Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)T

Tehhund

@ Tehhund @lemmy.world

Posts
4
Comments
159
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.

    Jump

  • This an incredibly tech-brained answer. "Sure, lots of OSS is difficult to install, breaks frequently, and lacks key features, but did you know Microsoft sometimes moves a menu item?"

    I love OSS and I want it to succeed but "an item moved" isn't in the same ballpark as the barriers to OSS adoption.

  • LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.

    Jump

  • The problem: our desire for convenience

    Bring on the downvotes, but: When it comes to tools like computers, convenience is synonymous with productivity. People aren't unreasonably demanding to have their hands held, they want to get stuff done. We need to stop acting like convenience productivity is just one of many concerns. It is the primary concern.

    Freedom is nice but to most people it's only important if it helps us do the things we want to do.

  • has anyone played this?

    Jump

  • I feel like promotion would ruin the point of the game though. If any pawns get promoted they should probably become the other player's pieces (i.e., class traitors)

  • For my mom the year of the Linux desktop it's already over

    Jump

  • Loool, all the people who are trying to help you troubleshoot are 1) probably correct and 2) completely missing the point. I have a Windows desktop, a Mac, and a Linux desktop at home and this kind of shit only happens on Linux these days.

  • 5 Open Source Apps You Can use for Seamless File Transfer Between Linux and Android

    Jump

  • Weird about Syncthing, it works for me on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. But I find file permissions difficult so that could be it.

    It's nice for my use case: I tend to download things on my phone but I often want them stored permanently on my computer, so I just dump them in a Syncthing folder and It takes care of the transfer automatically. Once it's on my computer my backup program (Backblaze) will back it up too. But not everyone has that particular use case so it's not for everyone.

  • What is your most lukewarm take?

    Jump

  • That's with cause.

  • Americans have been trained to hate foreigners by Fox News, which is owned by a foreigner.

    Jump

  • Billionaires and reactionaries have no state.

  • What book did you read last and what book are you currently reading? Would you recommend either of those books?

    Jump

  • Last: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    Current: A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Lest you think I'm bragging, the one before that was Omegaverse fanfic.

  • Everything you know is wrong.

    Jump

  • Black is white, up is down and short is long And everything you thought was just so Important doesn't matter

  • I want to ask you about creativity and art.

    Jump

  • i think that a lot of the value of art comes from the effort.

    Many things that we do are only worthwhile because of the difficulty.

    I think this is one of the biggest disconnects between people who create art and people who don't (me). I don't understand this sentiment at all. I don't care how much effort a piece of art took or what the process was, I care about the output. But I know lots of people who create art and this stuff about the process and difficulty really seems to matter to them. Which is fine, they are entitled to like what they like, but I just don't get it.

    I don't like AI art because it steals from artists and looks like crap, but the fact that it's easy doesn't matter to me.

    I wonder if this is part of the disconnect between artists and AI boosters (I am neither).

  • Everything web based

    Jump

  • This is an underappreciated benefit of the Web starting out as a bunch of documents, and then becoming an application platform. Even web apps are very text-first. Copy/past and crtl+F tend to work on most pages. And the fact that most views can be accessed via URL is handier than many people realize.

  • Everything web based

    Jump

  • Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death?

    Jump

  • Curiosity has not killed any Martian cats

    Jump

  • That you know of.

  • How can I start getting familiar with the plants, trees and animals around where I live?

    Jump

  • I like the iNaturalist app: https://www.inaturalist.org/. When I see something I'm interested in whether plant or animal, I upload a picture and it tells me what it thinks it is. And they're trying to collect good data about flora and fauna so there are volunteers who review submissions and agree or correct it, so it's not just an algorithm doing the work. Obviously when you upload it it's a computer making a guess but people usually review the uploads later, and you can get emails with the results of those reviews.

    Someone else mentioned Merlin for birds, which is cool because it can do image ID or bird call ID.

  • What would you do if you had nothing to lose?

    Jump

  • Oh I'm married so 1) the bar to get laid is lower 2) there's a ceiling on the amount of poon I can land in a week. Really frees me up to do important things like fart around on Lemmy.

  • Writing Toy Software Is A Joy

    Jump

  • Hell yes. I've written a unit price calculator, a tip calculator, a "how many plates do I need to put on this barbell to reach X weight?" app, a "am I connected to the Internet" app, and a few other small things. Other people have already written apps like these. But these apps work the way I want them to, and they were good learning experiences.

  • What would you do if you had nothing to lose?

    Jump

  • Chase poontang all day every day. Not even joking, I know myself.

    I mean, a lot of "chasing" would be working out, eating healthy, and earning money, but I know why I'd do those things.

  • What's a random line from a movie that fans of it will instantly know?

    Jump

  • Zoltan!