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  • fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zonetoLinux@lemmy.mlSwitch from Ubuntu to something immutable?
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    1 month ago

    Bro,

    I have a suggestion.

    Stop changing every config and maybe your system won’t bork every 6 months?

    Happy that immutable helped limit your angst for breaking your own system, but that fact that you had to redo the user indicates that you tried breaking it, again.

    No need to change but, maybe please check what you run on the command line or change on the UI and stuff?

    For context, I run endeavourOS(arch) and update maybe once every 2-4 weeks. I run steam, I have no weird config modified, I just run some games, use discord where screen share just works, all my PC ports work as they should, and things basically just work. I do take care of uninstalling things I installed outside of the official pipeline, ofc, maybe that was your issue.

    In your defense, I also did break my system several times ages ago, with Ubuntu and stuff, when I didn’t know things well enough and I was overconfident, running things I didn’t properly understand. The trick has been to just persevere and understand every change and fix stuff.









  • Do you guys have to reinstall the OS every few months? How do you deal with the accumulation of crap and weird settings over years?

    ???

    I switch on the computer after work, play some games, browse some stuff, maybe configure some program or whatever. Switch computer off and sleep.

    Maybe once every month or so I run the update and it just works.

    What breaking and crap accumulation fantasy do you live in? Do you not throw the trash at home or something? Just use your daily driver as you would use something normal and no weird stuff happens.

    Oh, oooooh, you use Nix. You are the kind of person that can’t live with their computer without tweaking it nonstop. It’s people like you that break non immutable systems lmao.




  • Why is not liking something any more of a conversation stopper than liking something?

    Ever heard of “Yes, and” in the improv scene? Giving a negative without then giving an out to the other person to keep talking puts the responsibility of finding a different topic on them. Do that several times, and people get tired of finding new topics.

    Often when people ask you if you like X music, you can say that no, but I like these other music styles. That opens the conversation so they can find songs in your style they like and keep the conversation flowing. If they then trash you that’s not on you tho.


  • I often find saying that I’m not into X lands better than saying I don’t like X. It’s just an euphemism for the same thing, but it matters.

    Also it’s kinda important that your preference announcement makes sense in the moment, like when someone links you a rock song, saying you’re not into rock is different than saying you don’t like the song, but that would be an appropriate moment. If you go into a bar and there’s rock background music, saying that you don’t like it feels unprompted.

    If coworkers/friends are talking about going to a rock festival in a bar, it’s appropriate to say you don’t like the music if they invite you, but inserting your opinion into their planning feels like you are rejecting their plan, which again will make them take it personally. You probably aren’t against them going a bunch of days, getting hella drunk and having a good time while listening rock, you just don’t like the music.

    So yeah, appropriate time (when prompted or if not saying it will result in you not enjoying yourself) and appropriate manner (soft terms and extending the answer a sentence to give a bit of context) usually helps, a lot.

    Just making a tone that with friends I oftentimes intentionally use extra harsh terms because it’s funny and there’s confidence, but if not, soft terms always.


  • Not Amazon either, denounce Walmart too, US bad.

    Now, how about IKEA? Sweden probably bad. Aldi? Germany definitely bad!

    Also don’t you dare use your car, it helps oil corporations!!!

    I’m not against not using TEMU as a concept, but your point sounds as stupid as the ones above.

    PD: although, don’t use Amazon, Jeff Bezos definitely globally bad.


  • fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zonetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldStereotypes
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    2 months ago

    1 is the only one that doesn’t make sense.

    3 though… I want to be perceived as someone with fantasy coloured hair, you are right. Why are you making the equivalence of crazy colours -> attention seeking person?

    That’s what the image is denouncing, and you are criticising the 3rd image, so that’s the equivalence that you are supporting with your comment.





  • That sadly doesn’t work for my workstation, the VDI still locks after 5 mins and I need to 2 factor authenticate again. So I bought a physical mouse Jiggler for 7ish euros and I’m happy again.

    I got roasted by friends calling me lazy because of it, fast forward 3 months and half of them asked me where I bought it. Now most of them have it, including several of my colleagues.

    For the computer it’s an actual mouse since the input is external, so it just works. I’m always green baby ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )