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-Hang them with text against wall

-Hang them on the ceiling

-Type them in Chinese/foreign language/braille

-Bright yellow text on white paper

-Printed with bad cartridge

-Font: wingdings

How would you suggest a firm to investigate wrongdoings other than asking a third party to do it?

So for all people that are on the fence about switching to Linux: Here's a sort of review and starter guide from a guy who switched to Mint about 4 weeks ago.

Are you someone who mostly plays non-competetive games (games without anticheat) and browse the web? You'll probably have a hassle free life on Linux. Steam's Proton layer does a lot of heavily lifting. Even if games are not officially supported. Turn the compatability on in the steam settings.

If you play VR or competetive games, it's a different story. VR is dependant on the headset. I unfortunately have all Oculus Headsets, which there is no good controller support for right now from the open source community. Anticheat simply doesnt work on Linux.

Design software From what I've read, the affinity suite now can be used through Wine (a program that lets you use windows apps on Linux) However, from my time with Wine, it is hit and miss. One update from either the application or Wine can break everything. So it is not reliable, unless you freeze all updates from both the application and Wine. Wine can be great (working out of the box) but also the biggest pain in the ass with hours of debugging. Stay away if you dislike troubleshooting.

Inkscape can be an alternative to Illustrator if you don't do heavy design work.

I haven't touched Gimp for about 6 years (used to be my main editor) but when I switched to photoshop it qas no competition. Don't know what the state of Gimp is now, will try it over the coming year.

music software Cubase or any of steinbergs plugins outright will not work on Linux (unfortunately my main DAW) However, I will probably switch to Bitwig (native Linux), which looks really promising. I got some VSTs working through Wine (all arturia stuff works great) but have had hours of troubleshooting without luck with others. Use Yabridge as a vstlink for windows VSTs. If you're a professional musician with thousands of dollars in plugins, I'd be hestitant to switch to Linux. You'll be dependant on Wine a lot, which is kind of a pain to rely on for professional use.

overall tips Might be a bit controversial, but if you're a novice: don't dump all the solutions you find online in your terminal. Actually, try to use the machine as much as possible like you normally would on Windows, unless you want to do Terminal stuff. If you dislike terminals, you'll only be frustrated by all the terminal advice people give you, which might even break stuff on your machine.

Try to download .deb packages from the official sources.++ Software center on Mint is great, but will moatly be outdated or flatpacks. Flatpacks can work, but I've had many issues with permissions and flatpacks (like an arduino flatpack that didn't give permission to use the USB port....)

Welp, I'm out of time, so I'll just randomly stop my reviewish/comment here

It's lemmy, world's smallest social media platform. We'll be fine :p

About 10 years ago I got rid of most of my cd's because I thought I would just use spotify. Now I'm slowly gathering a cd collection again from thriftstores (or buy albums in store if it's newer music and I want to support the artist). I rip them all to flac and add them to my Plex.

I've noticed I listen to music more now. I find new cool songs by artists by listening through whole albums again. Because of the time commitment of ripping and physically flipping through cd's, I actually care again about the music that I gather and listen.

We have tests done in our schools in the Netherlands right now and the early results are that it has a positive effect. Students talk to eachother more, say they have more fun during breaks. Also that they can concentrate better on their schoolwork.

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries.

So, I live in a European country where our right-wing politics would probably be considered "left" by Republican Americans.

I vote sort of central. Not too left, not too right. Even though I disagree with many things that our rightwinged politicians stand for, I can see some merit in them at times. The same with our left-leaning politicians.

When I see discussions among Americans, it seems to me either party just hates the other party, automatically calling them bigoted. And it comes across as a heavily divided country without any hope for reconciliation.

So 2 questions: Republicans: is there any democratic strength you wish your party would implement?

And democrats: is there any republican strength that you wish your party would implement?

I've been using youtube on Firefox with ublock since the premium price raise. Even on android. The experience is not great, but that makes sure I don't have ads at all.

Also discovered unhooked addon yesterday. Is desktop only, but great for going into less youtube rabbit holes that waste my time.

Off topic, but my love for the Star Wars franchise was killed by all the new movies (from 7 forward): not that I found the new movies were terrible (I found them average, entertaining at times), but they made me simply "not care" anymore about Star Wars and it's universe. 6 movies were enough.

So now when people ask me "do you like Star Wars" I answer with: "meh".

It was a joke.

And I think they are very much aware of uBlock. Unhooked got recommended to me by a Youtube video.

They know.

My Synology NAS has 512 MB of ram. She won't be winning any races, but she's a fine beauty. Hits NAS with a wrench

That's the thing though... how could you investigate something (which costs time, thus money) without letting someone pay for it? Would you suggest that alleged victims should pay for the investigation instead?

What construction would be reasonable for you to investigate wrongdoings?

Uploaded my 3DS XL data. Was easy as pie with my modded 3ds.

I'll see if I can connect my WiiU tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up!

Maybe we should have like a yearly event for this. Like a holiday. International Linux Year Day.

No man, it's a bonding experience. Loudly declare "LET 'M RIP" or "GOOD POOPIN' " to your neigbouring stalls to wish them good luck. A small pinkytoe touch for an extra boost of courage for the road ahead.

But every day ends wi... oh. OH.

I could be friends with the rainforest guy. Seems like a chill dude, just wants to shit in peace.

Games that I played with my wife that wr thoroughly enjoyed

--------COOP-------- -Unravel two. Great cute platformer where it doesn't matter if one player isn't that great at platformers. A mpving stoey with beautiful graphics and fun coop.

It Takes Two A platforming game with a great story. Good feels all around

-Stardew Valley Many people already suggested this. It's amazing. Super addictive, great coop, but can be played singleplayer as well if you're not around

- Trine series Another great platformer series. Difficulty can easily be adjusted (by allowing lifting boxes with people on it with wizard). And can also be played solo.

Escape Simulator Great escape room game with many small escaperooms that take about 10 to 15 minutes each to solve. Solo and coop.

-Overcooked Great hectic coop game. I find this game quite hectic and exhausting to play for a long time, but my wife couldn't get enough of it. Even when she was tired. Best to play coop, can be played solo.

-------SINGLEPLAYER------- My wife enjoyed management style games a lot, where you had no time pressure of any sorts.

- Strange Horticulture Puzzle game where you try to find the right plants by deductions. No time pressure, very relaxing. Only single player, although you could play it together.

Planet Zoo Probably the best zoo management game out there. Wife was addicted to it for months

Planet Coaster Same as above, but with theme parks

Cities Skylines (first one) Great city planner

Hope this helps!

I think the silent majority feels like this.

"Eh, not my cup of tea, but you do you"

As others have stated: you don't necessarily need to read music for it to be fun. And there are different ways of notation. Chords, for example, are a great way to learn music without having to read on a per note basis.

Acoustic guitar is fairly easy to pick up. It will take a few days of pain to get your fingers accustomed to pressing the strings though. Takes quite some pressure from your fingers. But after those first few days, you're golden. It's also easier to change in which "key" you play a song(oversimplified: how high or low the whole song is).

Piano is another pretty easy instrument to learn chords on. The upside of piano is that you won't have pain in the fingers for your first few days. You press and you'll have a sound. It is harder to play in different "keys" though.

Keyboard is an interesting one too: You'll learn chords like with the piano, but you'll have acces to more sounds, backing tracks etc in your keyboard if you'd go that route.

Flutes and such are quite easy to get into, but can be a bit less interesting if you only play on your own.

But in the end, most instruments takes practice and time. Just set your own goals on what you find important.

I do, just wanted to know more about how bad stuff actually would be if you wouldn't. Asked questions, learned a lot.

I'll echo the most given tip: start slow, with only an overnight at a place near you.

If you want a "longer" trip, you could also consider going to a campsite where they have all the commodities like water and showers, setup your tent there and do day hikes from that place. You'll get a feel of what you need for food and cooking, but still have the safety and commodities of a public campsite at your disposal.

youtube rabbithole and gear: Don't get dragged down in the youtube rabbithole and all its gear recommendations. Gear is really, REALLY personal. Before you know it, you'll spend hundreds of pounds on gear. Although you could view reviews of what you're looking for, most "top 10 things you need when backpacking" are just ads for specific brands and/or very much a personal preference. Accept that you will buy gear you dislike in actual use. And that (if you find out you like backpacking) you can gather your gear over the years to suit your need. You'll learn more from 1 actual backpacktrip than 40 hours of Youtube.

Don't buy everything all at once, it will most likely be a waste of money. The stuff you have lying around will be heavier than "backpackgear" but will be more than sufficient to see if you like backpacking at all. You'll find out what type of camping/backpacking you actually like and can buy gear accordingly:

• You like hiking but not setting up all the stuff? You won't need sleeping gear as you'll go from lodge to lodge/hostel to hostel
• you like having one base camp where you'll hike from? You'll buy heavier, more durable luxury gear.
• you like walking many miles and only have the minimal gear to sleep and eat? You'll be buying lightweight gear that is super light.
• you're a combination of any of the above? The gear will be a combination of the above.

There are so many ways of backpacking and camping. That is where Youtube will not help you. It is so important not to impose any arbitrary rules on how you should backpack/camp yourself until you actually know what aspect of it is important to you or what you enjoy most.

One more thing about buying gear(which again, I would try to minimize buying anything for a first trip) You'll (almost) always have a tradeoff between 3 attributes: Weight, Durabilty and Price

1. Gear is durable and cheap, but heavier.
2. Gear is lightweight and cheap but less durable
3. Gear is lightweight and durable, but expensive.

Then, 2 rules for what gear to bring:

1. You need less than you think.
2. Always, ALWAYS test your gear at home if you've bought something. Have a tent? Set it up. Have a stove? Try it out. You don't want to be out and about without a clue and a guide to setup and use your stuff.

food: Check your local supermarket for products that can be easily prepared without needing cooling. Some types of bread have long expiry dates and are excellent for backpacking trips. Nuts and energy bars can be great too for snacks. Something like an apple is a great snack too. Try to see what you normally eat, and see if there is anything that would be practical to take with you on a trip without needing a fridge.

If you have a stove with you on your backpacking trip, special dried backpacking meals are lightweight, easy to make and (can be) tasty without being too expensive.

Part of the hobby is the journey itself. So give yourself the time to find what you like, what you need, and how get the most reward/enjoyment out of the hobby.

I just stuck a few ubiquity access points all around the house. Works great, office-grade stuff.

Well, typing and deleting lets me think thoroughly about where I stand in matters and what arguments I use. So in a way, it sometimes makes a difference for myself even if not posted.

Any movie that is acting out one of my hobbys. I always appreciate it if the writers/producers actually took the time to research it. Stuff like:

-boardgame setups

-videogame gameplay

-musical instruments/singing being performed

I also always look in a carscene wether they are actually driving or if it's a video/screen playing Basically I look a lot for clues behind the scenes with movies instead of enjoying the movie as is.

Apologies. I meant condemn. Second language and all.

Thanks for the thorough explanation! Interesting stuff, the examples really helped me see the many different ways an attack could work.

This.

It is planned feature for Gimp 3 I believe, hopefully it will be implemented well.

But for now, people that aren't professional graphic designers should really stop recommending Gimp as a viable replacement. It is a very capable piece of software, but too many professional-grade features are missing.

And it's never only about Photoshop either. It is the integration that the suite has. Illustrator to Photoshop to Indesign is (mostly) seemless.

I'm currently trying to switch to foss alternatives, but it's rough.

Lemmy taught me I'll go to Linux Hell for using Ubuntu.

If she used adobe suite for so many years, it would currently be agony to try and switch. It will take months, maybe even years to unlearn and relearn stuff properly.

Unless she only uses it for some simple cropping or something. Maybe you can add what kind of tools she actually uses?

I believe there are shower tubs that use the old water to partially heat the new water. Saves energy. E: its called water heat recycling.

Also, there are many water-saving showerheads that still feel great to use.

I guess that's where I have a limited understanding of how Internet and maybe even exploits works: how would people even find my machine? There is little to no incentive, unlike with a corporation. They must know where my door is to even use the keys.

Can you just sort of do a brute force scan of all machines currently on the internet? Seems unlikely. In my mind, you can only access a machine if you have some idea about it's whereabouts, either physically or digitally. But then again, I have no knowledge about these kinds of things.

Exactly. As a musician many paid music plugins simply don't work on Linux because of all the installers attached to them. Also, I design with the Adobe suite for my work, also not viable on Linux (I believe?). I would love to use Linux, but for my needs it's simply a no go.This is what annoys me about all the "just use linux" comments. There are usecases where it's simply not an option.

Interesting. In my country nobody wants to live next to windmills (I'm from the Netherlands). The sound and even the constant shadows falling over your house is said to be causing mental health issues.

Mind you, The Netherlands is a very densly populated country.

I'd say about 30% has solar on their roof though.

E: here's a research that had been done by our government: It seems mostly in English, for those that want to read it.

https://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/2020-0150.pdf

Conclusion seems to be that it cannot be said for certain that the sound of windmills are the sole reason for sleeplessness and mental health problems.

Lemmy! The place where everything is made up, and the points don't matter!

After reading some of the comments and pondering this question myself, I think I may have thought of a good analogy that atleast helps me (even though I know fairly well how LLM's work)

An LLM is like a car on the road. It can follow all the rules, like breaking in front of a red light, turning, signaling etc. However, a car has NO understanding of any of the traffic rules it follows.

A car can even break those rules, even if its behaviour is intended (if you push the gas pedal at a red light, the car is not in the wrong because it doesn't KNOW the rules, it just acts on it).

Why this works for me is that when I give examples of human behaviour or animal behaviour, I automatically ascribe some sort of consciousness. An LLM has no conscious (as far as I know for now). This idea is exactly what I want to convey. If I think of a car and rules, it is obvious to me that a car has no concept of rules, but still is part of those rules somehow.

They said in the post that they want to make premium features free for education.

Also, license you bought will stay indefinitely. You can use the program you currently have. Maybe some new features won't be available, but as a non-frequent user that should be fine :).

Welp, already spent way too much time on neal.fun! Great stuff!