balancedchaos

@balancedchaos@lemmy.world
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Joined 11 months ago

Different software purposes and all, but it vaguely puts me in the mind of the Sony compact disc DRM scandal.

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Oh wow. The grifter's grifting again.

Hint: he doesn't give a fuck about any of this, so long as him and his ego wind up back in the White House.

Oh no, it was everywhere, and I got into some decent arguments with those lovely people who ask you to show them how it's going to have any effect on the fediverse at all, complete with citations.

WeLl hOw Do YoU KnOw?

"As 'sustainably' as possible." I love that one, because it makes it sound like they're being kind to nature.

Nope, just profit.

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Depends if there's a camera nearby or not.

"They're gone? Bring back the Brother."

I usually say, "You're welcome, creepy disembodied voice." Sometimes the people around me chuckle. Other times they look at me like I'm crazy. Both are valid.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

-Character from some movie I pirated

Who needs therapy when you have pacman?

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For being a complete douche.

Every single device and app that has a dark mode is on it. It's the only option.

I just found out that Lemmy is not allowing (or has rate-limited, or whatever) VPN connections to post or react.

Not a fan of that at all.

Edit: it's my instance being on Cloudflare, not Lemmy as a whole. My mistake.

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I see you're also in the Ibuprofen demographic.

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I read this as "coroner" the first time, and it worked.

Obsidian. I know it's not open source, but it just felt right.

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I went on the tor network once.

I saw what was being offered (probably on an FBI Honeypot site), backed out slowly without touching anything, and never went back.

I really like privacy. Those people need it. There is a difference.

Good bot, if this is how you earn your keep.

I was thinking the same thing. We've actually surpassed Apple on desktop. I know we're gonna laughingly say "year of the Linux desktop," but we have to honestly look how far we've come in a relatively short time.

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So anyways, I run Arch on my main gaming computer, and Debian on my servers and laptops.

History is written by the conquerors.

To the victor goes the spoils, as they say.

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Oh, not a good time to do that. I wonder if something forced their hand to do an IPO during an economic downturn.

I almost need that adrenaline rush of being behind to focus me.

Also, this post is making me realize that this could be a feature of my (undiagnosed but 99.9% certain) ADHD.

"Selective file transfer" is a nice way to put it.

Fish or rhythm section?

I just pray I never have to watch a Karl Jobst video on this kid.

Yos thot's haw os spolled.

The LAST thing we want is to be directly involved.

Three.

Thanks, deregulation.

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Some functionality is missing, like USB plug and play, certain network file sharing capabilities, printing...so in addition to learning pacman, having to learn all the package names, you have to look up how to give the OS certain functionalities...it's a lot as a newbie. If you don't love working on computers, you may not make it through that phase.

And I say this with all due respect, as an Arch user myself.

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You're actually 100% right. I don't know what figure I was thinking of, but you're just right.

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My trust in anything on the internet has eroded over the last ten years. Information, news, offers...it's all pud-pulling capitalist circlejerking and the most cynical propaganda imaginable.

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Good. Internet people are awful at political discussions.

And how is this a shitpost?

Music has been predominantly bland for 20 years or more, in the mainstream channels. It's depressing.

And I want to say I just got older and so mainstream music isn't for me, but... it's bland. I'm not like older people aghast over Marilyn Manson. I'm older and fucking bored with how lame music is now.

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Yeah, it was ready for my old AMD machine. My new Nvidia box...nah.

But since I've switched to XFCE, I don't need to worry so much about new-fangled things like Wayland...for now.

I've "refreshed" a couple coworker's old PCs with Linux Mint XFCE. It's actually gone pretty well.

"All I do is browse the net."

Okay, I'll put the browser right on the desktop, so you don't have to search for it. Be patient, it's an older computer. But at least this works, unlike Windows.

And I haven't really heard too much from them. Internet works. Basic needs fulfilled.

I feel like someone who knows a bit more could be more of a pain. But for very basic computing needs like paying your bills and surfing IG, it can go well.

If only Google wasn't also so repetitive.

Here's why I think it's not just us getting older: every generation in the past would look at new music and be freaked out and shocked... we're bored.

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If you were really on your sigma grindset, your DNA would have never existed.

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I don't use it as often as I thought I would, but my Brother laser printer has served me well.

Nah. That's what gives it that delicious weight.