Total hodge podge but mostly standard end-user tech gripes and howtos with a splash of education
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If the number of articles in my RSS feed that I need to mark as read isn't an indicator of wasted CO2, it is an indicator of how boring my day will be.
Key word being "some," obviously.
[1]: https://neuters.de/technology/they-fire-we-hire-germany-seiz...
* Straight-up Debian is not always recommended as a desktop distro. I use Debian Testing as my desktop distro, though, and have had no problems. I did use Debian Sid, which works like a rolling distro in the sense that it does not need to be reinstalled for major version updates. I managed to mess it up during an update by carelessly pressing 'y' without reading what was written in the terminal.
* I have used Manjaro in the past, and it was fine. Just take it easy with packages from the AUR and everything will be OK. And remember: Manjaro != Arch. I tried Arch and used it for a long time. Not a single issue. Quite seamless, great wiki.
* I tried MX for quite some time. It might be worth looking at because you can access some newer packages through backports and the built-in tools can be helpful setting this up. I found it to be just as fast and seamless as Arch. MX is semi-rolling and Debian-based.
* Right now, I see a lot of people talking about Fedora as a great desktop Linux experience. It is one of the few major distros that I have never tried. Several of the big Linux YouTubers recommend it for Desktop use.
If I were you, I would stick with what works until it doesn't work. If you keep digging around, you'll start spending more time keeping your dotfiles in order than actually enjoying the distro. I stuck with Ubuntu for years until my hardware couldn't keep up with the demands of the DE. I lived in a minimal, tiling window manager for a few years. Like you, I like how Debian and apt work. So, my first pick for you would be MX.
Other options:
Bunsen Labs https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ (very light DE)
Linux Mint https://linuxmint.com/ (good transition from Ubuntu, loved by many)
Pop!_OS https://system76.com/pop
Neon https://neon.kde.org/ (if you want latest KDE)
I too, being of pretty average intelligence --- probably not above --- am shocked by the stupid things people say and do as well. Maybe what you are experiencing is normal, like giardini says [1]:
> Half of all people have an IQ less than 100
This is the North American way, I guess? So the question should be modified to include what country this happens in. Where I live, children never leave their parents' side. They pop out, get weighed in the same room, etc., and the mothers have a private recovery room for up to 5 days where both are monitored and taught some basics.
First you ask Reddit, then ChatGPT, then HN. Then you bikeshed the answers until someone points out some language quirk that passed unnoticed and reveals the answer.
Perhaps the babies were not born at the same time? Perhaps they put those little bracelets on the babies? Perhaps the babies never left their parents' side?
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hi-res-portable-daps-compari...
I have a Shanling Q1. But, next time around I will probably go with something from Sony. Not out of brand loyalty, but because some of these companies tend to forget to provide updates. I really didn't want an Android device for music. I just wanted something around €100 that could play hi-res music.
To echo what so many others say: all hail the Sansa Clip+ and Rockbox.
That might be hard, you know, because of screenshots.
I am not at all a pro on this, but if you look at the track record of some of these options you might be able to come to a conclusion. Signal, for example, has been subpoenaed a number of times and likes to repeat that they know about first and last connection, and that's it. But, Signal uses a phone number for registration, so some people might be put off by that.
Matrix is used by some government bodies (in France, I beleive), but you might want to host your own server (I don't know if admins have access to messages or not).
Briar "doesn't rely on a central server - messages are synchronized directly between the users' devices." [1]
Cwtch is one I've never heard of, but I like the buzzwords mashup of "decentralised P2P Tor Onion routing metadata resistant"
Session also proposes variation on that theme, and doesn't ask for a phone number.
I feel like this is a tough question that is up for debate.
I also watched that Matt Walsh thing. A little vomit-inducing, but a great example of manipulative documentary techniques ("experts," scary music, "gotchya" ambush interviews).
I usually consume a number of documentaries, but this year I think I only watched...
Frozen Planet II
Fake Famous (2021) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/788610-fake-famous
Do YouTube documentaries count?
'Contrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen Twins' https://yewtu.be/watch?v=biYciU1uiUw and 'Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs' https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g by Folding Ideas were great.
> Onwards, and already looking forward to qutebrowser being a decade old in late 2023!
Yes, indeed!
Also, something else we think about a lot in France is the annual cost:
A car costs about €6,000/year (financing, insurance, repairs, tolls, fuel, etc.)[1].
Mojeek is getting better, they have opened up Focus [1][2] which allows for some tweaking.
Searx or Searxng?
[1] https://www.mojeek.com/focus/ [2] https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/08/mojeek-focus-search-the-web-...
* create account
* find victim
* make claim
* earn money
I watched this one and thought to myself that it almost seemed like an ad for recruiting trolls.
One of these content creators should create a second account and file claims against themselves, and perhaps other willing victims. Then produce a video about how easy it was to show the flaw in the system.
Good starter guide!
I kept forgetting about Kagi. I have a login for that.
Yep.com has a different model, I haven't read into it far enough to decide if they actually do as they say they'll do.
My institution has almost no ability to enforce plagiarism rules. Many of my colleagues plagiarise. When I do catch students cheating I have to be sure. I just submit a grade, usually 0, and then it is someone else's job to follow up.
The new generation is particularly sensitive and expects...exceptions. They roll up with parents and lawyers and parents who are lawyers and swing their...suitcases around. We end up giving a second chance or a third.
Luckily, I have only had one major case of plagiarism, the rest have been bad but easily dealt with.
There were lots of bikers testing it out. Good fun, very interesting despite initially thinking that it was a very dull attraction.
I have tried many times to switch to wallabag. That darn kobo integration is what holds me back. I've installed this on my Kobo, but it is obviously not as polished as the official Pocket integration.
For the gadget tweakers, this device can be "hacked" a little and have alternative apps loaded (and bloatware removed) so that is a plus. Its sister device, the Nokia 800 Tough, is also tweakable and can be set up so the batter lasts 4 to 5 days (getting rid of all bloatware and making it an SMS/Telephone will do that to most phones though).