far up it to pull things out of it so often.

Show us what you have of STFU!

Re: Incredibly dangerous/stupid.

Because Trump doesn't give one fuck about anyone else. And I suspect that he would even throw his children under the bus if he thought that it would help him.

That and he very often doesn't pay his own debts. You think that he'll be paying his own lawyers with his OWN money? Lol. That's what the rubes are for, he'll spend the money that he coned them out of.

Re: as did his aide Walt Nauta

" ... even if they didn't really specify ... "

The Second Amendment to the US Constitution ....

" ... A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State ... "

Seems pretty specific to me. I don't see in there anywhere it says anything about having a fuck ton of weapons and randomly killing your neighbors because your fee fees were hurt.

Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps?

" ... but at the end of the day, it's all about ... "

Profit. Not just some. Not just a lot. But about huge profits. Obscene amounts. And fuck everything and everybody but us.

It's about "it's not our" and everyone MUST USE OURS!!!

And if you believe anything else, you're just fucking wrong.

One small Leap for OpenSUSE as 15.5 arrives ahead of business sibling

I run both Leap and Tumbleweed across several machines. And I love them both. But .................

There's just something about Leap and it's stability, in my own mind, that keeps it on the machines that it's on. But .........................

I can se the "advantages"(?) of Tumbleweed that keeps it on the rest.

And I'd hate to be forced to give up either.

Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024

Re: Snap rhymes with crap

I still don't understand what "snap" or "flatpack" actually are or what they actually do. Or why they hell I would want/need to use them.

My distro already has two of "package managers". One with a GUI ( yast ). And one CLI ( zypper ), that lets me fuck things up if I want/need to. What more do I need? They have work fine for decades.

So .....................

The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it

Re: democracies still have safeguards to bring this stuff to light, and yet it keeps happening

" ... this comment is a proof I'm a Russian shill ... "

Now I know and don't have a problem with you being one. Because now I know who and what you are and just ignore you.

Thanks for the heads-up!

:)

Asahi Linux developer warns the one true way is Wayland

Re: Every time there is a Linux article...

" ... and provide clear and simple updates ... "

So something like an icon in your panel that tells you when and how many updates there are? That you can install with a single click, or NOT install? Or that you can keep using your computer while the updates are being installed, Including apps that you are currently using? And not have to wait while your computer restarts? And restarts. And ......

Like Linux currently does?

THAT kind of ..............

" ... and provide clear and simple updates ... " ?

" ... a version that *anyone* could install ... "

You mean like Windows?

Oh wait. Not "anyone" can do a clean install on bare metal of Windows. Or know that they may need to find drivers for most of their hardware.

Or do you mean like OS X? Well shit. it's illegal to install OS X on anything other then Apple hardware. And if you do, it's a pain in the ass.

" ... I do have an asbestos overcoat ... "

< heavy sigh >

You wouldn't need it if you had a dam clue. Instead of hating something you know so little about.

When it comes to Linux distros, one person's molehill is another's mountain

Re: Two sided

Yep, love me some MC.

Re: have an upvote for

Mate.

Basically the same thing.

Started with Gnome, because that's what the distro came with.

Then Gnome2.

Now, Mate.

Gnome3 just fit my workflow.

Re: Two sided

I'm old ( 70 this year ) and I use Linux. As my daily driver.

Oh wait. I've been doing that for 2+ decades.

Never mind.

Re: Why Distros Fork: Bug Triage and Dev Group Politics

" ... but has some burning-hot-to-them problem they want fixed, and the exisiting dev group refuses to fix it ... "

Nope.

Okay well once in 2+ decades of daily driving Linux.

Got on IRC ( HexChat ) with the dev and an hour later he sent me the URL for the fixed package.

Re: Using a Fork to Continue the Original Direction

But if I move to a non-systemd distro, how will I have to swear at. Making fun of LP and systemd is just to much fun.

Re: work around or move on

" ... Having spent an hour or two cursing the vast failings of Microsoft's developers Yet Again this morning ... "

Did your update/fix break anything this time? Or did it actually just fix what it was supposed to?

Re: work around or move on

" ... And bugs don't get fixed,usability issues don't get changed, quirks don't get removed ... "

Bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit.

Ignorance is not a good look.

Re: work around or move on

" ... but there's never going to be a serious FOSS competitor to Windows ... "

Okay. On the desktop, that I'll give you. But .....

On.

Every.

Thing.

Else.

Window is no where near Linux.

Not even close.

Linux based OS's are by far the most used OS's in the world. For many, many things can not do.

Just one example .............. smart phones. Moe of them use a Linux based OS then ALL other OS's combined. Android is in fact a Linux based OS.

Re: work around or move on

" ... is that on large scale projects (like anything larger than say Notepad++) no one ever finishes anything ... "

Huh ...........................

I'll have to tell Black Magic that. DaVinci Resolve is used by many major video production companies. It's used over Adobe's and the Apple's offering.

Then there's Open Broadcasting Studio. The majority of streamers use it. Currently at version 29.x

Also the US and major education instantiations that do vital scientific research on super computers ( ALL of the top 500 of them for at least the last decade ).

Then there's the last Mars probes.

Computational Fluid dynamics.

If you use an Android phone or tablet, so the vast majority of those devices.

The auto industry.

The list goes on, and on and on .......

So yep, NO "large scale projects". None at all.

< shakes head >

Re: Linux is hard. Get over it. Learn to use it. Or don't.

" ... it's a confusing pile of shite ... "

Sorry that you are so easily confused. Honestly.

" ... I'll take your advice and stick to s where devs get paid. ... "

Commercial OS's?

Redhat, 2+ billion dollar company delivering and supporting Linux.

SuSE, a fairly large company delivering and supporting Linux.

Google, a very, very large company. Delivering and supporting Linux. Android is in fact a Linux based OS.

Microsoft, Amazon and NASA to name three more. All use and support Linux.

All of them pay their Linux devs.

Many, many companies have and pay their many, many Linux dev.

Oh and Linux runs ALL 500 of the worlds top super computers.

And is the OS of Mars probes.

Your "commercial" OS's aren't.

Facts.

Reality.

At least on this planet, and the reality that most of the people that live on it do.

And then there is the fact that outside of the PC market, Linux is the most used OS in the world. And I bet that you in fact use Linux without even knowing it.

Not bad for a " a confusing pile of shite".

Re: work around or move on

" ... but believe an OS should be fairly transparent ... "

Okay, let's start with that.

Just how transparent do you want? With Linux you can actually see the source code.

" ... I'm not looking for an OS that I can hack with ... "

Then don't. No reason to.

" ... I'm a software dev professional of many decades experience so consider myself technically competent .. "

Okay, I agree, you are in fact more then just technically competent. But let me ask you a question ......................

Did you just start being a dev? Or did you have to "learn" to do it? Read books? Take classes? So how is learning a technical OS any different?

" ... No windows Media Player ... "

Okay. So software written for Windows didn't work on Linux surprised you?

" ... and discover that I can't play a DVD ... "

Okay. Don't remember ever having it not. But okay.

" ... Reseal that there's a piece of software I used on Windows but manufacturer's website doesn't offer a Linux equivalent. ... "

Yep. Linux doesn't run Windows software natively. Just one question. How long ago did all this happen?

" ... Honestly, it's more bother than it's worth just to perform a few mundane tasks. ... "

I agree. " just to perform a few mundane tasks" with Windows software on Linux isn't worth it. But Linux isn't Windows.

I'm sorry that Linux didn't/doesn't work for you. And that's okay. I wish that it did. So just use the tool that does work for you. For many people like me, a Linux based OS actually does work. And not just mundane tasks. Audio, listening, editing and recording. Video recording, editing and streaming. Photo editing, from both my Cannon and Sony DSLR's. My microphone and audio interface. And other things. All just works on my Linux based OS of choice. No driver downloads needed.

And I do admit, acknowledge that YMMV. But for me it just works. Was there a learning curve? Yes. I too am technically competent, an electronic technician. I'm not a dev, well not any more.. But I learned and use to code in Cobol. Fortran, Basic and Pascal. So I understand learning curves.

I build my own computers ( started with Intel 286's and 64K of memory and when Linux was actually hard.). And my experience ( 2+ decades ) is now that it just works.

Re: work around or move on

" ... and, to be honest, you try Linux going on a machine where there are no drivers ... "

< heavy sigh >

So you don't know or understand that Microsoft doesn't make drivers for Windows? The manufacture of the hardware does. So it's not a Linux problem.

" ... often buy a system where Windows comes pre-installed so no hard work to get things going ... "

Ahhhh, okay. Then just "buy a system where" ... Linux com preinstalled. "so no hard work getting things going". Because there are more then a few companies that do, if you bother to look. And if they don't have the Linux based OS that you want, getting the one you do want is actually easy. Because they choose hardware that just works with Linux based OS's in general.

Using your logic and often your words in reply to you, most of your comment is nonsense.

" ... Those people don't whine about Linux, as a matter of fact, they couldn't care less ... "

And yet here they are, on almost every Linux article doing just that.

" ... especially if you see how non-technical newbies are treated in forums ... "

2+ decades of daily driving Linux, I have seen how they are treated. And yes sometimes they aren't treated well. I was treated like that when I first started out, and I was, and am a "technical" person. I'm old, I know what transistors, diodes and basic electronic components were and how they worked. I know what logic circuits were and how they work. I could and did build from scratch/repair them. I could do truth tables and do math in different number systems. I even learned how to program in Cobol, Forttran, Pascal and Basic. But then I understood that if I asked and answered questions in an intelligent and relevant way I was treated better and got the help I was after. I realized that if wasn't them, that it was ME, And I learned.

Linux based OS's ARE technical. An OS that lets you see the actual damn code IS technical. Code that you can change in anyway you like IS technical. And the fact that they aren't technical, isn't the fault of Linux based OS's.

No one is suggesting that new, non-technical people should learn to use the CLI and write shell code ( For the most part you don't have to. And when you do, it's can be as easy as cut and paste. ) . Just that you learn how to do the simplest of things. Read/fallow the instructions on how to install the OS. How to install software on the OS of your choice ( in most modern Linux based OS's, it's as easy as one click. ). How and where to find software for the OS of your choice. Even software on Gethub has readme's that tell you what to do. Linux based OS's really aren't hard. Just takes a little work, reading. And because it actually IS techjnical, and you break things, that's just life. Nothing to get upset about.

" ... Those people don't whine about Linux ... "

You just amply demonstrated that yourself in your comment that they do.

Re: work around or move on

" ... My view fwiw is that you don't need a learner gateway distro ... "

Then don't. But at least learn the basics. You know, like how to install the OS of your choice. How to install software, most of which can be done with one click. And don't blame the OS when you can't. Because you can't be bothered.

" ... We need a standard forever distro ... "

Why? If you want a "standard" OS , there's Windows and Mac/iOS. Linux isn't standard. Never was, never was meant to be. What is it about that fact that is just so damn hard to understand? And why is it.

" ... A better way round is like with cameras- point and shoot being good enough for most people. ... "

Then people shouldn't buy a $3K camera body and $2500 lens. And if they do, then they damn well should learn to use is. And a Linux based OS is a $3k camera and a $2500 dollar lens. Windows is a "point and shoot" camera.

Actually no. Most of " The profoundest FOSS/'nux advocates " have no fucks to give about if it dies or not. They have an OS that works for them, meets their needs just fine. And lets them get their work done and feed the family. Works for me. Has for over 2 decades. And I rarely even think about Windows.

30 years ago, a CS collage student decided to try his had at writing a kernel. He put it out on what there was of the internet. Other people thought it was cool and started to tinker with it. Then the added things to it to make it the basics of a working OS, by slapping user land tools on it. From the GNU project. Tinkerers. For shits and giggles. And from there they got a working (?) OS. Many, many of them in fact. It was never meant to be anything else. And it still is just that. NOT a "standard" OS. But still one that is more then usable. But to use it you must want to. Need to learn how to. And when you do, it "just works". If you don't? Well then it's not for you.

If you want a "standard" OS, then use one. But if you want more. If you want to learn. If you don't mind breaking shit, and you will, because unlike "standard" OS's, you can ( 2+ decades of it being my daily driver I still break shit and enjoy doing it ). If you want more from your OS then there's Linux based OS's that help you do just that.

If you want a "standard" OS, then Linux isn't it. And I, like many, many others don't care if it ever is. It is what it is. It is just fine as it is and will continue to be.

If you have a problem with Windows, I'm sorry. But Linux based OS's isn't the answer. Never was. Never was meant to be. And if you aren't willing to learn how to use it, for you it never will be.

If a "non-standard" OS isn't for you, and Linux based OS's aren't, then don't use it. But please just go away and stop whining because it isn't.

Re: The question is how much you want to compromise

I don't. Because I don't see Linux as one.

Windows?

iOS?

Those would be.

Re: Snap/Flatpack

" ... All these systems are better than Slackware 3.x's install process ... "

That is just an opinion. And opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.

One that I disagree with. Slackware was my first distro. I don't use it anymore. Mostly because I'm old and to damn lazy to.

BTW, I use Tumbleweed.

Re: Easy choice

And people say Windows just works.

As long as you're willing to wait for 6 hours while it tries to figure if it wants to work or not.

Sounds like a winner to me.

Re: Year of the Linux Desktop

My answers ...............

1) what distro you use?

opensuse ( for the better part of 2 dacades )

2) what distro you recommend?

NONE!

Re: Year of the Linux Desktop

" ... Which do users use? ... "

Oh I don't know. How about anyone they want and can use.

Wait .............

Sorry ............

I forgot .............

Choice is a bad thing. Something to be avoided at all cost.

It's not like trying to buy a car ............

Oh wait.

It's EXACTLY like trying to buy a car.

Never mind.

< shakes head >

Re: "Too Much Choice"

" ... and a big bowl labelled Linux ... "

Pssssttttt ..................

Clue fallows .......................

Android actually in that "big bowl". It's every bit a Linux based OS as any other Linux based OS like Ubuntu, Redhat, Debian, etc.

Re: Year of the Linux Desktop

" ... why the year of the Linux desktop has never really happened ... "

But it has. Just maybe not for you.

It happened for me about 25 years ago.

Re: Other Choices

" ... so little adoption of Linux ... "

Only on the desktop. Everywhere else Linux is the most used OS on the planet.

Re: Two sided

" ... Or getting berated for not having read every forum post ... "

Or how about, you know asking an intelligent question, and being specific about your issue?

And "It doesn't work" doesn't qualify as intelligent nor specific.

That's were the answer ..............

Did you turn it off, wait and turn it back on?

.... comes from.

Re: Linux is hard. Get over it. Learn to use it. Or don't.

" ... where devs get paid. ... "

<shakes head>

You don't think that Linux devs don't get paid? Just what planet do you live on?

JHFC! So much ignorance.

Redhat pays their devs.

Amazon pays their Linux devs.

As does Google.

Google pays their Android devs.

Hell, even Microsoft pays their Linux devs.

" ... it's a confusing pile of shite ... "

So you get confused often and eaisly? How, why is that the fault of Linux?

Re: work around or move on

" ... almost everybody on the planet wants an OS that just works. ... "

And yet they use Windows. Which " just works"? Well okay, it " just works " almost as well as Linux does.

When was the last time that you install on bare metal on some random hardware that you threw together. It just works? You don't have to down drivers? 100's of GB worth? Updates break shit? And the fixes that fix what the update broke, doesn't break things?

You want a computer that runs Windows that just works? Then you buy one with it preinstalled.

Oh wait ..... You can do that with Linux. And it just works too. The "I just want an OS that just works" is just another bullshit excuse to whine about Linux because you can't make it work. Or it's to hard. Or some other bullshit.

You want an OS that " just works "? Then stick with Windows.

And good luck with it. Because it breaks. And when it doesn't, they've changed shit so that it doesn't work like it did before the update.

Do I hate Windows? Nope. I don't have and fucks left to give about it.

Linux sucks? Then don't use it. Go back to, or stick with Windows. Just stop whining about Linux.

FFS!!

People whining about Linux sound like a three year old when their mother won't give them a fucking cookie.