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  • LTT does another Linux Challenge

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  • The average user just gets frustrated and tries to boot back into Windows. I've seen it first hand. Linux is basically all the same in their head so why bother distrohopping because if one is broken they're likely all broken. They consider distros to be much more like the different Android variations, even though those are much more similar to one another than Linux distros are.

    Average users just expect things to work. They don't want to tinker or do long setups or navigate 600 different distros, they just want a clear good option and for it to work. It's part of why Windows has this huge inertia behind it; there's always one upgrade path, setup is basically automatic and in the vast majority of cases any issues are handled either automatically or don't show up in the first place (in large part due to manufacturers providing support for their model PC/Laptop, not because Microsoft is amazing at support). And because the majority of their friends and family also use Windows, there's usually someone around who can fix what is truly broken.

    I genuinely think a user on a hypothetical Dell or HP or Lenovo laptop with Linux preinstalled would have a much better time on average than anyone trying to install it themselves.

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  • (Your link doesn't work for me, not sure where it's supposed to go? I get a proxy verification page but nothing else).

    My initial link addresses the age bit as well, it's mostly lower for higher ages because those people have less long to live. When corrected for that, higher age = higher risk to reoffend.

    One issue with the current 25y studies is that a lot changes regarding correctional facilities in 25 years. Most of those studies are a fair bit older; modern studies find lower rates, likely due to improved prisons and therapies.

    Regardless, it seems wrong to start imprisoning or chemically castrating people on the chance that they might reoffend, especially now that modern studies confirm that the recidivism rates aren't that high. I mean, for other types of crimes the recidivism rates are considerably higher, yet we don't take severe preventative measures there either. We also know that shorter sentences lower recidivism rates and that therapy is much more effective than prison as an empirical fact. And then there's the somewhat horrifying implications for the minority of falsely convicted folks. So I'm not so sure if extreme punishments for these people is a wise idea.

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  • Linus didn't shit on Linux as a whole, come on. Last time he tried Pop was over a year ago, he figured something might've changed in the meantime. And he did research what could be causing the issues (and found a fix for L4D2), and did also mention that overall the system was intuitive, installing it was fairly simple and he enjoyed not having his data being sold. He also said that all his devices were plug-and-play, no driver downloading shenanigans required. But of course he is going to highlight the issues he runs into, it's kind of the point of the video to show that not all experiences with Linux are seamless, and you can get radically different results depending on your chosen distro.

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  • That's definitely not what he did though. He did research on the internet, going through various websites and articles listing options, and asked ChatGPT. That's imo more than what the average user does (or is even willing to do).

    He then picked the distro that he saw was being recommended most to him. He installed it with default options, which ended up being Cosmic. Which is improving fast these days, but it's still a bit unstable. But the install process won't tell you that.

    Pretending that these users are "bad users" or that highlighting these issues that regular users run into is disingenuous or somehow irresponsible is just unfairly dismissing a valid perspective.

    The whole "Linux just works"-shtick just isn't always true. And the sooner the community learns to accept that and works to help these users with their issues, rather than stomping their foot angrily whenever someone shows up highlighting problems. I'm pretty experienced myself with a job in software development, but even I needed to reinstall Bazzite 2 times when installing it for my sister because I somehow messed up something when mounting the hard drives, getting Bazzite stuck in an unrecoverable bootloop (none of the recovery options suggested online worked either). I hate Windows as much as the next guy, but I've never been able to manage that on a Windows install (once running Bazzite ran fine btw, just the setup was frustrating).

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  • Most sex offenders reoffend. So they either need locked up forever or be required to take drugs to reduce libido or something.

    I was interested and looked it up, but turns out this doesn't really ring true. In fact, only a minority of sex offenders actually reoffend, and when they do it's most likely for a different, nonsexual crime rather than a sexual one.

    There's a lot of interesting summarizing being done here: https://smart.ojp.gov/somapi/chapter-5-adult-sex-offender-recidivism

    It's hard to get exact numbers though, as sex crimes remain underreported. It does seem however that psychological treatment for these offenders actually helps reduce recidivism rates.

    It gets different when you get to repeat offenders; they are much more likely to keep offending after release.

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    NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just spills the beans live on air: "NATO is a platform for the United States to project power on the world stage."

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  • Very aptly put.

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    NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just spills the beans live on air: "NATO is a platform for the United States to project power on the world stage."

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  • Having had Rutte as PM for a long time, this guy is a diplomat. He will say whatever he thinks needs to be said to whoever is listening to, without truly believing a single word of it. It makes him exceptionally good at maintaining relations, and that's what he's doing here: positioning NATO as an essential US ally, that the US benefits from. It's aimed directly at Trump and his sycophants.

    And I mean it's his job to keep NATO together so sucking up to Trump is in his job description. But one thing is certain: don't believe Mark Rutte's words, since he doesn't really believe them himself.

  • IDF 'flattens' Iran Assembly of Experts meeting | The Jerusalem Post

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  • Germany and Japan were fascist states that went on the offensive, and both were forced into total capitulation followed by extensive programmes to uproot the fascist elements from their societies, paired with programmes to help rebuild.

    Syria was primarily fighting a civil war against a dictator, not against the US and Israel.

    In this case, Iran was attacked and its spiritual leader was assassinated. And as much as we dislike that guy, many Iranians did like him. Iran was then heavily bombed, including what appear to be civilian targets. There are no clear signs of widespread civil unrest that could topple the regime entirely yet.

    I don't see this ending well anytime soon.

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    McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’

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  • I've had McDonald's in Italy and it's the same cardboard taste there as it is elsewhere in Europe imo.

  • US-Israel war on Iran dramatically expands across Middle East

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  • Unlikely, Europe would sooner buy more lng from the US than from Russia. And Russia's drone supplier is likely not supplying much anymore, especially after Iran saw that Russia's response to the US attacking is basically nothing. Putin is almost certainly very unhappy about this.

  • Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke

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  • Maybe they just don't know any better

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  • Doubtful. Librewolf still uses Firefox as base.

  • Are votes actually ruining niche communities?

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  • Isn't the situation in gonewild a clear sign it'd be wise to set up two separate communities? gonewildgals and gonewildguys or something? If a community is "too broad", niche content will always lose out. The answer is usually setting up a new community specific to that niche.

    Fighting low-effort posts and memes either means setting up a meme community, more moderation on the posts or both.

  • Are votes actually ruining niche communities?

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  • WWIII is happening and you're worried about someone worried about optimising their gooning.

  • French politician told a group of Russians: "My party will make sure Ukraine can never join NATO or the European Union. NATO is a military alliance just seeking trouble"

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  • Anything extreme or radical typically is, it makes it harder for traditional parties to govern, and they tend to shift away from the political center themselves as well. It's political disruption, plain and simple.

  • Enclose Horse Day 58 [2026-02-25]

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  • Push to eliminate sales tax on food and groceries in Missouri runs into heavy resistance

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  • You may have misread something here, Coleman is in favour of the bill, not against.

  • Must hate watch,can't believe its a real film.

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  • The kids appear to be melting a bit.

  • What are the most European Linux distributions?

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  • Omarchy isn't really "art" though. It's a set of dot files on top of Arch basically. And not very good ones either, there's plenty to critique there. It also installs a bunch of US-based software like Spotify, Zoom, ChatGPT and Chromium, which seems to run counter to what you're trying to achieve with this post.